John Feffer
John Feffer is co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies.
He is the author of several books and numerous articles. He has been a Writing Fellow at Provisions Library in Washington, DC and a PanTech fellow in Korean Studies at Stanford University. 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. He has taught a graduate level course on international conflict at Sungkonghoe University in Seoul in July 2001 and delivered lectures at a variety of academic institutions including New York University, Hofstra, Union College, Cornell University, and Sofia University (Tokyo).
John has been widely interviewed in print and on radio. He serves on the advisory committees of the Alliance of Scholars Concerned about Korea. He is a recipient of the Herbert W. Scoville fellowship and has been a writer in residence at Blue Mountain Center and the Wurlitzer Foundation. He currently lives with his partner Karin Lee in Hyattsville, Maryland.
Recent Work
Op-Ed
Playing the Hawk With North Korea
July 1 - The Obama administration needs to recognize an aggressive policy toward North Korea is as ineffective now as it was during Clinton and Bush. Published in Antiwar.com and Inter Press Service.
Op-Ed
The Obama-Lee Summit: Dangerous Consensus?
June 19 - Washington and Seoul should coordinate policy. But they should also keep their eyes on the prize: resolving the current crisis with North Korea without resorting to force. Published in Foreign Policy In Focus and The Asia Chronicle.
Op-Ed
Outsourcing North Korea Policy
June 11 - Washington can't rely on Beijing to clean up this mess. Published in The Asia Chronicle.