Trump’s Korean Shell Game
May 30, 2018 | The U.S. and North Korean leaders are both playing a long con designed to maintain their own short-term political survival.
Articles by John Feffer
Disrupters in Chief
May 23, 2018 | From Washington to Rome, so-called "populist" politicians are hacking away at a genuinely broken status quo. But their alternatives are either uninspired or terrifying.
Playing Trump for Peace
May 21, 2018 | Here's how the Korean peninsula can become a bright spot in a world gone mad.
The Bolton Administration Has Already Begun
May 16, 2018 | The hard-right national security adviser successfully tanked the Iran deal. His next target? The North Korea talks.
The Banality of Haspel
May 9, 2018 | It would be hard to find someone with more experience to run the CIA. And that’s why she’s a terrible choice.
Two-Faced Trump: Peace in Korea, World War in the Middle East
May 6, 2018 | Trump believes he can simultaneously capture a Nobel Peace Prize for North Korea while leaping toward war with Iran.
Korea and the Geopolitics of the Impossible
April 25, 2018 | Careful Korean diplomacy, coupled Trump's desire to do what Obama couldn't, could mean a rapprochement on the Korean peninsula no one thought possible.
Trump’s Trade War Is About Trump, Not China
April 11, 2018 | Those China tariffs aren't surprising. What’s bizarre are the people praising Trump's recklessness and reviving his political fortunes.
How ‘Black Panther’ Sees the World
April 4, 2018 | The film contrasts aloof isolationism with Gates Foundation-style paternalism. It unfairly paints more revolutionary alternatives as narrowly violent.
Trump to the International Community: Drop Dead
March 27, 2018 | Donald Trump has declared war on human rights -- at home and abroad.