Riadh Sidaoui (رياض الصيداوي) (born 14 May 1967) is a Swiss–Tunisian writer, journalist and political scientist. He is the director of the Geneva-based Arab Centre for Political and Social Research and Analysis, and the editor-in-chief of the news website Taqadoumiya since 2010. He published articles in London-based newspapers such as Al-Hayat and Al-Quds Al-Arabi. He regularly appears on international television news channels such as France 24, RT, BBC and Voice of America, as well as on radio stations such as Radio Television Suisse, Deutsche Welle and Monte Carlo Doualiya. As a specialist in the Arab world, particularly in Algeria, Islamist movements, and the democratization process in the region, Sidaoui is an advocate for democratization in the Arab world and the emancipation of Muslim women. He is opposed to Saudi Wahhabism and its excesses, which he sees as a collection of reactionary dogmas that hinder any intellectual reflection. Sidaoui believes that the political foundations of Islam lie in the democratic republican spirit, rather than the Wahhabi monarchic spirit. For him, Saudi Wahhabism is a danger that threatens Islam, Muslims, and humanity as a whole. Sidaoui interprets Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 as the dawn of a new World Order. This action is viewed as a sequel to Russia's involvement in Syria, where russians previously maintained a passive stance during Western-led regime changes, such as those in Iraq and Libya Sidaoui suggests that this shift began with the Arab Spring of 2011, amidst a complex geopolitical landscape characterized by a "cold war" between established and emerging economic powers · . Source: Wikipedia (en)