AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

Buried and Blind

16 Apr 2020

In mid-March, World Health Organisation (WHO) head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told global governments, “Test, test, test!” Testing he said is the “backbone” of the global fight against the coronavirus....

Iraqis, Lebanese not to compromise on reforms

12 Apr 2020

Inventive Lebanese and Iraqi revolutionaries driven from the streets and squares of their countries by coronavirus lockdowns are devising new means of sustaining their demands for thorough-going political reform. Those...

On the Front Line

09 Apr 2020

“No man is an island entire of itself; every man/is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;/... any man’s death diminishes me,/because I am involved in mankind....

Battles in the War Room

02 Apr 2020

Anthony Fauci is an unassuming hero in the battle against the coronavirus scourge. He is but one of many scientists around the globe seeking to contain and conquer the virus....

Heavy lies the crown

26 Mar 2020

The spectacular failure of the Trump administration to assert positive US leadership in the global fight against the coronavirus has followed years of US decline in international affairs. Due...

‘Virus diplomacy’ by US, Iran can help save Iranian lives

22 Mar 2020

The United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar have wisely sent aid to Iran, this region’s coronavirus hub. ‘Wisely’ is the operative word because urgent action is essential for the health...

Sitting Ducks

19 Mar 2020

People living in coronavirus-quarantined communities around the world are now experiencing locked-ins similar to the situation in Gaza where two million Palestinians have been besieged and blockaded by Israel for...

Erdogan is vulnerable, but prefers destructive adventures

15 Mar 2020

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has backed down from a damaging confrontation with Europe by ordering thousands of migrants massed at the Greek border to return to their places of residence...

Gracious Hosts

12 Mar 2020

World Health Organisation Director Dr Tedros Adhanom is the focus of attention as the 2019 novel coronavirus advances across the globe. He has been criticised by some health professionals for...

Netanyahu panders to anti-Palestinian racism

08 Mar 2020

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is no longer “king of Israel.” The country’s third parliamentary election in 11 months has deprived him of his crown. During the latest campaign Netanyahu played...

Michael Jansen

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