Christian Caryl

Christian Caryl is an American journalist who is widely published in international politics and foreign affairs.

Caryl received a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, cum laude, from Yale College in 1984, followed by a year of graduate study at the University of Constanz (Federal Republic of Germany).

Earlier Caryl served as Moscow bureau chief for U.S News & World Report, starting in July 1997.

Before moving to Moscow, Caryl spent 12 years as a freelance journalist in Germany, where he contributed to publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, The Spectator, and Der Spiegel.

Following the Boston Marathon bombing, Caryl was the first to interview "Misha", who had been accused of radicalizing Tamerlan Tsarnaev.