Tunisia Offers a Beacon of Hope

Autor(en): Lisa Watanabe
Serie: ISN Blog
Verlag(e): International Relations and Security Network (ISN), ETH Zurich
Publikationsjahr: 2014

Anyone looking at North Africa and the Middle East today would be forgiven for thinking that the Arab Spring has rapidly turned into a bitter winter. The revolutionary road embarked upon by a number of countries looks ever more precarious. Syria is still being torn apart by civil war, in Libya the government is struggling to impose its authority and Egypt appears to be experiencing a reversal of the democratic gains it had made as the deep state consolidates its position. Yet, within this overwhelmingly gloomy picture, recent developments in Tunisia are cause for optimism.

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