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TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Tunisian Presidential Coup Threatens a National Crisis
Sep 28, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
On 22 September 2021, Tunisian President Kais Saied announced a partial suspension of the constitution and other extraordinary measures that allow him to rule …
Policy Analysis
TunisiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Risky Business: Kais Saied’s Regional Alliances
Aug 20, 2021Daniel Brumberg
Three weeks after President Kais Saied used Article 80 of the constitution to impose what can be called a ‘state of exceptionalism,’ Tunisians are waiting for …
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Are young Islamists giving up on the ballot box?
Aug 18, 2021Khalil Al-Anani
After a decade of being forced out of power and outlawed despite success at the polls, there's a growing fear that Islamists might see violence as the only ans…
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TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Tunisia after 25 July: Prospects for a Country in Crisis
Aug 16, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Three weeks after what many considered as a coup against the constitution, Tunisian President Kais Saied continues to enforce measures aimed at changing the na…
Podcast
TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Where Does Tunisia Go from Here?
Aug 12, 2021
Laryssa Chomiak joins host Yousef Munayyer to discuss the constitutional crisis in Tunisia which started after Kais Saied sacked the prime minister and suspend…
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TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Tunisia’s Constitutional Crisis and Yearning for Democracy in Northwest Africa
Aug 6, 2021Tamara Kharroub
On August 5, 2021, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) held a webinar titled “Tunisia’s Constitutional Crisis and Yearning for Democracy in Northwest Africa.” ACW …
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TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Tunisia’s Constitutional Crisis and Yearning for Democracy in Northwest Africa
Aug 5, 2021
On August 5, 2021, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) held a webinar titled “Tunisia’s Constitutional Crisis and Yearning for Democracy in Northwest Africa.”
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TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Tunisia’s Presidential Coup: Circumstances, Characteristics, and Potential Outcomes
Jul 30, 2021Unit for Political Studies
On Sunday, July 25, 2020, Tunisian President Qais Saied dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and promised to appoint a replacement, took over judicial auth…
Policy Analysis
TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Kais Saied Can Either Save or Destroy Tunisia’s Democracy
Jul 27, 2021Daniel Brumberg
The political earthquake that rocked Tunisia July 25th—65 years after the country’s independence from France—seems all too familiar. Declaring that he was dete…
Policy Analysis
TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Is Tunisia’s President Endangering Democracy?
May 7, 2021Daniel Brumberg
Recently, Tunisia has witnessed a political dynamic that is all too rare in the Arab world: Islamists have joined forces with some secularly oriented Members o…
Policy Analysis
TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Tunisia’s Revolution Has Neglected the Country’s Youth
May 3, 2021Houda Chograni
Since the desperate act of self-immolation of 26-year-old Mohamed Bouazizi in Sidi Bouzid, a marginalized city in the center of Tunisia, on December 17, 2010, …
Policy Analysis
TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Tunisia’s Multiple Crises Threaten Its Brittle Democracy
Feb 16, 2021Daniel Brumberg
On January 26, Tunisia witnessed a scene that echoed the dramatic events of January 6 in Washington, DC. Outside the Tunisian parliament in Tunis, hundreds of …