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Max Fisher

Max Fisher

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Max Fisher

    World Politics
    5 thoughts on Huckabee’s appallingly offensive “oven door” Holocaust comment5 thoughts on Huckabee’s appallingly offensive “oven door” Holocaust comment
    World Politics

    He said Obama, with his Iran deal, “will take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven.”

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    Was the effort to remove Syria’s chemical weapons a failure?Was the effort to remove Syria’s chemical weapons a failure?
    World Politics

    Syria may have secretly kept some of the weapons that a US-led effort ostensibly removed.

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    The clown show that was the Senate Iran hearing, in one tweetThe clown show that was the Senate Iran hearing, in one tweet
    World Politics

    “Sen. Ron Johnson is lecturing MIT physicist Ernest Moniz on electro-magnetic pulse weapons.”

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    Iran hawks finally presented a “better” Iran deal. It’s complete gibberish.Iran hawks finally presented a “better” Iran deal. It’s complete gibberish.
    World Politics

    Former Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren says he has a better Iran deal. He does not.

    By Max Fisher
    China
    The viral story about Taylor Swift offending China isn’t true, but it is revealingThe viral story about Taylor Swift offending China isn’t true, but it is revealing
    China

    The brief, odd story says a lot about how we see China, and how we get it wrong.

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    How Iran’s economy could blow up the nuclear dealHow Iran’s economy could blow up the nuclear deal
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    World Politics

    Expectations in Iran are way too high for what the deal will do. What happens when the truth sets in?

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    This conversation really helped me understand the Iran dealThis conversation really helped me understand the Iran deal
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    World Politics

    “It makes the possibility of Iran developing a nuclear weapon in the next 25 years extremely remote.”

    By Max Fisher
    The 6 biggest myths about the Iran nuclear deal
    Defense & Security
    By Max Fisher and Amanda Taub
    Defense & Security
    The 6 biggest myths about the Iran nuclear dealThe 6 biggest myths about the Iran nuclear deal
    Defense & Security

    Some of these are rooted in real truth — but others are just nonsense.

    By Max Fisher and Amanda Taub
    World Politics
    This is an astoundingly good Iran dealThis is an astoundingly good Iran deal
    World Politics

    Why nuclear experts give the deal an A, and say it resolves the Iran nuclear issue for the next 25 years.

    By Max Fisher