Confidence-building in Tunisia after the Popular Uprising: Strategies and Dilemmas of the Interim Government
By Jean-Pierre Cassarino. Instituto Affari Internazionali, February 2011. Tunisia’s interim government is considering political and legal measures to reconfigure the country’s relationships between the state and its citizens. In doing so, it must balance popular calls for social and economic justice with efforts to reinvigorate and stabilize the economy. Inadequately confronting the structure of the economy, youth unemployment, poverty, and corruption risks jeopardizing the credibility of the interim government and compromising the overall reform process. Download the Article: [PDF]Policy Brief: The Political Regime in Tunisia at a Crossroads
By Salah Eddin Jorshi. Arab Reform Initiative, February 2011. Prior to the “jasmine revolution,” many factors indicated that Tunisia was approaching a crossroads. The constitution was to be amended to allow the president to continue in power, decision making became increasingly centralized, and promises of genuine political and economic reform went unfulfilled. Such sclerotic conditions left the country vulnerable to the sudden change it eventually experienced. Download the Article: [PDF]
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