AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

Trump says ending Ukraine war merits his Nobel Prize

07 Dec 2025

After partial dismantlement, its staff downsized, and its headquarters building seized by the current administration, the United States Institute of Peace has been rebranded as the Donald J Trump...

Water worries

04 Dec 2025

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned that the country’s capital, Tehran, must be relocated due to limited water supplies for the current 15 million inhabitants. Only 1mm of rain...

Lift blockade, ensure lifesaving access for Gaza

30 Nov 2025

Amnesty International has issued a report accusing Israel of continuing to inflict genocide on Palestinians in Gaza despite the October 10th ceasefire. Israel’s aim is to “bring about their...

Heritage under siege

27 Nov 2025

Israel’s occupation regime is set to expropriate 1,800 dunums (about 450 acres) of privately owned land in the northern West Bank for the development of an archaeological dig at...

Trump’s G-20 boycott casts long negative shadow

23 Nov 2025

The world's champion chaser of headlines Donald Trump lost personal credibility when he boycotted the G-20 summit attended by 42 countries and institutions in South Africa on the weekend....

Withering roots

20 Nov 2025

Israeli settler attacks have combined with global warming to shrink this year’s olive crop in the occupied West Bank, threatening the very existence of Palestinian farmers on their land....

Syria investors wary despite US normalisation

16 Nov 2025

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's visit to the White House normalised relations between Damascus and Washington but left Israel out of the equation. The traditional slogan used to be, 'There...

Echoes of power

13 Nov 2025

The death last week of former US Vice President Dick Cheney preceded Iraq’s parliamentary election, the seventh since the 2003 US war which was championed by Cheney. The coincidence...

Mamdani becomes New York’s youngest ever mayor

09 Nov 2025

Zohran Mamdani, 34, is set to become the youngest mayor of New York City since 1892, the first of Indian background, the first Muslim and the first born in...

Holiday mode

06 Nov 2025

The United States is entering the annual holiday season with a series of celebrations which produce an overlapping jumble of manifestations. Pumpkins of all shapes and sizes have ushered...

Michael Jansen

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