How much popular support does Tunisia’s president really have?
Surveys suggest Tunisians approved of Kais Saied’s power grab. But they’re not actually answering his calls to action.
Tunisia’s president threatened the judicial system. What do Tunisians think about these power grabs?
A new survey reveals support for the president — but also support for democracy
Tunisia’s president launched a political crisis. Is it a coup?
Sunday’s move started a fight for public approval and control of government institutions
It’s been 10 years since the Arab Spring. Why did people protest then — and not now?
Egyptians are facing much the same conditions: military rule, harsh repression and economic difficulties. Here’s what makes the difference.
Ten years in, Tunisian democracy remains a work in progress
Despite the country’s initial success, these three factors stand in the way of democratic consolidation.
No, the Trump impeachment inquiry is not a coup
There were four coups attempted in 2019. Trump supported one of them.
Why Tunisia’s early presidential election will test its democracy
It could reshape the country’s political system. Here’s what you should know.
In Tunisia, more women in office can make all the difference
Electoral gender quotas can improve women’s representation, even in democratizing and authoritarian regimes.
Why the Tunisian military ignored orders and sided with protesters
Interviews with retired senior officers point to two critical factors.
Trump wants Venezuela’s military to remove its president. But Maduro has made that difficult.
Will Venezuela’s overlapping forces remain loyal?
Protests in Sudan are escalating. Here’s what you need to know.
As the country marks 100 days of the protest movement, members of Sudan’s armed and security forces face a critical choice: Rebel against their government or stay loyal to the president.
Will Venezuela’s military back — or abandon — Maduro? Here are the 4 things it will consider.
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Tunisia’s government is stuck between its own workers and the IMF. What’s next?
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What Tunisia’s historic truth commission accomplished — and what went wrong
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Military defections didn’t determine the Arab uprisings
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How authoritarian regimes use migration to exert ‘soft power’ in foreign policy
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Who really won Tunisia’s first democratic local elections?
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Tunisia’s first post-uprisings local elections are Sunday. Can they bolster citizens’ belief in democracy?
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Why do Tunisians keep protesting?
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Why Tunisia just passed controversial laws on corruption and women’s right to marry
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Why it’s good for dictators to have dictator friends
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How big were the changes Tunisia’s Ennahda party just made at its national congress?
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How Tunisia’s Ennahda party turned from its Islamist roots
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Why unarmed revolutions topple some dictators but not others
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The changing face of women’s political participation in the Middle East
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How Tunisia’s military has changed during its transition to democracy
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Tunisia’s labor union won the Nobel Peace Prize. But can it do its job?
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The mixed record of Morocco’s February 20 protest movement.
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How the world is proving Martin Luther King right about nonviolence
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Five years after the Tunisian revolution, political frustration doesn’t diminish progress
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What did Tunisia’s Nobel laureates actually achieve?
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Could Tunisia’s National Dialogue model ever be replicated?
[caption id="attachment_30534" align="aligncenter" width="908"] FILE: Tunisian mediators Wided Bouchamaoui, Houcine
Will Tunisia’s fragile transition survive the Sousse attack?
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What happens when Islamists lose an election?
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Tunisian voters balancing security and freedom
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How Egypt's coup really affected Tunisia’s Islamists
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How Egypt’s coup really affected Tunisia’s Islamists
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The “invisible hand” of the state in MENA economies
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Why Tunisia didn’t follow Egypt’s path
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Why Tunisia didn't follow Egypt's path
This post is part of the “Islamist Politics in the
Tunisia opts for an inclusive new government
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Three remarks on the Tunisian elections
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Arab transitions and the old elite
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Militaries, civilians and the crisis of the Arab state
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The resurgence of Arab militaries
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Tunisia’s post-parliamentary election hangover
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Burkina Faso and the growing vulnerability of autocrats to revolt
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Why is Tunisian democracy succeeding while the Turkish model is failing?
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Burkina Faso’s uprising part of an ongoing wave of African protests
In 1984, a year after coming to power at the
The richness of Tunisia's new politics
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The richness of Tunisia’s new politics
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Tunisian elections bring hope in uncertain times
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The evolution of Islamism since the Arab uprisings
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Tunisia’s economic status quo
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Why Egypt’s military orchestrated a massacre
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Maliki has only himself to blame for Iraq’s crisis
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Maliki has only himself to blame for Iraq's crisis
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Thailand’s cybercoup
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Thailand's cybercoup
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This is what Arab election season looks like in 2014
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Tunisia’s golden age of crony capitalism
This article is based on the World Bank Working Paper
Tunisia's golden age of crony capitalism
This article is based on the World Bank Working Paper
Why the Modest Harvest of the Arab Spring?
Joshua Tucker: The following is a guest post from political
The Limits of the Indonesian Model
The following is a guest post from Tom Pepinsky. He is Assistant
Moral Hazard in Authoritarian Repression and the Fate of Dictators
As part of our continuing relationship with section newsletters of
Tunisia Post-Election Report II: Free Fair and Meaningful
Continuing our series of election reports, we present a second
Why Now? Micro Transitions and the Arab Uprisings
We are pleased to welcome the American Political Science Association's
Tunisia National Assembly Post-Election Report: So Far, So Good
Continuing our series of election reports, we are pleased to
Tunisia Pre-Election Report: Hope and Angst in Tunisia’s Elections
Continuing our series of election reports, we are pleased to
So the greatest political change in the Middle East this century is not Beirut 2005 or Teheran 2009, but Tunis, 2011?
More on Tunisia: a guest post by "Professor Scott Radnitz":http://www.amazon.com/Weapons-Wealthy-Predatory-Elite-Led-Protests/dp/0801449537
Initial Thoughts on Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution
Shortly after Belarus's recent presidential election seemed to confirm that
2009 Tunisian Presidential and Parliamentary Elections
As part of our "continuing series of election reports":https://themonkeycage.org/2009/09/election_reports_and_political.html, we