Emily Tamkin


Emily Tamkin is a global affairs journalist and the author of The Influence of Soros and Bad Jews. She was a staff writer at Foreign Policy from 2016-2018.

Articles by Emily Tamkin
A Capital One bank and Bank of America are seen side bye side near Penn Station in New York on January 8, 2018 in New York. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images)
A Capital One bank and Bank of America are seen side bye side near Penn Station in New York on January 8, 2018 in New York. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to visiting girls during the annual Girls' Day at the Chancellery on April 25, 2018 in Berlin, Germany.  (Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to visiting girls during the annual Girls' Day at the Chancellery on April 25, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
Swedish guards participate in birthday celebrations for the king at the royal palace in Stockholm on April 30, 2015. (Ivan Da Silva/Getty Images)
Swedish guards participate in birthday celebrations for the king at the royal palace in Stockholm on April 30, 2015. (Ivan Da Silva/Getty Images)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech at the Grand National Assembly in Ankara on March 20. (Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech at the Grand National Assembly in Ankara on March 20. (Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a news conference at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2017. (Kiyoshi Ota/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a news conference at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2017. (Kiyoshi Ota/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman walks in the main lobby entrance featuring a large Department of State embossed seal during a press preview of the new United States Embassy building in central London on Dec. 13, 2017. (Alastair Grant/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman walks in the main lobby entrance featuring a large Department of State embossed seal during a press preview of the new United States Embassy building in central London on Dec. 13, 2017. (Alastair Grant/AFP/Getty Images)
Jaroslaw Kaczynski attends a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the presidential plane crash in Smolensk on April 10, 2015. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP/Getty Images)
Jaroslaw Kaczynski attends a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the presidential plane crash in Smolensk on April 10, 2015. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP/Getty Images)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Oleg Deripaska, CEO of UC Rusal, attend the APEC CEO Summit on Nov. 10, 2014 in Beijing, China. (Wang Zhao-Pool/Getty Imgaes)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Oleg Deripaska, CEO of UC Rusal, attend the APEC CEO Summit on Nov. 10, 2014 in Beijing, China. (Wang Zhao-Pool/Getty Imgaes)
US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting on Nov. 11, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev /AFP/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting on Nov. 11, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev /AFP/Getty Images)
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Getty Images/Foreign Policy illustration
The Russian flag flies in front of its embassy in Washington on March 26. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The Russian flag flies in front of its embassy in Washington on March 26. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
A demonstrator waves a Bosnian flag as police stand guard while protesters gather in front of a local government building in Tuzla in February 2014. (Elvis Barukcic/AFP/Getty Images)
A demonstrator waves a Bosnian flag as police stand guard while protesters gather in front of a local government building in Tuzla in February 2014. (Elvis Barukcic/AFP/Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hand with Czech President Milos Zeman in Prague on March 29, 2016. (Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hand with Czech President Milos Zeman in Prague on March 29, 2016. (Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump chats with Russian President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting on Nov. 11, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump chats with Russian President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting on Nov. 11, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images)
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili gestures as he is welcomed at the European Union in Brussels on March 8. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili gestures as he is welcomed at the European Union in Brussels on March 8. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)