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Tunisia articles on Democracy Chronicles

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​News about the struggle for better democracy in Tunisia.​ ​​​​​​According to Freedom House, the "post-Arab Spring balloting of October 2011 represented a dramatic improvement in electoral freedoms and practices". Also check out our section on World Democracy and our articles about the Arab Spring.

How The Arab Spring Has Been Misunderstood

by DC Editors - April 19, 2021

How The Arab Spring Has Been Misunderstood

Westerners’ interpretations of events and Arabs’ perceptions of themselves are still muddled a decade after the Arab Spring.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Algeria, Arab Spring, Bahrain, Democracy Protests, Egypt, Libya, Middle East, Tunisia, Yemen

Partial Solutions Are Available For Tunisia’s Constitutional Impasse 

by DC Editors - March 24, 2021

Partial Solutions Are Available For Tunisia’s Constitutional Impasse 

The feud between the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister in Tunisia has devolved into a constitutional impasse.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Tunisia

10 Years On, Taking Stock of Tunisian Democracy

by DC Editors - January 18, 2021

Asking Tunisians what they thought of the perilous journey their country has made toward democracy—and what their hopes are for the future.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Arab Spring, Tunisia

Tracking conditions for citizen action in democratic transitions

by DC Editors - February 12, 2020

Tracking conditions for citizen action in democratic transitions

While Tunisians remain committed to democracy, they are feeling the painful lack of economic and political progress, argues analyst Jake Walles.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Tunisia

Tunisia Democracy: shadow of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali lurks

by DC Editors - October 11, 2019

Tunisia Democracy: shadow of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali lurks

Experts opine late President Ben Ali continues to cast shadow over Tunisia, the only nation to emerge from the Arab Spring as a functioning democracy.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Democracy Protests, Dictatorships, Tunisia

Tunisia: populism and cronyism risk ‘slide toward authoritarian tendencies’

by DC Editors - September 26, 2019

Tunisia: populism and cronyism risk ‘slide toward authoritarian tendencies’

Tunisia’s hopeful transition to a democratic future faces a new challenge. Voters in the country have delivered a sharp rebuke to their political elite.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Tunisia

Tunisia a testing showcase for Islam and democracy

by DC Editors - September 16, 2019

As new civil movements gain strength, Tunisia a testing showcase for Islam and democracy

As new democratic movements gather strength elsewhere in North Africa and Tunisia was preparing for a presidential election on Sunday.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Tunisia

Why Tunisia’s young democracy may well survive threats

by DC Editors - September 12, 2019

Why Tunisia's young democracy may well survive threats

There are those who think that on-going electoral campaigns expose serious threats to Tunisia’s young democracy. A really interesting perspective disagrees.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Middle East, Tunisia

Tunisia’s Islamists, secularists vie for power in world’s youngest democracy

by DC Editors - September 6, 2019

Islamists are running for elections in Tunisia's young democracy

On September 15 Tunisia votes in second free and democratic presidential election since the 2011 revolution. Among candidates are Islamists.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Tunisia

What are the odds that Tunisia’s election would reshape the political system?

by DC Editors - August 31, 2019

Odds that Tunisia’s election would reshape the political system

Presidential candidates Selma Elloumi Rekik and Abir Moussi want to fight against creeping fundamentalism that has threatened Tunisian women’s freedoms.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Tunisia, Women and Democracy

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