Out of Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Bahrain and Tunisia, six Arab Spring countries, only Tunisia has successfully transitioned to democracy.
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
Westerners’ interpretations of events and Arabs’ perceptions of themselves are still muddled a decade after the Arab Spring.
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.
10 Years On, Taking Stock of Tunisian Democracy
Asking Tunisians what they thought of the perilous journey their country has made toward democracy—and what their hopes are for the future.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tunisia’s Islamists, secularists vie for power in world’s youngest democracy
On September 15 Tunisia votes in second free and democratic presidential election since the 2011 revolution. Among candidates are Islamists.