Longtime expert on Eurasia and regular contributor to EDM Paul Goble appeared on RFE/RL's weekly "The Power Vertical" podcast, on Friday, August 7, to discuss the internal fragility of the Russian Federation.

Michael Ryan discussed the former Iraqi Baathist leaders who are now high-ranking commanders of the Islamic State with the AP.

CNN cited Abubakar Siddique's February 2014 article The Quetta Shura: Understanding the Afghan Taliban's Leadership in their article on Mullah Omar's death and his successor Akhtar Muhammad Mansour.

Business Insider discussed Turkish strategy against the Islamic State and against Kurdish groups with Wladimir van Wilgenburg, an analyst of Kurdish politics for Jamestown.

Wladimir van Wilgenburg discussed Turkey's shift in the anti-Islamic State campaign to include strikes against Kurdish forces and the response that may come from Kurdish groups, such as the PKK, with al-Jazeera.

Sputnik quoted Wladimir van Wilgenburg on Turkey's recent decision to let the anti-Islamic State coalition use Incirlik air base while the country targets Kurdish forces.

Van Wilgenburg, an analyst of Kurdish affairs for Jamestown, discussed Turkey's preference for fighting Kurdish forces as opposed to the Islamic State in Syria for RFE/RL's Under the Black Flag.

On July 9, European news portal The Intersection Project interviewed Jamestown Russia expert Stephen Blank regarding Moscow's relationship with Beijing.

Regular contributor to Jamestown's Eurasia Daily Monitor Pavel Baev was quoted by The New York Times, on July 15, regarding Moscow's reluctant approach toward the Iran nuclear deal.

Jamestown Fellow and previous editor of China Brief Peter Mattis wrote an article in The National Interest on July 13th discussing the need of the U.S. intelligence community to build its corps of China analysts: "The Future of U.S. Intelligence: Adapting to Deal with China."