AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

A Storm to Weather

23 Jan 2020

Unseasonal storms in the UAE, constant rain in sunny Cyprus, downpours in fire-devastated Australia and crippling snow falls in northern Canada should force climate change deniers to change their minds...

Uncertainty and instability in Iraq has increased

19 Jan 2020

The US assassination of Iranian Quds Force Commander Qassem Suleimani has exacerbated uncertainty and instability in Iraq and increased rather than diminished Iran’s influence in that country. Furthermore, US troops...

Battle of Collaterals

16 Jan 2020

Revelations about how the Pentagon handled the assassination of Iranian Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani should cause major concern among governments in this region and further afield. US generals prepared...

US mission in Iraq becomes occupation force

12 Jan 2020

By ignoring Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi’s call for the US to dispatch a team to Baghdad to establish a mechanism for the withdrawal of all foreign forces from...

Too cool a Fool

09 Jan 2020

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has shown himself to be totally inept when confronted with a crisis. He took his family to Hawaii for a holiday while his country was...

Trump’s action on Soleimani personal in nature

05 Jan 2020

Donald Trump took the decision to slay Iran’s Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani for personal reasons rather than in defence of the US. Trump’s two predecessors George W. Bush and...

A means to an end

02 Jan 2020

Although a poor potential candidate, former US vice president Joe Biden remains front runner for the Democratic party’s nomination to stand against Republican Donald Trump in the November 2020 presidential...

The huge, rightful uprising must succeed

29 Dec 2019

If acted upon, the threat to resign issued by President Barham Salih would plunge Iraq into even greater peril than the country is already experiencing. He warned that he would...

The dominant force

26 Dec 2019

The country with the second largest population of Muslims, India is set to alienate not only its own Muslims but the entire global Ummah. This became clear last week when...

Palestinians have no happy endings; no one cares

22 Dec 2019

World-famous authors of children’s stories, Charles Dickens and Dr Seuss wrote about sour characters called Scrooge and The Grinch who despised or tried to steal Christmas. That is, of course,...

Michael Jansen

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