RFE/RL in the Media
# Amnesty International: RFE/RL reporter Khadija Ismayilova faces harassment
# Human Rights Campaign cites RFE/RL in its reporting on Kyrgyzstan’s anti-LGBT “propaganda” law
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# AP journalist – the day I was shot and my colleague was killed, Guardian
# The Afghanistan Withdrawal: A Potential Disaster in the Making, The Atlantic
# A ‘Homeland’ We Pakistanis Don’t Recognize – Bina Shah, NYT
# A view from Pakistan: ISIS and the U.S. look the same to me, both thinking they enjoy a form of divine exceptionalism – Thomas Ricks, FP
# How Pakistan Fails Its Children – Mosharraf Zaidi, NYT
Iraq/Syria
# REPORT – The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons, NYT
# Iraq WMD: Does the New York Times probe reflect what administration officials claimed?, WP
# Iraq Is Still Worth Saving – Michael O’Hanlon, National Interest
# What do Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine have in common? – Kurt Cobb, CS Monitor
# ISIS Assembles Forces Near Strategic Town West of Baghdad, NYT
Iran
# An Iran Nuclear Deal Is There for the Taking – William Luers, Thomas Pickering, James Walsh, National Interest
# A Dangerous Bargain: Don’t Sacrifice a Strong Nuclear Deal with Iran for Help against ISIS – Shimon Stein, Emily B. Landau, National Interest
# Afghans living under shadow of Iranian guns, Al-Jazeera
# London Conference Highlights Cautious Optimism Toward Iran, WSJ
# Iran urged to hold an emergency Opec meeting due to falling oil prices, Guardian
# Motivational Speaker Finds Eager Audiences in a Struggling Iran, NYT
# Nearing disaster on Iran? – Jennifer Rubin, WP
Caucasus
# Azerbaijan: Group Orders Rights-Linked Review, HRW
Russia
# Plagiarizing Politicians Are No Big Deal in Russia – Konstantin Sonin, MT
# UK blocks €5bn Russian North Sea deal, FT
# Russia’s defence budget hit by slowdown, FT
# Kremlin moves to ‘liquidate’ Russia’s oldest civil rights group, WT
# Sanctions noose begins to tighten on sanguine Russia, FT
# Anti-Putin campaigners urge Downing Street to bar Russian singers from UK, Guardian
# Russia’s stage revolution: when theatre was a hotbed for impossibly space-age design, Guardian
Ukraine
# Ukraine’s economy choking under Russian pressure, but Western help is scarce, WP
# Ukraine fears frozen conflict could yield winter energy crisis, FT
Of Interest
# The Good, the Bad and the Messy: The Legacy of the First Gulf War – Robert Farley, National Interest
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