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Tunisia, Ten Years On: A Unique, Fragile Democracy

Valeria Talbot
14 January 2021

On 14 January 2011, widespread protests in Tunisia ousted president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali’s longstanding regime. Since then, a unique and complex democratic transition has started in Tunisia, the only MENA country to have embarked on a path of political change in the wake of the Arab spring. Ten years later, Tunisia has achieved important results, but much remains to be done. The Covid-19 pandemic and its economic impact have exacerbated pre-existing vulnerabilities and inequalities, triggering frustration and distrust among Tunisians over institutions, ruling elites and political parties. What are the main challenges facing Tunisia today? How can the country’s economic fragility and the risk of instability be overcome? And how to relaunch and renew the EU-Tunisia partnership?

This publication is the first of a series of ISPI Dossiers looking at the trajectories, challenges and future prospects of different Arab countries that were shaken by disruptive revolts a decade ago, including Egypt, Libya, Syria and Yemen.

Tunisia’s Democratic Decade
Youssef Cherif
Columbia Global Centers - Tunis
The Political Backlash of Tunisia’s Fraught Security Context
Emna Ben Arab
University of Sfax
Tunisia and Ennahda’s Post-Revolutionary Trajectory
Giulia Cimini
University of Bologna
The Long Night of Tunisian Liberalism
Federica Zoja
ResetDOC and Avvenire
The Tunisian Economy Has Yet to Be Revolutioned
Clara Capelli
Cooperation and Development Network – MICAD Bethlehem
Stagnation Is Not an Option: A New Momentum for EU-Tunisia Relations
Emmanuel Cohen-Hadria
European Institute of the Mediterranean – IEMed

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Lessons from the West’s Long War in Afghanistan
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University of Milan and ISPI

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Valeria Talbot
Co-Head, ISPI MENA Centre

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