John Feffer
John Feffer is an author and currently director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is a fellow at the Open Society Foundations. His books include Crusade 2.0, a description of contemporary attacks on Islam; North Korea/South Korea: US Policy and the Korean Peninsula, a description of current US policy towards Korea and its limitations; Power Trip, a narrative of American unilateralism during the George W. Bush administration; and Living in Hope, a description of creative responses by local communities to the challenges of globalization. His latest book, Pandemic Pivot, reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential for transformative change coming out of the pandemic.
Feffer is a contributor to The Huffington Post. He has written the satirical plays The Pundit and The Politician, performed in 2012 and 2013 respectively at Washington's Capital Fringe Festival.
He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Awards and fellowships
- ''Herbert W. Scoville Fellowship''
Written works
- Foamers: A Novel of Suspense
- Crusade 2.0
- Splinterlands
- Aftershock: A Journey into Eastern Europe's Broken Dreams
- Frostlands Splinterlands Book 2
- The Pandemic Pivot: A Report from the Institute for Policy Studies, The Transnational Institute, and Focus on the Global South
- Songlands Splinterlands Book 3