Amanda Taub
Former Vox staff
Latest articles by Amanda Taub


“When your enemy is in the process of making a mistake, do not interrupt him.”


Why the Russian president may have no way to win in Syria.


The real reason Putin wants to protect the Assad regime.

A law degree is not the solution to your fears about the future.


Would it all end in tears — or worse?


The candidates’ answers were very revealing.


President Obama had the perfect message for the Muslim ninth-grader arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school.


Ahmed Mohamed was trying to start a conversation in the universal language of engineers: “Look, I built something. Want to build more stuff together?” His school arrested him for it.


What happens when the interior ministers of every EU country join together to find a solution to a pressing crisis? Not a lot, as it turns out.


The former UK foreign secretary and current president of the International Rescue Committee explains why the solution to the crisis on Europe’s borders lies in the Middle East.