AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

Anti-Arab feelings still continue in America

10 Apr 2022

During April, the US is marking Arab-American Heritage Month in a bid to counter long-standing anti-Arab prejudice and discrimination and celebrate the achievements of Arab immigrants despite their struggles to...

Too little too late

07 Apr 2022

The Russian war has transformed democratically elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr, a former television comic with a modest record as a neophyte political leader, into a resistance hero, an international...

Ukraine, Russia: Wrong advice, disastrous results

03 Apr 2022

Before Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his military misadventure in Ukraine his intelligence officers did not give him a full and fair appraisal of the actual strength and preparedness of...

Hard heartedness

31 Mar 2022

Iconic women who gained high office during the last century became warriors rather than peacemakers on the international scene and did not exercise power any differently than men, demonstrating an...

Sanctions always harm the common man in targeted nations

27 Mar 2022

While in Europe last week, US President Joe Biden admitted sanctions “never deter” a leader from adopting a certain course of action before announcing fresh sanctions on more than 300...

The two realities

24 Mar 2022

“We are living two realities,” my Russian friend Alex stated: meaning, Ukraine with its supporters and Russia. He observed, “Since 2014 we have lost 14,000” in the war of attrition...

America no longer seen as a power for good

21 Mar 2022

The only way to end Russia’s war on Ukraine is to adopt the Lebanese slogan, “No victor, no vanquished.” This means neither side should celebrate victory and both should accept...

Cultural destruction

17 Mar 2022

Many of Ukraine’s museums and churches have been emptied of their treasures, small statues of mythic and historic figures have been bundled up and taken away from city squares, and...

America has taken its Arab allies for granted

13 Mar 2022

If confirmed, the Reuters’ report of the appointment of Juma Awad Al Badri, the founder’s brother, to lead Daesh could provide continuity in the core leadership of the decentralised movement...

Rebuilding culture

10 Mar 2022

On May 18 last year, during its 11-day bombing campaign on Gaza, Israel demolished the five-storey building housing Samir Mansour’s bookstore, the largest in the strip, reducing 100,000 books to...

Michael Jansen

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