Skip to main content

The context you need, when you need it

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own.

We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today?

Join now
Max Fisher

Max Fisher

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Max Fisher

    World Politics
    The biggest thing that Washington gets wrong about sanctionsThe biggest thing that Washington gets wrong about sanctions
    World Politics

    Treasury Secretary Jack Lew made a crucial point about how sanctions work, and don’t.

    By Max Fisher
    Defense & Security
    This 3-minute cartoon explains why nuclear weapons still pose a very real threatThis 3-minute cartoon explains why nuclear weapons still pose a very real threat
    Defense & Security

    A lighthearted reminder of the ever-present risk of unintended nuclear conflict.

    By Max Fisher
    Politics
    I did my best to understand Trump’s foreign policy. Here’s what I came up with.I did my best to understand Trump’s foreign policy. Here’s what I came up with.
    Politics

    Five things we learned from Trump’s big New York Times interview.

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    “No one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim”“No one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim”
    World Politics

    Why is Myanmar’s leader failing to stand up against the ethnic cleansing of her own people?

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    The most important foreign news story this week was about Russian tax policyThe most important foreign news story this week was about Russian tax policy
    World Politics

    The country’s oil output could halve by 2035 — with potentially global implications.

    By Max Fisher
    Why ISIS attacked Brussels
    Video

    Why ISIS attacked Brussels

    By Johnny Harris and Max Fisher
    Watch: a 6-minute history of ISIS
    World Politics

    Who they are, where they came from, and how they became so powerful.

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    The Brussels attack is Europe’s new realityThe Brussels attack is Europe’s new reality
    World Politics

    As ISIS declines, its threat to Europe grows, and in ways that can be managed but maybe not solved.

    By Max Fisher
    Politics
    Hillary Clinton’s AIPAC speech: hard-line pro-Israel rhetoric, status quo Obama policiesHillary Clinton’s AIPAC speech: hard-line pro-Israel rhetoric, status quo Obama policies
    Politics

    The former secretary of state walked a subtle line in her speech.

    By Max Fisher
    How Saudi Arabia captured Washington
    World Politics

    America’s foreign policy establishment has aligned itself with an ultra-conservative dictatorship that often acts counter to US values and interests. Why?

    By Max Fisher