Max Fisher

Max Fisher is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.

How Bin Laden's Death Could Help End the Afghan War

How Bin Laden's Death Could Help End the Afghan War

The U.S. and Taliban have struggled against domestic political opposition in forging the peace deal both groups know is necessary. With the al-Qaeda leader gone, peace may become much easier to justify More »

U.S. Shakeup and the Blurring Line Between Military and Intelligence

U.S. Shakeup and the Blurring Line Between Military and Intelligence

Obama's decision to move Panetta to Defense and Petraeus to CIA suggests a greater focus on counterterrorism and clandestine warfare in Afghanistan and beyond More »

Detained Reporter Clare Gillis Makes Second Call Home

Detained Reporter Clare Gillis Makes Second Call Home

The freelance reporter for The Atlantic and USA Today said she was being treated humanely and in civilized conditions More »

Detained Reporter Clare Gillis Says She Is Alive and Well

Detained Reporter Clare Gillis Says She Is Alive and Well

The Atlantic and USA Today reporter today called her parents from a women's prison in Tripoli More »

Parents of Detained Journalist Call for Daughter's Release From Libya

Parents of Detained Journalist Call for Daughter's Release From Libya

Atlantic and USA Today reporter Clare Morgana Gillis, believed to be held by the Libyan government, was last seen two weeks ago today More »

South African Journalist Missing in Libya

South African Journalist Missing in Libya

The South African government has formally requested U.S. assistance in finding South African freelance photographer Anton Lazarus Hammerl More »

White House Calls for Release of Journalists Detained in Libya

White House Calls for Release of Journalists Detained in Libya

The journalists, two of whom are American, are thought to be held in a government detention center in Tripoli More »

Detained Journalists Thought to Be Held in Tripoli Jail

Detained Journalists Thought to Be Held in Tripoli Jail

They were last seen in the facility on Thursday, The Atlantic has learned, where they were being treated well by government captors More »

Reporters Detained in Libya Remain in Government Custody

Reporters Detained in Libya Remain in Government Custody

Five days after being detained by Libyan troops, four journalists, including a freelance reporter who works for The Atlantic, are missing but believed to be in government custody More »

Detained Journalists Believed to Be in Libyan Government Possession

Detained Journalists Believed to Be in Libyan Government Possession

The government is transporting them to Tripoli and says it plans to release them More »

Atlantic Reporter Detained in Libya

Atlantic Reporter Detained in Libya

Clare Morgana Gillis and three other journalists have been taken into custody More »

An Era of Intervention?

An Era of Intervention?

The ways in which the Libya and Côte d'Ivoire conflicts are resolved could shape geopolitical norms for a generation or more More »

With U.S. Turn Against Saleh, Has American Idealism Finally Triumphed?

With U.S. Turn Against Saleh, Has American Idealism Finally Triumphed?

Obama is dropping support for Yemen's president More »

Is Obama Trying to Scare Qaddafi Out of Libya?

Is Obama Trying to Scare Qaddafi Out of Libya?

With news of CIA involvement the U.S. may be clearing the way for the colonel's exit More »

As Libyan Rebels Stall, Obama Faces Impossible Choice

As Libyan Rebels Stall, Obama Faces Impossible Choice

If he escalates, the U.S. could risk another Afghanistan; if he doesn't, the U.S. could be seen as complicit in Qaddafi's victory More »

Have We Got Arab Politics All Wrong?

Have We Got Arab Politics All Wrong?

We've long tended to assume that foreign policy drives Arab public opinion, but the uprisings in Egypt and Syria may show us otherwise More »

In Arming Libyan Rebels, the U.S. Would Follow an Old, Dark Path

In Arming Libyan Rebels, the U.S. Would Follow an Old, Dark Path

As Libya reaches a violent stalemate, a strategy with a mixed and disturbing record is getting stronger support More »

Ghosts of Iraq: Why the War Against Libya Remains Leaderless

Ghosts of Iraq: Why the War Against Libya Remains Leaderless

How European politics, American regret, and the messy nature of revolutions complicate the fight against Qaddafi More »

Why Japan Was Ready

Why Japan Was Ready

Nature is unstoppable, as Friday's earthquake proved, but good governance and money can go a long way More »

In Japanese Quake Disaster, a Chinese Opportunity

In Japanese Quake Disaster, a Chinese Opportunity

Could Beijing's navy, long contained by a U.S.-led coalition, use humanitarian intervention to expand its regional influence? More »

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