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Max Fisher

Max Fisher

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Max Fisher

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    Egypt’s nightmare: The Russian plane crash is a disaster for all EgyptiansEgypt’s nightmare: The Russian plane crash is a disaster for all Egyptians
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    The crash seems likely to damage Egypt’s already-frail tourism industry in ways that even the revolution and its violence did not.

    By Max Fisher
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    Even George H.W. Bush now denounces his son’s “axis of evil” speech. And he’s right.Even George H.W. Bush now denounces his son’s “axis of evil” speech. And he’s right.
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    The then-celebrated 2002 State of the Union actively harmed US foreign policy.

    By Max Fisher
    Syria
    “The Assad suburb”: How Syria ghettoized the military to keep it loyal“The Assad suburb”: How Syria ghettoized the military to keep it loyal
    Syria

    A new study shows how Assad did something other Mideast despots couldn’t: kept his officer corps from joining the uprising.

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    China and Taiwan’s historic meeting, explainedChina and Taiwan’s historic meeting, explained
    World Politics

    Why China and Taiwan have been at conflict for 70 years and what this weekend’s meeting means for it.

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    Syria’s tangled proxy wars: a simple visual guideSyria’s tangled proxy wars: a simple visual guide
    World Politics

    Who is fighting whom and why in Syria.

    By Max Fisher and Kavya Sukumar
    Syria
    Unfixable: How Obama lost SyriaUnfixable: How Obama lost Syria
    Syria

    There may have been a window for the US to act in Syria. Here’s how Obama let it close.

    By Max Fisher
    Israel
    What Israeli leaders think America gets wrong about the worldWhat Israeli leaders think America gets wrong about the world
    Israel

    Does America’s fundamental optimism put it at odds with Israel?

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    Watch a pro-Assad volunteer explain why he fights for the world’s most despised dictatorWatch a pro-Assad volunteer explain why he fights for the world’s most despised dictator
    World Politics

    His answer includes a lot of propaganda, but also something realer: fear.

    By Max Fisher
    Syria
    An open letter to the Syrian army: Today is your chance to end the war. Here’s how.An open letter to the Syrian army: Today is your chance to end the war. Here’s how.
    Syria

    Bashar al-Assad’s first trip abroad since the war began is an opening for Syria’s military to do the right thing.

    By Max Fisher
    Israel
    This speech convinced me Israel’s wave of violence is so much worse than it looksThis speech convinced me Israel’s wave of violence is so much worse than it looks
    Israel

    “What we’re seeing here are the seeds of transformation of a national political conflict that can be solved into a religious conflict that cannot be solved.”

    By Max Fisher