John Hilary is Executive Director of War on Want Organization, based in London. John has worked for the past 20 years in the international development and human rights sector, and is a recognized expert in many fields across the global justice agenda. He has published widely on issues of international politics and globalization, trade and investment, privatization, conflict, aid conditionality, Palestine and Iraq, and became one of the first external columnists for the Guardian's Comment is Free website on its launch in 2006.