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.

Latest

After the Sunshine Generation

The death of Kim Dae Jung, the suicide of Roh Moo Hyun, and the illness of Kim Jong Il all point to the end of a generation committed to North-South engagement.

Iran Gas Ban: Step toward War with Iran?

The proposed U.S. ban on gasoline sales to Iran is better than bombing the country. But, columnist Michael Klare asks, could such a ban lead to war anyway?

Postcard From…Damascus

The Iraqi refugee situation in Syria is becoming increasingly problematic.

Global Spin Doctors

Public relations…for countries?

Kosovo, East Timor, R2P, and Ian Williams

Noam Chomsky refutes Ian Williams’ claim that NATO’s bombing of Serbia in 1999 did not precipitate atrocities in Kosovo.

Review: ‘The Future of Global Relations’

America is on the way out. Are regions on the way in?

Lack of North American Leadership

The three amigos met in Guadalajara and failed to usher in a new paradigm of North American cooperation.

Learning from the British in Iraq

History suggests that the United States won’t be leaving Iraq any time soon.

Postcard From…Dharamsala

Dharamsala is where Tibet 2.0 is being created.

Bill’s Excellent Adventure

Mr. Clinton goes to North Korea.

Inching toward Compromise in the Middle East

To reach a peace settlement in the Middle East, the United States has to put pressure on Israel and reach out to Hamas.

Their Martyrs and Our Heroes

Powerful, developed countries have suicide bombers too.

The Geopolitics of Facebook

The revolution will be socially networked.

Ban Ki Moon and R2P

The UN secretary general has taken a forceful position on the Responsibility to Protect doctrine.

Against the Lisbon Treaty

The European radical left opposes the latest version of European integration.

Book Review:’The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority’

A new book on U.S. trade policy demonstrates that fast track is the wrong track.

Asia’s Axis of Evil?

Burma and North Korea are the pariahs of Asia. Are these birds of a feather flocking together?

Demystifying Iran

Beneath the fog of politics, according to a new documentary, Iran has a vibrant youth and art culture.

Obama and Arroyo: Time for a Reset

The worsening human rights situation in the Philippines requires the United States to rethink its political and economic relations with the country.

Slaying the Dragon

Our new king’s armor is starting to get tarnished.

Project Director and Associate Fellow

Epicenter, Foreign Policy in Focus

    Asia/Pacific, Military/Peace, NATO, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

    UpFront: Russia’s War in Ukraine

    KPFA | January 29, 2024

    Talkies

    KPFA | January 19, 2024

    Tensions High Over Russia’s War in Ukraine

    The Greenfield (MA) Recorder, The Tulsa (OK) World | October 23, 2023

    UpFront

    KPFA | October 2, 2023

    UpFront

    KPFA | September 18, 2023

    Technics and Civilization: Lithium and Society

    Korean IT Times | September 7, 2023

    More...