AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

When leaders become convicted war criminals

31 Aug 2026

Convicted war criminals do not always get away with their crimes and die at liberty in bed at home. The “Butcher of Sarajevo” Ratko Mladic, a Serb general convicted...

Global contest

27 Aug 2026

Guyana’s Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett has emerged as the front runner to become United Nations Secretary General leaving seven other declared candidates behind in last week’s secret straw vote...

Israel launches probe into Hind Rajab killing

24 Aug 2026

The Israeli army belatedly announced last week that it would launch criminal investigations into two high-profile attacks on Palestinian civilians during the Gaza war. These were the killings of...

Fresh start

20 Aug 2026

Lebanon’s parliament has adopted an amnesty law that should benefit thousands of prisoners who committed crimes before March this year and are facing long-term sentences. Murderers and traitors who...

Implications of India’s freedom struggle

17 Aug 2026

India celebrated its 80th Independence Day last Saturday. India gained independence from Britain on August 15th, 1947, after nearly 200 years of British rule. Freedom was won through decades...

Strategic retreat

13 Aug 2026

Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine has told Donald Trump’s advisers that the US needs to find an exit from the war with Iran...

A surprise win in Michigan primary race

10 Aug 2026

The Democratic party’s establishment received a major shock when the Michigan primary race for the US Senate was won by Abdulrahman El-Sayed, a former Detroit public health official who...

Champion of dialogue

06 Aug 2026

Renowned US political Islam scholar John Louis Esposito died last month in a Pennsylvania hospital from complications following heart surgery. Born on May 19, 1940, Esposito vigorously challenged the...

Trump’s Nobel Prize claim based on contradictions

03 Aug 2026

While continuing to wage an off-and-on war against Iran, Donald J Trump has staked his claim to the Nobel Peace Prize by touting his peace plan for Gaza. Although...

Sacred flashpoint

30 Jul 2026

Last week’s invasion by hundreds of Israeli extremists of the mosque compound on Mount Moriah in occupied East Jerusalem has been largely ignored by the region and the international...

Michael Jansen

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