The Fall of the House of ISIS
October 25, 2017 | ISIS is on the decline, but the catastrophic political divisions in Iraq and Syria that gave rise to it are no closer to being mended.
Articles by John Feffer
Trump’s Enablers Should Be Shamed Out of Public Life
October 18, 2017 | The evidence is in: The "adults in the room" at the White House have enabled Trump's worst impulses, not checked them.
Trump Is Signaling an Unprecedented Right Turn on Foreign Policy
October 11, 2017 | From his feud with Bob Corker to his plans to renege on the Iran deal, Trump's mood swings mean a dangerous new era of foreign policy.
Europe and the Middle East Are Both on the Verge of Unraveling
October 4, 2017 | From Catalonia to Kurdistan, long simmering regions are clamoring for their own states. But what good is being a state anymore?
Engaging North Korea Successfully on Human Rights
September 29, 2017 | Despite a generally abysmal human rights record, North Korea has shown improvement in one specific area: disability rights.
Germany and the Rise of a ‘Fascist International’
September 27, 2017 | Germany funds foundations for its political parties. If the far right gets one, we're one step closer to globalizing the alt-right.
It’s Time to Make a Deal With North Korea
September 20, 2017 | If the U.S. made a deal with Maoist China in the 1970s, it can surely cut one with North Korea today.
Muslim Nations Are Rallying to Protect the Rohingya. What About the Rest of Us?
September 20, 2017 | If only Muslims reach out to help the Rohingya, the international community will suffer another blow to its reputation.
Hurricane Donald Hits the Republican Party
September 13, 2017 | If Trump succeeds in ramping up military spending and gutting everything else, we’ll be left with a bunch of nukes and an underfunded state — and no one but China to keep us afloat.
How Bush’s ‘New World Order’ Became Trump’s ‘No World Order’
September 11, 2017 | Successive U.S. military interventions upended the very international system the U.S. once pledged to uphold. Now the world faces the twin challenges of ISIS and Trump.