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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Obama’s Surge and Pakistan

U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan is built on two coups, one in Kabul and the other in Islamabad.

Honduran Elections a Parody of Democracy

The recent elections are the latest act in the Honduran theater of the absurd, reports columnist Laura Carlsen.

Africa and the Economic Crisis

While the world focuses on Afghanistan, Africa is addressing the global economic crisis in new ways.

The AfPak Train Wreck

The president’s goals in escalating the war in Afghanistan are deeply flawed. Just ask the Russians.

A Tale of Two Human Rights Awardees

Washington supports those who protest against regimes it opposes and ignores the human rights activists of allied countries.

Climate and Capitalism in Copenhagen

The negotiators in Copenhagen are likely to address only half the story, argues columnist Walden Bello.

Nation-Building in Afghanistan

The United States can learn from the mistakes made in Iraq to craft a new approach to Afghanistan.

Postcard From…Tawang

The two emerging economic giants India and China still have some unfinished border business.

Hitting the Brakes on Afghanistan

Because speeding up won’t get us anywhere we want to be.

Obama Takes a Bow?

Critics lambasted Obama’s deferential style. They missed the real story of the president’s Asia trip.

Fort Hood: The War at Home

The tragic effects of the policies that motivate those abroad to attack U.S. soldiers have finally hit home in a direct and devastating way.

The Battle for Angola’s Oil

A new battle is underway between the United States and China over Angola’s oil resources.

Review: ‘Daybreak: Undoing The Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union’

David Swanson exposes the crimes of the Bush-Cheney regime and calls for a more perfect union.

The Conventional Arms Control Challenge

Nuclear disarmament requires movement forward on controlling conventional weapons, argues columnist Frida Berrigan. And the best hope for conventional arms control might be linking it to nuclear abolition.

Europe’s Wild East

There aren’t any cowboys, but the capitalist free-for-all attitude reigns supreme.

Morocco: Endangered ‘Model’?

Morocco might have a better record on domestic reforms than its neighbors, but that’s no excuse to ignore its recent retreat on human rights.

Postcard from…Tirana

George W. Bush has a cafe and a street named for him in Tirana. Is a statue next?

Why the Afghan Surge Will Fail

President Obama is on the verge of making a profound mistake by sending more troops to Afghanistan, argues columnist Conn Hallinan.

Obama: Visit Hiroshima

Here’s one way President Obama can prove he’s worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize.

New Neighbors, New Economy

Here’s a solution to the dwindling workforces in developed countries.

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