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Max Fisher

Max Fisher

Max Fisher is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where he edits and writes for the International channel.

Video Shows Syrian Anti-Aircraft Tank Firing Randomly Into Peoples' Homes

Video Shows Syrian Anti-Aircraft Tank Firing Randomly Into Peoples' Homes

The scene of mad, senseless violence against civilians is a reminder that Assad will keep killing with impunity as long as he's able.… More »

Believing the Unbelievable: Why Kim Jong Un Death Rumors Won't Die

Believing the Unbelievable: Why Kim Jong Un Death Rumors Won't Die

An incredible story that the North Korean leader was killed in Beijing gained remarkable attention in the West, revealing some of the ways Americans can misunderstand Asian societies… More »

Why Thousands of Iranian Women Are Training to Be Ninjas

Why Thousands of Iranian Women Are Training to Be Ninjas

In a society that treats them like children, sports -- and especially martial arts -- offer a way to express strength and independence.… More »

The Amazing Adventures of Iran's Cardboard Cutout Ayatollah

The Amazing Adventures of Iran's Cardboard Cutout Ayatollah

Iran's oversized Khomeini reproduction weaponizes photoshop.… More »

U.S. Press Freedom Fell 27 Places Last Year to 47th in the World

U.S. Press Freedom Fell 27 Places Last Year to 47th in the World

Why the media became less free in America, the Middle East, and China, but freer in Africa… More »

Iran Reenacts History With a Giant Cardboard Cut-Out Ayatollah

Iran Reenacts History With a Giant Cardboard Cut-Out Ayatollah

A larger-than-life, but not actually alive, Ruhollah Khomeini is trotted our for a very special military ceremony.… More »

Newt Is Wrong Again, or, 4 Reasons Iran Is Not Nuking Jacksonville

Newt Is Wrong Again, or, 4 Reasons Iran Is Not Nuking Jacksonville

Wild-eyed alarmism makes Iranian leaders and U.S. voters more likely to make bad choices.… More »

The Dangerously Unpredictable Foreign Policy of Newt Gingrich

The Dangerously Unpredictable Foreign Policy of Newt Gingrich

Radical ideas, contradictory positions, and a lack of ideology would make it harder for other states to anticipate American behavior and could add instability to the world.… More »

The Middle East Didn't Really Get Any Freer in 2011

The Middle East Didn't Really Get Any Freer in 2011

The Arab Spring may be changing history, but a new report shows the dictators are taking almost as much as they're losing.… More »

Debating Western Intervention in Syria

Debating Western Intervention in Syria

Marc Lynch responds to Steven A. Cook's Atlantic article arguing that the U.S. should consider military action… More »

China's Dilemma on Iran

China's Dilemma on Iran

Is the threat of an Israeli air strike leading Beijing to consider other sources of energy?… More »

One Cartoon Sums Up the Insanity of Syria's Crackdown

One Cartoon Sums Up the Insanity of Syria's Crackdown

The unstoppable Ali Ferzat reminds us why the Assad regime hates him… More »

What's Behind the Video of Korean Soldiers' Freak-Out Over Girl Group

What's Behind the Video of Korean Soldiers' Freak-Out Over Girl Group

Americans are entranced by a video of South Korean troops reacting emotionally to a surprise concert by an all-girl pop group, but there's more than just cultural differences at play… More »

Syria's Bashar al-Assad Chooses the Qaddafi Model

Syria's Bashar al-Assad Chooses the Qaddafi Model

Syria's dictator is following the same path that led Libya's leader to his death… More »

The North Korea-ification of Iran

The North Korea-ification of Iran

The Islamic Republic seems increasingly eager to antagonize its enemies as well as its friends, but is the U.S. also pushing it in that direction?… More »

6 Lessons of Obama's New Pentagon Plan for American Foreign Policy

6 Lessons of Obama's New Pentagon Plan for American Foreign Policy

Less counterinsurgency and nukes, more Asian fleets and secret spy teams… More »

How China Stays Stable Despite 500 Protests Every Day

How China Stays Stable Despite 500 Protests Every Day

An informal practice of within-system dissent has allowed the Communist Party to maintain stability even with hundreds of daily demonstrations, but what happens if the economy falters?… More »

The Only Remaining Online Copy of Vogue's Asma al-Assad Profile

The Only Remaining Online Copy of Vogue's Asma al-Assad Profile

Despite all the controversy, the fashion writer's interviews are worth keeping in the public record… More »

10 International Stories to Watch for in 2012

10 International Stories to Watch for in 2012

Democracy, war, and transition in what is likely to be another historic year in world affairs… More »

The Arab Spring, Year One, in Videos

The Arab Spring, Year One, in Videos

How amateur and professional videos captured a series of historic moments… More »

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