Christian Caryl
List of Christian Caryl articles
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Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images Peer Pressure
The British Commonwealth is stirring up unaccustomed controversy -- and that's a good thing.
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Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images What My Daughter Deserves
The United Nations wants us to make life better for girls. It's a worthy aim. But what does that mean in practice?
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VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images The Fight for the Soul of Russia’s Opposition
As nationalist fervor intensifies, Vladimir Putin's opponents face some tough choices.
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MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images Don’t Surrender Libya to the Terrorists
As we mark the anniversary of the death of Chris Stevens, there are some in Washington who'd like to turn the drones loose on Benghazi. Here's why that would be a bad idea.
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ABU AMAR AL-TAFTANAZ/AFP/Getty Images Just Show It
The U.S. media continue to tiptoe around the horrors of war. It's time to put more violence on TV.
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Christian Caryl/FP Islands in the Desert
The problem, and the promise, of Libya's new city-states.
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AFP/Getty Images Zintan Versus the World
Why a small town in Libya refuses to give up custody of the revolution’s most high-profile prisoner.
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ABDULLAH DOMA/AFP/Getty Images In Libya, They Really Are Out to Get You
Why paranoia is the key to Libyan politics.
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MAHMUD KHALED/AFP/Getty Images The Alchemy of Protest
When do mass political demonstrations work?
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Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP/GettyImages Mob Rule
Why organized crime is a growing force in world politics.
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MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images Blood in the Streets
Massacring unarmed protestors is more common than you might think -- and governments often get away with it.
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CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images Beyond the Barricades
From the Amazon to the Nile, the masses are taking to the streets. But will the Great Awakening of 2013 actually lead to change?
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BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images Running from the Arab Spring
Syria isn't the only place with a refugee problem.
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ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images Why Iran Can’t Reform
Many commentators are hailing the results of the Iranian presidential election as a victory for popular choice. But that feel-good narrative misses the bigger story.
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Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images Secret Police State
What’s worse: the NSA or the East German Stasi?
