AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

Global salvation

28 Apr 2022

Britain’s Sir David Attenborough has been honoured with a lifetime achievement Champion of the Earth award by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). This, the UN’s highest environmental award, has recognised...

Ukraine is losing heavily from conflict with Russia

24 Apr 2022

The politician who tried and failed to make peace with Hitler, ex-British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, said, “In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners,...

To the wire

21 Apr 2022

French voters go to the polls Sunday to elect their president at a time of deep divisions within the country. Incumbent centrist Emmanuel Macron, 44, remains the favourite with recent...

Ukraine grabs aid spotlight but needy nations suffer

17 Apr 2022

The war in Ukraine has not only captured the full attention of Western leaders but also gripped the world media since Russian troops crossed the frontier on February 24th. While...

A life of misery

14 Apr 2022

When I think of horses in Gaza the sad image which comes to mind is of a miserable, half starved creature, his ribs prominent and ears down, plodding ahead of...

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...

Michael Jansen

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