AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

Rightful status bestowed

12 Jul 2019

Babylon has belatedly been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the international cultural organisation, 36 years after Baghdad applied for the designation. Successive Iraqi governments have pressed for recognition...

Resentment against Syrian refugees is rising

07 Jul 2019

Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey have adopted different policies on the war in Syria but are united in seeking repatriation for the millions of Syrian refugees who have settled in these...

Erdogan suffers stunning defeat

05 Jul 2019

Metropolitan Istanbul’s new mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu has pledged to cooperate with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan but has warned the government not to attempt to obstruct promised reforms. Imamoglu won the...

Kushner’s plan is glossy, but not realistic

30 Jun 2019

The Palestinian Authority and business community boycott finished off the credibilty of last week’s US workshop convened in Bahrain to discuss the Trump administration’s economic plan for Palestine, Egypt’s northern...

Two 'Anglo' clowns on the world stage

27 Jun 2019

If Boris Johnson becomes Britain’s next prime minister, as seems likely, there will be two “Anglo” clowns on the world stage. The US’ Donald Trump being the first to appear. ...

‘Fake news’ crier Trump lies over Iran drone incident

24 Jun 2019

Donald Trump has uttered more than 10,800 lies and false statements since taking office in January 2017. His comments and tweets on why he cancelled a US bombing mission against...

Justice for wildlife

20 Jun 2019

Many of you may be familiar with the CSI New York, Miami, and Las Vegas television series but, I imagine, you have never heard of the real-life CSI-Wildlife, Ashland. The...

Protection sought for kids in overcrowded camps

17 Jun 2019

The UN children’s agency, Unicef, has called on the homelands of thousands of children of foreign fighters held in camps and orphanages in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere to be reclaimed...

It is Juliana vs US

13 Jun 2019

On June 4th a group of 21 young people suing the US government over its failure to tackle climate change had their day in a federal district court in Portland...

Loose cannon Trump unveils salvos — in Europe

09 Jun 2019

There was little domestic interest in Donald Trump’s high profile meetings with royals in London, brief encounter with the Irish prime minister at Shannon airport and carefully scripted words at...

Michael Jansen

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