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 Making of a New Global Strategy

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Book Review: Wired for War

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Warring on Warriors

The war in Afghanistan is taking its toll on the hearts and minds of civilians and soldiers.

Multilateralism in Munich

Vice President Joe Biden unveiled the Obama administration’s approach to multilateralism at the Munich security conference. Are Europeans buying it?

Israel: Rise of the Right

In its recent elections Israel witnessed the rise of the right, the extreme right, and the fascist right.

A New Era in U.S.-Iranian Relations?

Iran isn’t fundamentally anti-American. Now is the time to build a new relationship.

What’s the Matter with China?

The problem isn’t just with China. Even after the election of Barack Obama, many are left wondering: What’s the matter with us?

The Promise of the Six-Party Process

The discussion on nuclear nonproliferation in East Asia must include civil society participation and focus more on tomorrow’s vision than today’s headlines.

Asia: The Coming Fury

American consumers are cutting back on spending. One likely result: a new era of radical protest in Asia.

Pacific Freeze: Call to Action

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The Risk of Military Keynesianism

Will the economic crisis finally take a bite out of military spending, or serve as another rationale for maintaining the status quo?

Postcard From…Beijing

China is investing heavily in alternative energy, but its coal-powered power plants are still enlarging its carbon footprint.

Obama: Cut Arms Exports

If the new president is serious about diplomacy, he needs to cut back on the huge number of weapons that the United States is dumping on the world market.

What Saudi Arabia Should Do

The United States should call on Saudi Arabia to push the Taliban and other fundamentalists in a more moderate direction.

Un-Gagging Women’s Human Rights

The “global gag rule” is gone. Now it’s time to move on to the rest of the global reproductive health agenda.

Our Pirates and Theirs

Why are more than a dozen of the world’s navies converging on Somalia to battle pirates there instead of sailing into New York to capture the Wall Street pirates?

Strategic Dialogue: Somalia

Two different takes on the Somali pirates and next steps to bring peace and stability to the Horn of Africa.

What’s Next for Somalia

The Obama administration should take the issue of piracy seriously and engage Somalia now.

Somalia: Waiting for Obama

The piracy issue is overblown, and the Obama administration needs to bring all sides to the table to reach a political compromise.

Purple Hearts: A Cold-Blooded Decision

Veterans with PTSD aren’t getting medals, medical care, or even a modicum of respect.

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