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Christian Caryl

Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Foreign Policy Magazine, MSN Ireland, Estadão, HuffPost, MSN UK, The Washington Post, Washington Post Opinions, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Stuff.co.nz, Flipboard and
Covers:  opinion and editorial., politics, world.
Doesn't Cover: sports.
Columnist @ForeignPolicy. Insomniac, naturalist, frequenter of diners. Ex-WaPo, ex-Newsweek. Own worst enemy.

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Author of Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century (@StrangeRebels) / Working for @LegatumInst, writing for @ForeignPolicy.
Ex-Newsweek, Ex-U.S. News and World Report.
Past Beats: Moscow, Tokyo, Baghdad, Berlin.

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Christian Caryl | Author of Strange Rebels

Christian Caryl | Author of Strange Rebels

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Vladimir Putin’s Second-Biggest Headache

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By Christian Caryl
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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 29. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 29. Mikhail METZEL / Sputnik / AFP via Getty Image Russia Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin has a lot to worry about these days.
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Donald Trump’s War on Tourism

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By Christian Caryl
| Foreign Policy Magazine
Survey after survey has shown that the United States’ international popularity has steadily declined in recent years. That trend now appears appears to be accelerating during U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term. The American chattering classes tend to discuss the dangers of the country’s worsening image in terms of geopolitics and waning “soft power”—and they’re not entirely wrong. Washington’s globe-spanning alliances have long been one of its major strengths.
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Vladimir Putin Is Much Weaker Than You Think

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By Christian Caryl
| Foreign Policy Magazine
Putin attends a conference in Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow on March 26. Igor IVANKO / AFP via Getty Images Russia Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin has always been a paranoid man. We know, for example, that he has long eschewed the use of a personal cellphone, all too aware of how easily they can be tracked.
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