AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

Unwanted in power

20 Oct 2022

After more than ten months since Iraqis cast their ballots in the parliamentary election a government could be in the process of formation. But, this will not be the government...

Unpredictable Trump could spoil Biden’s chances

16 Oct 2022

The US Congressional committee conducting hearings on the attack on the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, concluded its hearings last week by issuing a subpoena summoning Donald Trump to answer...

Demanding change

13 Oct 2022

The presence of women and girls at the forefront of protests across Iran is not a new development. At the end of the 19th century Iranian women took to the...

Cyprus meet highlights ‘green financing’

09 Oct 2022

The United Nations has scolded Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia for failing to tackle climate change, pollution, and environmental degradation in a critical assessment of efforts over the...

The planet’s lungs

06 Oct 2022

A land of 200 million people, Brazil is the world’s fifth largest country but has an existential global role as the vast Amazon rainforest is the planet’s “lungs.” Therefore, the...

Hegemonistic ambitions over northern Cyprus

02 Oct 2022

In response to the US decision to end its arms embargo on the Cyprus republic, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced his intention to reinforce the Turkish military presence...

A different challenge

29 Sep 2022

Protracted protests and clashes in Iran following the death in custody of the morality police of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for “bad hijab,” or improper headscarf, are quite different from previous...

Putin didn’t foresee that his army would fail to take Kyiv

25 Sep 2022

Conflicts have consequences and unintended consequences perpetrators never imagine when they launch wars. The Ukraine war is a prime case in point. While Russian President Vladimir Putin may have...

Hats, horses and hounds

22 Sep 2022

The late Queen Elizabeth II was rarely seen without one of her more than 5,000 hats on her perfectly coiffed head. She began wearing hats as a child and continued...

Queen’s funeral marks the end of her glorious era

18 Sep 2022

No country can challenge Britain in arranging displays of pomp and circumstance when celebrating royal weddings, anniversaries, and funerals. The ceremonials staged following the death of Queen Elizabeth II have...

Michael Jansen

The author, a well-respected observer of Middle East affairs, has three books on the Arab-Israeli conflict.