Christian Caryl
List of Christian Caryl articles
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GettyImages-471658940 crop The Rights Stuff
On the occasion of Human Rights Day, a conversation with a key U.S. State Department official on democracy and human rights.
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GettyImages-497369202 CROPPED Want to Beat the Islamic State? Help Tunisia.
One of the best ways to undermine the jihadists is by helping Tunisia prove that democracy offers a better way of life.
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GettyImages-484578262 crop Burma Gives a Big Thumbs-Up to Facebook
Four years ago Facebook didn’t exist in Burma. Now it’s the country’s most important source of information.
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GettyImages-495743642 crop Few Straight Answers on the Campaign Trail in Burma
In Burma’s historic election, party platforms mean little. Personalities are everything.
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GettyImages-171611460 crop Can Burma Save Buddhism From the Politicians?
An unholy alliance between the government and extremist Buddhist monks is threatening to derail the transition to democracy.
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GettyImages-490419272 crop Realists, Beware of Russians Making Deals
Vladimir Putin just wants to make a deal with the West on Syria. What could be the harm in that?
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GettyImages-488180692_germany2 Berlin’s New Walls
The free circulation of people is one of the European Union’s great achievements. It shouldn’t be surrendered lightly.
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refugees cropped The Refugees Aren’t Fleeing Democracy
Russia and China are using the refugee crisis to tout the virtues of autocracy. So why are all the migrants heading west?
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GettyImages-479035524 CROPPED Burma’s Moment of Truth
Burma’s halting progress toward democracy has stalled. It’s time for the United States to get off the fence.
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DSC_0182 cropped My Friend Fred
Rwanda's persecution of a key reformer shows what it really thinks about freedom of the press.
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457243492 cropped Ever Again
We know a lot about genocide. So why do we keep letting it happen?
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466189128 cropped Political Animal
Günter Grass believed that it was the duty of writers to engage with the issues of the day.
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kagame photo cropped Africa’s Singapore Dream
Why Rwanda's president styles himself as the heir to Lee Kuan Yew.
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463107864 cropped Southeast Asia’s Democracy Downer
And you thought the Arab Spring was disappointing.
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152012817 cropped Death on the Kremlin’s Doorstep
The killing of Boris Nemtsov heralds a new era of darkness for Russia’s already battered opposition.
