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Amanda Taub

Former Vox staff

    Latest articles by Amanda Taub

    World Politics
    “The Russians have made a serious mistake”: how Putin’s Syria gambit will backfire“The Russians have made a serious mistake”: how Putin’s Syria gambit will backfire
    World Politics

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

    By Amanda Taub
    Syria
    Putin has a big problem in Syria that no one is talking aboutPutin has a big problem in Syria that no one is talking about
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    Syria

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

    By Amanda Taub
    Syria
    Putin’s Syria intervention isn’t grand, brilliant strategy. It’s an act of fear.Putin’s Syria intervention isn’t grand, brilliant strategy. It’s an act of fear.
    Syria

    The real reason Putin wants to protect the Assad regime.

    By Amanda Taub
    7 reasons you shouldn’t go to law school (unless you really, really want to be a lawyer)
    Features

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

    By Amanda Taub
    archives
    Trump says he and Putin would get along great. Here’s how that might actually go.Trump says he and Putin would get along great. Here’s how that might actually go.
    archives

    Would it all end in tears — or worse?

    By Amanda Taub
    archives
    What was really going on in that awkward debate moment about putting a woman on the $10What was really going on in that awkward debate moment about putting a woman on the $10
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    The candidates’ answers were very revealing.

    By Amanda Taub
    Politics
    Obama just tweeted the perfect message for Ahmed MohamedObama just tweeted the perfect message for Ahmed Mohamed
    Politics

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

    By Amanda Taub
    Criminal Justice
    The message Ahmed Mohamed’s school just sent: creativity isn’t for Muslim kidsThe message Ahmed Mohamed’s school just sent: creativity isn’t for Muslim kids
    Criminal Justice

    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.

    By Amanda Taub
    archives
    Europe, facing worst refugee crisis since WWII, adopts bold “do basically nothing” planEurope, facing worst refugee crisis since WWII, adopts bold “do basically nothing” plan
    archives

    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.

    By Annett Meiritz and Amanda Taub
    Criminal Justice
    David Miliband says what no one else will about how to solve the refugee crisisDavid Miliband says what no one else will about how to solve the refugee crisis
    Criminal Justice

    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.

    By Amanda Taub