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North AfricaDemocracy 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
North AfricaDemocracy 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 …
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North AfricaDemocracy and Governance
Tunisia’s Night Protests: Background and Repercussions
Jan 28, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
Tunisia is still vulnerable to more tension due to structural economic and social crises and the failure of political elites to agree on a national project tha…
Policy Analysis
TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
As 2021 Begins, Rival Populisms Menace Tunisia’s Democracy
Jan 8, 2021Daniel Brumberg
Ten years after Tunisia’s “Jasmine Revolution” sparked grassroots uprisings in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, and Syria, the pressures of an economic crisis, rampant c…
Policy Analysis
North AfricaUS Foreign Policy
What Can Tunisia Expect from a Biden Administration?
Dec 1, 2020Sarah Yerkes
Like most of its North African neighbors, Tunisia saw little attention from the Trump Administration, compared to other parts of the Middle East such as Egypt,…
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TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Political Wrangling in Tunisia: The Democratization Process a Decade after the Arab Spring
Aug 13, 2020
On August 13, 2020, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) hosted a webinar titled “Political Wrangling in Tunisia: The Democratization Process a Decade after the Ara…
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North AfricaDemocracy and Governance
Political Wrangling in Tunisia: The Democratization Process a Decade after the Arab Spring
Aug 13, 2020
On August 13, 2020, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) hosted a webinar titled “Political Wrangling in Tunisia: The Democratization Process a Decade after the Ara…
Policy Analysis
TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Political Crisis, Regional Power Struggles, and Creeping Presidentialism in Tunisia
Jul 29, 2020Daniel Brumberg
Analyzing Tunisia’s political problems, Daniel Brumberg writes that nearly a decade into the country’s democratic experiment, many of its leaders appear incapa…
Policy Analysis
TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Post-Election Blues in Tunisia: Implications at Home and Abroad
Feb 10, 2020Daniel Brumberg
The fate of Tunisia’s democracy may depend on the leadership of President Saied who, until 2019, neither played a political role nor had links to the existing …