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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Engaging Islam

Should the United States emphasize democracy or humanist religious traditions in its approach to global Islam? FPIF’s Najum Mushtaq and Abdeslam Maghraoui of the U.S. Institute of Peace offer two different answers.

Roh v. W

The more intriguing reason for Roh’s meager welcome in Washington is how President Bush’s own personal preferences shape American media reporting.

When Ceasefires Fail

Violent clashes have destroyed a four-year ceasefire in Sri Lanka. Here’s one place where the United States (and the UN) could make a difference before it’s too late.

Now It’s Personal

All too often, we leave the field open for the administration to occupy the mental bandwidth of the population with the faces and stories that it wants to promote.

Bush on 9/11: Annotated

The White House promised a nonpolitical speech on 9/11. So why was the president talking about Iraq?

The Crisis of Multilateralism

On the eve of their summit in Singapore, the World Bank and IMF are in serious trouble, from a democratic deficit to a serious economic shortfall. Columnist Walden Bello writes about the event he was banned from attending.

Treaty on Pesticides

persistent organic pollutants, environment, EPA, Stockholm Convention, Rotterdam Convention, pesticides, toxic chemicals, UNEP, PCBs

Light among the Ruins

The Israeli peace movement is back and more diverse than ever.

Liberation Technology?

According to the Pentagon, the latest generation of landmine will liberate the military from all those messy civilian casualties that have so upset the international community.

One More Failed U.S. Environmental Policy

The United States is not just missing the boat on global warming. Washington’s policy on toxic chemicals is also, well, toxic.

Why We Need a UN Rapid Response

Talking Points for the Time-Crunched

The Persistence of Illusion

The war in Lebanon was only the latest mirage to transfix the Middle East. To avoid catastrophe, the United States must dispense with the illusions that helped propel that war.

Food Aid or Band-aid?

Food aid is one way of addressing the global problem of hunger. But where should the food come from and how should it be delivered? John Rivera of Catholic Relief Services and FPIF’s Conn Hallinan square off.

Lebanon, Sudan: Who You Gonna Call?

How about kicking UN peacekeeping up a notch? A rapid response unit is needed now more than ever.

Bunch of Losers

All sides have claimed victory in the Lebanon conflict. They’re all wrong.

An Antidote to Info Vertigo

Now everyone can be as time-crunched and info-inundated as the average policymaker.

Lebanon Ceasefire

Talking Points for the Time-Crunched

The United States, the UN, and the Lebanon Ceasefire

A shaky ceasefire is in place in Lebanon. Will ambiguities doom the agreement?

Hubris and Humanitarianism

Nation-building is a bloody affair. Just ask the Angles or the Visigoths.

How Washington Goaded Israel

Crippling Hezbollah was only the first stage in a U.S.-Israeli plan to remake the Middle East.

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Epicenter, Foreign Policy in Focus

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