Christian Caryl

Christian Caryl is the former Moscow bureau chief for Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. He has reported from more than 60 countries and is the author of Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century.

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Soldiers wearing camouflage fatigues visit a makeshift memorial for Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in Moscow. The informal memorial is on the side of a street and is covered with flags, photos of Prigozhin, and candles.
Soldiers wearing camouflage fatigues visit a makeshift memorial for Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in Moscow. The informal memorial is on the side of a street and is covered with flags, photos of Prigozhin, and candles.

What Do Russians Really Think About Putin’s War?

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Democracy Lab Says Goodbye

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Alma-ata, president of the rsfsr boris yeltsin (l) and president of kazakhstan nursultan nazarbayev are pictured at the press-conference, december 21, 1991. (Photo by: Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images)
Alma-ata, president of the rsfsr boris yeltsin (l) and president of kazakhstan nursultan nazarbayev are pictured at the press-conference, december 21, 1991. (Photo by: Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images)

The Birth of ‘Absurdistan’

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Let’s Face It: The U.S. Constitution Needs a Makeover

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President Duterte’s Crazy Drug War Is Just the Beginning

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We’ve Got to Face It: Trump Is Riding a Global Trend

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Mourning the Syria That Might Have Been

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Tunisia’s Glorious Confusion

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Congratulations, President Putin! Everything Is Going According to Plan.

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Memo to the Establishment: Inspire Us or Lose

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Why Does Tunisia Produce So Many Terrorists?

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The End of Politics as We Know It

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Europe’s Big Freedom Fail

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Why Insurgency Is Fun

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Banning Muslims From the United States Is the World’s Dumbest Idea

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