Religious tensions, remnants of the police state, and a broken-down neoliberal economic model imperil Tunisia’s otherwise impressive democratic transition.
Tunisia’s Unfinished Revolution
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Tunisia: New Government, Old Ways?
While Tunisia remains an island of hope, its latest government reshuffling promises to change little for the country’s impoverished population.
Tunisia Boils Over
Once again, Tunisians’ anger has overcome their fear. Spurred by a political assassination, tens of thousands have taken to the streets to protest the state into which their country has fallen. The same sense of decency and dignity that propelled them to the streets before drives them on now.
Tunisian Jews Resist Pressure From Israel to Emigrate
For the most part untroubled by anti-semitism, Tunisian Jews have little interest in emigrating to Israel.
The Arab Awakening: The Name Changes, But Will the Song Remain the Same?
After Fernando Marcos was deposed as president, the face of Philippines’ leadership changed, but the country remains mired in debt and poverty. Will Tunisia and Egypt suffer the same fate?
Where the Demonstrators Wave Black Flags: Algeria, Part 1
The demonstrators in Algeria have been modest in number, but they are the first signs of deep unrest in a major oil- and natural gas-producing country in the region.
Revolution is an Export Tunisia Can Be Proud of
“Tunisia is known for exporting olive oil and deglet nour dates but is pleased to add revolution as one of its principal items of export.” Revolution will be Tunisia’s only around-the-clock and never-out-of-stock, free-of-charge export item. It is its only Marshall Plan for fostering homegrown democracy across the Arab world. Let it be so.
Egypt Protests Signal an End to the Post-9/11 Era
We are a facing a new phase in world history — the age of the Multitude.
U.S. Policy Exposed by Mid-East Protests
For Washington, London, Paris and Berlin, the current upsurge of region-wide protests in the Middle East falls somewhere between a setback and a debacle.
New York Times Finally Deigns to Cover Tunisia
The U.S. State Department needs to know whether a post-Ben Ali government would maintain Tunisia’s commitments to AFRICOM and support for extraordinary rendition.