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mangrovesTHE DIPLOMATA Conversation With Mahabat Sadyrbek About the Kyrgyz LanguageBRASIL WIREBolsonaro Takes Stand in Coup TrialTHE INDEPENDENTPowerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Mexico leaves no immediate damageTHE GUARDIANUganda calls for travel restrictions to be lifted after last Ebola patient dischargedLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEJuly: the longer viewTHE INDEPENDENTProtests as Trump envoy arrives in Venice on super yacht diplomacy tourMAIL & GUARDIANA salute to ambassador Peschke for strengthening partnershipsMAIL & GUARDIANTafelberg saga lands up in ConcourtMAIL & GUARDIANAn open letter to MadibaTHE GUARDIAN‘We are preserving a tradition’: how Ghana’s sensationalist film posters became collectible artTHE DIPLOMATEurope Still Has Leverage Over ChinaTHE DIPLOMATThe EU’s Contradictory Narratives on ChinaTHE DIPLOMATIs Taiwan Pinning Its Strategy on an Outdated Vision of America?THE GUARDIANMoroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking softwareBRASIL WIREIn Offering Brazil’s Future to the US, Flávio Bolsonaro Endangers our Sovereignty and DemocracyTHE DIPLOMATChina, the US, and Nuclear Energy Geopolitics in Southeast AsiaTHE INDEPENDENTTrump threatens Canada with tariffs for wildfire smoke blanketing the USTHE GUARDIANSeven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban, says aid groupBRASIL WIREGenerals Convicted: Inside Brazil’s Historic Bolsonaro Coup Trial VerdictTHE INDEPENDENTScuba diver attacked by shark off Adventure Bay in TasmaniaLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEWashington's stranglehold on YemenLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEThe genocide that still haunts NamibiaTHE GUARDIANUK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’MAIL & GUARDIANMandela Day should be measured by opportunities created, not minutes servedBRASIL WIREBolsoMaster: Bolsonaro Ties to Brazil’s Biggest Banking Fraud in History ExposedBRASIL WIREAnalysis: NYT’s bizarre coverage and omissions of Bolsonaro’s murderous coup plotLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEHighly strategic maritime bordersTHE INDEPENDENTIran-US war latest: Tehran targets vessels in Strait of Hormuz after Trump’s seventh night of strikes on IranMAIL & GUARDIANYoung South Africans are rewriting the rules of moneyLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEHumans and tigers: life among the mangrovesTHE DIPLOMATA Conversation With Mahabat Sadyrbek About the Kyrgyz LanguageBRASIL WIREBolsonaro Takes Stand in Coup TrialTHE INDEPENDENTPowerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Mexico leaves no immediate damageTHE GUARDIANUganda calls for travel restrictions to be lifted after last Ebola patient dischargedLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEJuly: the longer viewTHE INDEPENDENTProtests as Trump envoy arrives in Venice on super yacht diplomacy tourMAIL & GUARDIANA salute to ambassador Peschke for strengthening partnershipsMAIL & GUARDIANTafelberg saga lands up in ConcourtMAIL & GUARDIANAn open letter to MadibaTHE GUARDIAN‘We are preserving a tradition’: how Ghana’s sensationalist film posters became collectible artTHE DIPLOMATEurope Still Has Leverage Over ChinaTHE DIPLOMATThe EU’s Contradictory Narratives on ChinaTHE DIPLOMATIs Taiwan Pinning Its Strategy on an Outdated Vision of America?THE GUARDIANMoroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking softwareBRASIL WIREIn Offering Brazil’s Future to the US, Flávio Bolsonaro Endangers our Sovereignty and DemocracyTHE DIPLOMATChina, the US, and Nuclear Energy Geopolitics in Southeast AsiaTHE INDEPENDENTTrump threatens Canada with tariffs for wildfire smoke blanketing the USTHE GUARDIANSeven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban, says aid groupBRASIL WIREGenerals Convicted: Inside Brazil’s Historic Bolsonaro Coup Trial VerdictTHE INDEPENDENTScuba diver attacked by shark off Adventure Bay in TasmaniaLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEWashington's stranglehold on YemenLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEThe genocide that still haunts NamibiaTHE GUARDIANUK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’MAIL & GUARDIANMandela Day should be measured by opportunities created, not minutes servedBRASIL WIREBolsoMaster: Bolsonaro Ties to Brazil’s Biggest Banking Fraud in History ExposedBRASIL WIREAnalysis: NYT’s bizarre coverage and omissions of Bolsonaro’s murderous coup plotLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEHighly strategic maritime bordersTHE INDEPENDENTIran-US war latest: Tehran targets vessels in Strait of Hormuz after Trump’s seventh night of strikes on IranMAIL & GUARDIANYoung South Africans are rewriting the rules of moneyLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEHumans and tigers: life among the mangrovesTHE DIPLOMATA Conversation With Mahabat Sadyrbek About the Kyrgyz LanguageBRASIL WIREBolsonaro Takes Stand in Coup TrialTHE INDEPENDENTPowerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Mexico leaves no immediate damageTHE GUARDIANUganda calls for travel restrictions to be lifted after last Ebola patient dischargedLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEJuly: the longer viewTHE INDEPENDENTProtests as Trump envoy arrives in Venice on super yacht diplomacy tourMAIL & GUARDIANA salute to ambassador Peschke for strengthening partnershipsMAIL & GUARDIANTafelberg saga lands up in Concourt
J. Michael Springmann

J. Michael Springmann

Former US Diplomat & Author

About

J. Michael Springmann served in the United States government at the Commerce Department and as a diplomat with the State Department's Foreign Service, with postings in Germany, India, and Saudi Arabia. His last assignment was with the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

He was the head of the American visa bureau in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from 1987 to 1989. He left federal service and currently practices law in the Washington, DC area.

Springmann holds a JD from American University, as well as undergraduate and graduate degrees in international relations from Georgetown University and the Catholic University of America. In 2004, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee recognized him as one of its Pro Bono Attorneys of the Year.

He has been published in numerous foreign policy publications, including Covert Action Quarterly, Global Research, Foreign Policy Journal, and OpEdNews.

Credentials

  • State Department Foreign Service (Germany, India, Saudi Arabia)
  • Head of US Visa Bureau, Jeddah (1987-1989)
  • Bureau of Intelligence and Research
  • JD, American University
  • MA International Relations, Georgetown University
  • Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, ADC (2004)