The Future of Europe Depends on This Vote in the Netherlands
April 6, 2016 | A trade referendum in tiny Holland may influence the future of Ukraine, the trajectory of the EU, and whether armed conflict will return to Eastern Europe.
Articles by John Feffer
Donald Trump: Foreign Policy’s Useful Idiot?
March 30, 2016 | It might take someone of Trump’s vapid visibility to drive home the point that "world’s policeman" is not a viable role for the U.S. to play.
Cuba: Hope and Change?
March 23, 2016 | Club Med playground for the rich or isolated Communist backwater: can Cuba find a third path?
Thinking Outside the European Box
March 16, 2016 | For better or worse, the refugee crisis underscores that Turkey is part of Europe. Pretending otherwise could have disastrous consequences.
To End No Wars
March 9, 2016 | In a world awash with weak states, powerful weapons, and crumbling institutions, conflicts can easily continue for generations — and perhaps never end.
Poland’s Tea Party Movement
February 24, 2016 | By embracing a neoliberal, pro-austerity agenda, Poland's mainstream left opened the way for a government of Polish Ted Cruzes.
Darkness at High Noon in Korea
February 17, 2016 | With governments on both sides of the DMZ extinguishing what little remained of the "sunshine era" of engagement, the peninsula is lurching toward a new period of darkness.
The Art of Dissidence and Diplomacy
February 10, 2016 | Foreign policy is too important to leave to the "professionals." Through art and culture, we can all work to make the world a better place.
East Asia Is Invisible
February 5, 2016 | East Asia is invisible to the average American -- for better and worse.
Wrestling with Iran
February 4, 2016 | Wrestling is the new ping pong when it comes to U.S.-Iranian relations.