Christian Caryl is a contributing editor to Foreign Policy. His column, "Reality Check," appears weekly on ForeignPolicy.com.
Politicians
and pundits won't stop telling us that Medvedev and Putin are at odds. Keep dreaming.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
An Iranian nuclear reactor will start operating in a few
days. But Israel probably won't be bombing it.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
AUGUST 18, 2010
Seven months after it happened, the mysterious assassination of a Hamas
operative in Dubai is still causing fallout in the Middle East.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
AUGUST 10, 2010
Until fairly recently, the Chinese were earning praise for
their shrewd handling of Southeast Asia. Not anymore.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
AUGUST 4, 2010
If you want to figure out a way forward for Afghanistan, fake history is not the place to start.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
JULY 26, 2010
Was Shahram Amiri's return to Iran politically motivated, or was he just miserable?
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
JULY 16, 2010
The Cold War was scary enough. Now try to imagine a nuclear arms race
between China and India.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
JULY 13, 2010
The United States' defense-spending habit has been out of control for years. Will it ever change?
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
JULY 7, 2010
For 65 years, Japanese corporations have escaped responsibility for abusing American POWs during World War II.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
JUNE 28, 2010
Nine years after 9/11, getting between extremist
groups and their funding remains an uphill struggle.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
JUNE 21, 2010
Burma has a nuclear program. It's a mess, but it's still a nuclear program.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
JUNE 14, 2010
Oliver
Stone's new movie about Latin America makes the case for Hugo Chávez. Good luck
with that.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
JUNE 9, 2010
Historians are finally starting to show that there was a lot more to the “Me Decade” than we might have thought.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
JUNE 1, 2010
South Korea has officially accused Kim Jong Il's regime of committing an act of war. Now comes the hard part.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
MAY 21, 2010
One reason why it's probably too early to declare the end of the U.S.-Japan alliance: China.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
MAY 18, 2010
As President Medvedev is finding out, bringing Russia up to
date is easier said than done.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
MAY 10, 2010
No question about it: Shanghai, proud home of the 2010 World Expo, is one of the world's coolest cities. But it turns out that the "Shanghai Model" isn't all it's cracked up to be.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
MAY 3, 2010
We're awash in conspiracy theories -- and that's not a good thing. A plea for a genuine culture of skepticism.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
APRIL 26, 2010
Yes, Kim Jong Il's still in charge. But intrigue at the top is heating up, which may explain some of the bizarre behavior coming out of North Korea these days.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
APRIL 19, 2010
A Pakistani cleric declares jihad on suicide bombers. And the story is just beginning.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
APRIL 14, 2010
It
seemed logical to expect that the economic crisis of 2008 would throw millions
of people around the world back into poverty. But it hasn't really happened.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
APRIL 5, 2010
Sure, Google's retreat from China is a big story. But we may be missing the bigger one.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
MARCH 29, 2010
Forget Avatar, The Hurt Locker, and all the rest for a minute. Here's the story of the film that deserves to win big.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
MARCH 3, 2010
Why the conventional coverage of China may be missing the most interesting story of all.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
FEBRUARY 28, 2010
It's way too soon to claim victory in Iraq. But the Obama
administration seems determined to do just that.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
Ukraine has cast its vote for the guy who was on the wrong side of the barricades in the Orange Revolution five years ago. The end of civilization as we know it? Not likely.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
Forget about Yemen. The real terrorist threat exposed by the underwear bomber is in Merry Olde England.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
FEBRUARY 3, 2010
Enough with the dots, already. As the story of the Underwear Bomber shows, the problem with U.S. intelligence is that it knows too much -- and understands too little.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
JANUARY 23, 2010
Millions of religious believers around the world share a passionate belief in the coming of doomsday -- and that means that the End of Days will remain a factor in politics at least until, well, the end of humankind.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
DECEMBER 31, 2009
Does Islamist party Hizb-ut-Tahrir pose a threat to Western society? The answer may well be yes -- but that doesn't mean it should be banned.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |
DECEMBER 22, 2009
