John Feffer (born 1963) 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 (City Lights, 2012), 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 (Seven Stories Press, 2020), 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 (1988)

Written works

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