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Max Fisher

Max Fisher

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Max Fisher

    Criminal Justice
    “Comfort women”: Japan’s 70-year sex slavery controversy, explained“Comfort women”: Japan’s 70-year sex slavery controversy, explained
    Criminal Justice

    Why the controversy is still an international issue — and why Japan and South Korea just struck an historic agreement over it.

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    This is a crucial and underappreciated point about why defeating ISIS is so difficultThis is a crucial and underappreciated point about why defeating ISIS is so difficult
    World Politics

    Middle East expert Michael Knights says countries there just don’t see ISIS as their first priority — because they’re all too worried about one another.

    By Max Fisher
    Syria
    Seymour Hersh’s bizarre new conspiracy theory about the US and Syria, explainedSeymour Hersh’s bizarre new conspiracy theory about the US and Syria, explained
    Syria

    The investigative journalist says the Pentagon conducted a secret alliance with Assad and Putin to undermine Obama.

    By Max Fisher
    Politics
    Donald Trump just tripped over the media’s rules for praising dictatorsDonald Trump just tripped over the media’s rules for praising dictators
    Politics

    Good news: it is acceptable in America to praise dictators who violently suppress human rights, as long as you follow these simple rules.

    By Max Fisher
    archives
    This filmmaker makes a crucial point on Muslim leaders’ struggle to stop radicalizationThis filmmaker makes a crucial point on Muslim leaders’ struggle to stop radicalization
    archives

    “Our leaders are really caught between a rock and a hard place. They don’t know what to do.”

    By Max Fisher
    archives
    Why wasn’t San Bernardino prevented? The hard truth that no one wants to admit.Why wasn’t San Bernardino prevented? The hard truth that no one wants to admit.
    archives

    The controversy over the attack, explained.

    By Max Fisher
    archives
    No Republican wants to admit it, but their ISIS strategies are largely the same as Obama’sNo Republican wants to admit it, but their ISIS strategies are largely the same as Obama’s
    archives

    GOP presidential candidates criticize Obama on style but offer ideas in line with what the US is already doing.

    By Max Fisher
    Video
    The rise of ISIS, explained in 6 minutesThe rise of ISIS, explained in 6 minutes
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    Video

    Its history goes back way before the group ever existed.

    By Max Fisher and Johnny Harris
    archives
    The problem at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s Muslim anti-ISIS coalitionThe problem at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s Muslim anti-ISIS coalition
    archives

    Saudi Arabia, intentionally or not, is forcing a choice between dictator-allied establishment Islam and terrorist Islam.

    By Max Fisher
    Iran
    The bottom line on whether Iran tried to build nuclear weaponsThe bottom line on whether Iran tried to build nuclear weapons
    Iran

    The IAEA officially concluded its big investigation. Here’s what it found.

    By Max Fisher