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Max Fisher

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Why Sunnis and Shias are fighting

A brief video guide to sectarian conflict in the Middle East.

January 22, 2014

Ukraine’s protests are back. Here’s why.

Three reasons that mass demonstrations have returned to Kiev’s Independence Square

January 21, 2014

Obama’s conservative approach to Syria

“I am not haunted by my decision not to engage in another Middle Eastern war.“

January 21, 2014

Videos from Ukraine’s protests

Some protesters even put together a big catapult.

January 21, 2014

Museveni: homosexuality caused by ‘random breeding’

Yoweri Museveni explains his theory for the causes of homosexuality.

January 17, 2014

The one-sided politics of ‘The Square’

The Oscar-nominated film contributes to Egypt’s poisonous atmosphere of polarization and distrust.

January 17, 2014

Jon Stewart explains Iran sanctions bill

What the “Daily Show” host gets right and wrong about the sanctions bill.

January 16, 2014

Egypt’s self-defeating crackdowns

Security forces arrested a P.R. team in Cairo to promote the Egyptian government.

January 15, 2014

U.S. probably not backing Mexican cartel

Five reasons to doubt stories about a secret U.S. deal with the Sinaloa cartel

January 14, 2014

The happiest countries are rich, but not too rich

A new study tries to answer the question: Does money buy happiness?

January 14, 2014

Ariel Sharon, in one quote

“Would I rely on the world with respect to the Jews? No. I don’t rely on anyone in this matter.“

January 13, 2014

Iranian news: U.S. is run by Nazi space aliens

This is by far the craziest Iranian conspiracy theory yet

January 13, 2014

40 more maps that explain the world

I’ve searched wide and far for maps that can reveal and surprise and inform in ways that the daily headlines might not.

January 13, 2014

Image sums up South Sudan’s crisis

A United Nations camp in the strife-torn country is dividing people by ethnicity.

January 10, 2014

Photos of Castro’s first appearance in months

The Cuban leader hasn’t been seen since April 2013. He does not look great.

January 9, 2014

The 10 fastest-growing economies

What it says that almost all of them are very poor and resource-driven.

January 9, 2014

How Mideasterners think women should dress

A study asked people in seven countries to pick the most appropriate clothing.

January 8, 2014

Rodman’s North Korea high jinks aren’t funny

The former basketball star is taking another trip. Is it okay to laugh?

January 8, 2014

Gates got his biggest issue wrong

Gates says Joe Biden has been “wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.“

January 7, 2014

Is it unethical to visit North Korea?

Is the controversial basketball star somehow complicit in the regime’s abuses?

January 7, 2014
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