Stories we're following today:
Setting the Scene: Iran’s Presidential (S)elections - Carnegie Endowment's Karim Sadjadpour [link [2]]
U.S. Presses China for Tough Response to North Korea [link [3]]
Report: US to put its own sanctions on NKorea - Washington Post [link [4]]
‘Human Terrain’ Probes Iran’s Influence in Afghanistan - Wired's "Danger Room" [link [5]]
The Human Terrain System, Army’s social science program, recently investigated this question and found that, in one part of Afghanistan, Iran’s influence is largely limited to “soft power.”
Arab World Reacts to Obama Speech - Reza Azlan on MSNBC's Harball
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News [6], World News [7], and News about the Economy [8]
A View from "Up" There
How Many Balloons Would It Take To Lift a House? - Slate [link [9]]
Links
[1] https://ploughshares.org/file/816
[2] http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=23210&prog=zgp&proj=zme
[3] http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE4DD103FF93AA15756C0A96F9C8B63&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
[4] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060500413.html?wprss=rss_world/wires
[5] http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/06/human-terrain-probes-irans-influence-in-afghanistan/
[6] http://www.msnbc.msn.com
[7] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507
[8] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072
[9] http://www.slate.com/id/2219775/?from=rss