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Max Fisher

Max Fisher

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Max Fisher

    North Korea
    Yes, North Korea has the internet. Here’s what it looks like.Yes, North Korea has the internet. Here’s what it looks like.
    North Korea

    Inside the tiny, closed, super-elite world of North Korea’s internet users.

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    Terrorists kill foreign tourists and local in Tunisia attack: what we knowTerrorists kill foreign tourists and local in Tunisia attack: what we know
    World Politics

    Militants stormed Tunisia’s parliament and a nearby national museum, early reports say.

    By Max Fisher
    North Korea
    Did a Congressman just acknowledge the US took down North Korea’s internet in December?Did a Congressman just acknowledge the US took down North Korea’s internet in December?
    North Korea

    The US has never claimed responsibility, but the House Homeland Security chair just hinted it may have been a US cyber response to the Sony hacks.

    By Max Fisher
    Syria
    Kerry just said he’d negotiate with Assad: here’s what it meansKerry just said he’d negotiate with Assad: here’s what it means
    Syria

    This is not as big of a shift in US policy as it might seem, but it does show how the conflict is changing.

    By Max Fisher
    Russia
    The lyrics for ‘Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego’ apply weirdly well to Vladimir PutinThe lyrics for ‘Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego’ apply weirdly well to Vladimir Putin
    Criminal Justice
    No, Tom Cotton did not commit treasonNo, Tom Cotton did not commit treason
    Criminal Justice

    But did he violate the Logan Act, or even possibly the Constitution?

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    This is what it looks like in the Italian town that just got 8 feet of snowThis is what it looks like in the Italian town that just got 8 feet of snow
    World Politics

    The charming village of Capracotta got what may well be the largest 24-hour snowfall in history.

    By Max Fisher
    Climate
    The uproar over Sen. Tom Cotton’s letter to Iran, explainedThe uproar over Sen. Tom Cotton’s letter to Iran, explained
    Climate

    The Republican hawk was sending a message to more than just Iranian leaders.

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    Read the Iranian foreign minister’s super passive-aggressive response to Tom CottonRead the Iranian foreign minister’s super passive-aggressive response to Tom Cotton
    World Politics

    Javad Zarif fires off some zingers.

    By Max Fisher
    Climate
    Republicans are crossing a dangerous new line: sabotaging US foreign policyRepublicans are crossing a dangerous new line: sabotaging US foreign policy
    Climate

    For all its obstruction in Congress, the GOP always respected that foreign policy was sacrosanct. Until now.

    By Max Fisher

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