Publications by Said Batrouni
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥’𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐢 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭.
Minister Annalena Baerbock stated that Germany would not oppose the sale of Eurofighter fighters to Saudi Arabia following her meeting […]
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞.
International Court of Justice proceedings are underway over assertions that Israel is committing genocide in its conflict with Hamas in […]
𝐀𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚, 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has made it clear that he is keen on speeding up the normalization process […]
𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚: 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
According to the Wall Street Journal’s January 3 article, the US is trying to offset the expansion of al Qaeda […]
𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝟖𝟒 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for twin bombs that exploded in Kerman, Iran, on January 3, killing over 100 people […]
𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐬.
Ethiopia has reached an agreement with Somaliland to utilize one of its ports, clearing the path for the country to […]
𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚, 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝
The Group of Seven (G-7) nations are likely to see their economic dominance and wealth distribution eroded as China and […]
𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐒 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬.
The BRICS group grows. Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia will join BRICS on January 1st. In August, […]
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐒 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.
Argentina’s Foreign Minister Diana Mondino has claimed that President Javier Milei’s rejection to join the BRICS group is partly motivated […]
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐑𝐆𝐂 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚
Iran’s senior member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) paramilitary, Sayyed Reza Mousavi, died in Syria in a targeted […]