AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

Freedom for Afghans is fast fleeting

04 Jul 2021

The death last week at 88 of former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld coincided with the cut-losses-and-run of US forces from Afghanistan, the country invaded and occupied by a US-led...

Culture cuisines

01 Jul 2021

A familiar face and bald pate on cinema’s silver screen, Stanley Tucci is striking out as a tour guide and host in a television quest for Italy’s finest food. “Searching...

Afghanistan now faces the Taliban once again

27 Jun 2021

During the summer of 2002, US Secretary of State Colin Powell warned President George W. Bush against invading and occupying Iraq. “You are going to be the proud owner of...

The irony

24 Jun 2021

On June 17, US President Joe Biden belatedly signed a law decreeing “Juneteenth,” celebrated for 155 years across the US as “Emancipation Day” for Black slaves. The name has been...

Raisi wins by a landslide, what’s next

20 Jun 2021

Ebrahim Raisi was destined to win Iran’s 13th presidential election. His victory was determined by the country’s “deep state,” dominated by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with the assistance of...

The presidential race

17 Jun 2021

Iranians go to the polls today to elect its eighth president to succeed moderate reformist Hassan Rouhani. Turn-out is expected to be a low 37-42 per cent. Many Iranians have vowed...

Covid 19: We need a global vaccination plan

13 Jun 2021

The pledge to donate one billion doses of Covid vaccines for the world’s poor made by the Cornish summit of the Group of Seven (“G7”) wealthy democracies has been criticised...

A daunting agenda

11 Jun 2021

The exclusive club, dubbed the “Group of Seven,” wealthy democracies is set to hold its annual summit this weekend at a posh hotel at Carbis Bay, St. Ives, in Cornwall....

‘Change’ will not change Palestine-Israel situation

06 Jun 2021

The Israeli Knesset, which emerged after the March election this year, is a fractured body with 13 parties, a number often considered unlucky. This time, perhaps, it will be unlucky...

In the hotseat

03 Jun 2021

Once again a UN Human Rights Commissioner has gone against the Western powers by castigating Israel for inflicting disproportionate deaths and destruction on Palestinians in Gaza in response to rockets...

Michael Jansen

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