AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

Trump faces unprecedented domestic and global protests

29 Mar 2026

WASHINGTON: Although he proclaimed himself to be a peace president, Donald Trump failed to win the Nobel Peace Prize and became a war president by teaming up with Israel's...

Alliance pressure

26 Mar 2026

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin had an awkward hour with US President Donald Trump during the Irish leader’s annual St. Patrick’s Day visit to the White House last week....

Trump faces serious challenges over Iran war

22 Mar 2026

Washington: Donald Trump has sent mixed messages about Washington's commitment to the war on Iran. While he is considering “winding down” the conflict, he has rejected a ceasefire and...

Regional disconnect

19 Mar 2026

When he joined Israel to launch a war on Iran, Donald Trump revealed he does not comprehend Iran, the Arabs and the region as a whole as well as...

Lebanon faces ‘perfect storm of unpredictable challenge’

15 Mar 2026

Beirut: While partnering the US in its expanding war on Iran, Israel has unilaterally opened a second front against Hizbollah in Lebanon. Israel has ordered the evacuation of east...

War impact

12 Mar 2026

While opposing and refusing to join the US-Israeli war on Iran, European governments have condemned Iran’s retaliatory strikes on Gulf states. Due to Russia’s war on Ukraine, Europe cannot...

Iran war – Trump has put US and regional security at risk

08 Mar 2026

This is Trump's war. A war to feed his hungry ego and polish his image. He has demanded “unconditional surrender” from an Iran which is far from capitulating. Tehran...

Failed interventions

05 Mar 2026

Regime change is not always a safe or reliable option. The United States has not yet comprehended this maxim although Washington has had considerable but not necessarily successful experience...

Attack on Iran a diversionary tactic by US, Israel

01 Mar 2026

By joining Israel to mount an unprovoked military offensive against Iran on Saturday, US President Donald Trump violated the key international law which bans war except in self-defence. Trump...

Champion of rights

26 Feb 2026

US House of Represen- tative speaker Mike Johnson has rejected a request for the late human rights activist Jesse Jackson to lie in state at the Capitol which hosts...

Michael Jansen

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