Author: Max Fisher

What's Next for Tunisia?

Signs of democracy, but it won't be easy

By Max Fisher

Oct 21, 2010

By Max Fisher

Oct 21, 2010

By Max Fisher

Oct 21, 2010

Why Obama Pushed to Reinstate Don't Ask, Don't Tell

An appeals court grants the administration's request of a stay

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By Max Fisher

Oct 20, 2010

Should the U.S. Threaten to Invade Pakistan?

A former ambassador makes a radical suggestion

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By Max Fisher

Oct 20, 2010

Did Pennsylvania Senate Race Just Become a Toss-Up?

Some polls show Sestak surging against Toomey

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By Max Fisher

Oct 20, 2010

Can the U.S. Help Build a Palestinian State?

Constructing democracy isn't easy

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By Max Fisher

Oct 20, 2010

Should the U.S. Negotiate With the Taliban?

NATO troops give Taliban leaders safe passage

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By Max Fisher

Oct 19, 2010

In Wisconsin, Feingold-Johnson Senate Race Heats Up

A leading liberal Democrat is down in the polls

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By Max Fisher

Oct 19, 2010

Is China 'Flirting With Danger' on Economic Shift?

A sudden interest rate change shakes global markets

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By Max Fisher

Oct 19, 2010

Understanding Today's Violence in Chechnya

Causes and context to the attack on the Chechen parliament

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By Max Fisher

Oct 19, 2010

Should the Supreme Court Grant Ashcroft Immunity?

The Obama administration defends Bush's attorney general

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By Max Fisher

Oct 18, 2010

Why Has WikiLeaks Not Released Alleged Iraq Documents?

The Pentagon says it expects 400,000 files soon

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By Max Fisher

Oct 18, 2010

How Xi Jinping, China's Presumed Successor, Would Govern

Observers believe he'll be the country's next leader

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By Max Fisher

Oct 18, 2010

Why Andrew Cuomo Is So Far Ahead in New York

In a Tea Party year, one Democrat heads for landslide

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By Max Fisher

Oct 18, 2010

Why Republicans Deny Climate Change

Their ideology is unique in the free world

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By Max Fisher

Oct 18, 2010

High Stakes in Renewed Assault on Kandahar

U.S. and Afghan troops begin surrounding the city

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By Max Fisher

Oct 15, 2010

As Israel Grows Settlements, Can Obama Push for Peace?

All eyes fall on the U.S. to negotiate the impasse

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By Max Fisher

Oct 15, 2010

What Was Behind the Afghanistan Sport Killings?

Understanding the brutal crimes by U.S. troops

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By Max Fisher

Oct 15, 2010

Bernanke's Plan for the Economy

The Fed chairman outlines a new approach

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By Max Fisher

Oct 15, 2010

Could Reid-Angle Debate Decide the Nevada Race?

The Senate Majority Leader and Tea Party challenger are tied in the polls

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By Max Fisher

Oct 14, 2010

By Max Fisher

Oct 14, 2010

The Meaning of Ahmadinejad's Visit to Lebanon

The Iranian president heads west

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By Max Fisher

Oct 14, 2010

What the O'Donnell-Coons Debate Revealed

Can the Tea Party star make a comeback?

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By Max Fisher

Oct 13, 2010

At UN and Beyond, India's Rising Global Profile

The South Asian nation joins the United Nations Security Council

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By Max Fisher

Oct 13, 2010

By Max Fisher

Oct 13, 2010

Why Is the Senate Blocking Nobel-Winning Economist?

Peter Diamond gets the Nobel but not his appointment

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By Max Fisher

Oct 13, 2010

By Max Fisher

Oct 8, 2010

By Max Fisher

Oct 8, 2010

Pundits Agree Supreme Court Should Protect Westboro Church

Fred Phelps's funeral-protesting family goes to court

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By Max Fisher

Oct 8, 2010

Why Obama's Blocking Foreclosure Legislation

And what happens next

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By Max Fisher

Oct 7, 2010

Should the U.S. Give Up on Pakistan?

Some suggest disengaging from the long-time ally

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