Anders Jerichow is a columnist at the Danish daily Politiken and a frequent radio and TV commentator on Middle East and European international relations. He was the editor for foreign affairs at Weekendavisen from 1985 to 1993, foreign editor at Politiken from 1993 to 1998, and editor in chief and managing director of Aktuelt from 1998 to 2001. He has published a number of books on questions of human rights, development, and democratisation issues in the Middle East.