Max Fisher is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.
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 »
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 »
The freelance reporter for The Atlantic and USA Today said she was being treated humanely and in civilized conditions More »
The Atlantic and USA Today reporter today called her parents from a women's prison in Tripoli More »
Atlantic and USA Today reporter Clare Morgana Gillis, believed to be held by the Libyan government, was last seen two weeks ago today More »
The South African government has formally requested U.S. assistance in finding South African freelance photographer Anton Lazarus Hammerl More »
The journalists, two of whom are American, are thought to be held in a government detention center in Tripoli More »
They were last seen in the facility on Thursday, The Atlantic has learned, where they were being treated well by government captors More »
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 »
The government is transporting them to Tripoli and says it plans to release them More »
Clare Morgana Gillis and three other journalists have been taken into custody More »
The ways in which the Libya and Côte d'Ivoire conflicts are resolved could shape geopolitical norms for a generation or more More »
Obama is dropping support for Yemen's president More »
With news of CIA involvement the U.S. may be clearing the way for the colonel's exit More »
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 »
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 »
As Libya reaches a violent stalemate, a strategy with a mixed and disturbing record is getting stronger support More »
How European politics, American regret, and the messy nature of revolutions complicate the fight against Qaddafi More »
Nature is unstoppable, as Friday's earthquake proved, but good governance and money can go a long way More »
Could Beijing's navy, long contained by a U.S.-led coalition, use humanitarian intervention to expand its regional influence? More »
