John Feffer is director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies.

He is the author, most recently, of Aftershock: A Journey into Eastern Europe’s Broken Dreams (Zed Books). He is also the author of the dystopian novel Splinterlands (Dispatch Books) and its soon-to-be-released sequel Frostlands. He is the author of several other books, and his articles have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, USAToday, Los Angeles Review of Books, Salon, and many other publications.

He has been an Open Society fellow, a PanTech fellow in Korean Studies at Stanford University, a Herbert W. Scoville fellow, a writing fellow at Provisions Library in Washington, DC, and a writer in residence at Blue Mountain Center and the Wurlitzer Foundation.

He is a former associate editor of World Policy Journal. He has worked as an international affairs representative in Eastern Europe and East Asia for the American Friends Service Committee. He has studied in England and Russia, lived in Poland and Japan, and traveled widely throughout Europe and Asia.

John has been widely interviewed in print, on radio, and TV.

Learn more about him on his website.

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The No-Doctrine President

Bush had a doctrine, Nixon had a doctrine, even Jimmy Carter had a doctrine. Why doesn’t Obama?

Libya War Is No Pentagon Lifeline

Let’s shrink our military footprint.

How to Break the Deadlock With North Korea

North Korea can’t help but think: “Look what happened to Libya when it gave up its nuclear weapons.”

The Geopolitics of Stupid

If the death of one man is a tragedy while the death of a million is a statistic then the attack on a single Qur’an is a tragedy while the attack on millions of Muslims is a foreign policy.

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As part of our special focus on Islamophobia, Rabbi Arthur Waskow discusses how the Abrahamic tradition can counter anti-Muslim sentiment.

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Interview with Cynthia Schneider

As part of our special focus on Islamophobia, Cynthia Schneider talks about the stereotyping of Muslims in American culture, engaging with the TV show 24, and watching the rise of Islamophobia in the Netherlands

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Interview with Farid Panjwani

In our special focus on Islamophobia, Farid Panjwani talks about the relationship between religion and citizenship, the impact of Sharia law, and the role of Muslim faith schools.

The Age of Activism

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Interview with Wajahat Ali

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Interview with Raed Jarrar and Niki Akhavan

In our special focus on Islamophobia, analysts Raed Jarrar and Niki Akhavan look at the roots of Islamophobia, how anti-Islamic sentiment has shaped U.S. foreign policy, and the relationship between faith and violence.

The Twilight of Tyranny?

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Interview with Arun Kundnani

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Interview with Phyllis Bennis

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