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Max Fisher

Max Fisher

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Max Fisher

    Syria
    The perfect word for Obama’s ISIS threat inflation: “threatiness”The perfect word for Obama’s ISIS threat inflation: “threatiness”
    Syria

    Think of it as like Colbert’s truthiness, but for when a US president warns of vague and terrifying threats to the US.

    By Max Fisher
    14 maps that explain ISIS
    Climate
    By Max Fisher and Zack Beauchamp
    archives
    Obama to the world: Ferguson shows what makes American leadership so importantObama to the world: Ferguson shows what makes American leadership so important
    archives

    His speech to the UN concluded by arguing that Ferguson showed the US at its best.

    By Max Fisher
    archives
    Video: Even Canadians can’t talk about the Middle East without fightingVideo: Even Canadians can’t talk about the Middle East without fighting
    archives

    This scene in Canada’s Parliament begins with a simple question, and goes badly very quickly.

    By Max Fisher
    Syria
    Congratulations, Assad: You successfully got the US to bomb your enemies instead of youCongratulations, Assad: You successfully got the US to bomb your enemies instead of you
    Syria

    This one cartoon sums up the bitter irony of Obama’s air strikes against ISIS.

    By Max Fisher
    Syria
    To fight ISIS, Obama needs to wage the kind of war he hatesTo fight ISIS, Obama needs to wage the kind of war he hates
    Syria

    America’s most successful counterterrorism president knows he may have to become something he has long resisted.

    By Max Fisher
    Syria
    The US is bombing Syria: What we know and don’t knowThe US is bombing Syria: What we know and don’t know
    Syria

    The first-ever US air strikes against ISIS in Syria are shrouded in a degree of mystery.

    By Max Fisher, Amanda Taub and 1 more
    Syria
    This Syrian man is live-tweeting the first American air strikes in his countryThis Syrian man is live-tweeting the first American air strikes in his country
    Syria

    Abdulkader Hariri identified the American drones and warplanes filling the skies over Raqqa 30 minutes before they were officially announced.

    By Max Fisher
    Syria
    Obama’s new ISIS strategy is good news for Assad, and he knows itObama’s new ISIS strategy is good news for Assad, and he knows it
    Syria

    Obama’s tacit offer for Assad: go after ISIS and we’ll leave you alone.

    By Max Fisher
    Russia
    This is bad: Russia ‘abducts’ Estonian officer after Obama says US will defend EstoniaThis is bad: Russia ‘abducts’ Estonian officer after Obama says US will defend Estonia
    Russia

    The world was already afraid that Russia might invade Estonia, this triggering war with the US — then this happened.

    By Max Fisher