...Luisa Gandolfo Discourses on the Arab revolutions have, to date, focused on regime change and its implications for future democratization in the region. This essay explores the impetus behind the religiopolitical tensions in Tunisia and posits that to grasp the events unfolding since 2010...

...Mohamed El-Khawas Gregory White: A Comparative Political Economy of Tunisia and Morocco: On the Outside of Europe Looking In . New York: State University of New York Press, 2001. 252 pages. ISBN 0-7914-5028-7. $20.95. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2002 Mohamed El-Khawas is professor...

...Sulayman Nyang Emma C. Murphy: Economic and Political Change in Tunisia . New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. 285 pages. ISBN 0312-22-1428. $79.95. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2000 Sulayman Nyang is professor of African studies, Howard University,Washington, D.C. MQ 11.1-09...

... at the University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC. He is the author of several books and numerous articles on the Middle East. Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution: Causes and Impact Mohamed A. El-­Khawas The international community was caught...

...Mohamed Nejib Hachana Copyright 2008 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2008 Mohamed Nejib Hachana is the ambassador of Tunisia to the United States. Twenty Years of Change: Tunisia’s Journey of Progress Continues Mohamed Nejib Hachana...

... politicization of Islam. Gregory White: A Comparative Political Economy of Tunisia and Morocco: On the Outside of Europe Looking In. New York: State University of New York Press, 2001. 252 pages. ISBN 0-7914-5028-7. $20.95. Reviewed by Mohamed...

...,Washington, D.C. MQ 11.1-09 Reviews 1/19/00 1:17 PM Page 136 Reviews Emma C. Murphy: Economic and Political Change in Tunisia. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999. 285 pages. ISBN 0312-22-1428. $79.95. Reviewed...

... tumult that became the Arab Spring. Social unrest will remain the rule rather than the exception in the Arab region for the foreseeable future, especially in countries that have undergone regime change, such as Egypt and Tunisia, due to the lack of expected economic and political reforms. Nadine...

... 1995 the foreign ministers of the European Union and twelve southern Mediterranean states — Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Palestinian Authority — convened in Barcelona, Spain, to pledge bilateral and multilat- eral...

...Jeffrey S. Morton; Nicole Shortt The popular uprising that started in Tunisia in December 2010 quickly spread across the Arab world, culminating in a historic regional realignment with far-reaching implications. This essay details the implications of the Arab Spring for Israeli security. After...

...Richard T. Sale Islam is on the march in the Middle East. For the past few years, in every Mideast election, the Islamic parties have won: in the Gaza Strip in 2006 and in Iraq and Tunisia in 2010. In 2011, they won again in Turkey and Morocco, and in Egypt the Islamist parties confirmed...

... overview of the counterterrorist activities laid down by the EP toward SMCs is provided. Then the essay focuses on the activity of EP's delegations with the Maghreb and the Mashreq, with reference to cooperation on counterterrorism with Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia. Finally, concluding remarks...

...-aggrandizing power instead of needed change for our people gives impetus to outside forces — such as the Tea Party — much as in Tunisia and Egypt. Leaders must restore Americans’ trust by a commitment to accountability and results if they are to be the ones to lead the restoration of the American Dream...

... fundamentalism. Civil disobedience campaigns in Tunisia and Egypt succeeded in forcing regime change in ways that a decade of al Qaeda terror attacks failed to accomplish. While it is too soon to write al Qaeda’s obituary, its erosion came well before the death of its historic leader. This essay examines al...

...) and Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Though a good first step, these arrangements did not provide an overall plan for a Mediterranean policy, since they constituted the last act of economic cooperation between former European colonial states and newly indepen- dent states or those in the process...

... “a zone of violent conflicts.”6 The Arab Spring revolts have further aggravated this situation, due mainly to their failure to reach democratic statuses, except perhaps in Tunisia.7 Hence the Mediterranean represents a perfect laboratory for parliamen- tary diplomacy.8 Moreover, the proliferation...

..., economic reform, secular governance, and liberty. When in rapid succession the dictatorships in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya fell to nearly bloodless revolutions, the cynicism usual in the West turned to optimism, and it seemed as if all was possible. The vision of the Arab world as not quite ready...

... no real democratic foundation. Inspiration for protests against the established and rigidly controlled order grew from the streets of Tunis first and then Cairo. The essentially leaderless protests in Tunisia and Egypt were afforded by the breakdown in government- ­controlled national opinion, made...

..., Prospects. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press, 2013. 340 pages. ISBN 978-­0-­7486-­9104-­3. $27.96 (paperback). Reviewed by Mohamed A. El-­Khawas. To outside observers, Tunisia had long appeared to be a stable, progressive, and pro-­ Western country, although it has had only two presidents...

... by Mohamed A. El-­Khawas. To outside observers, Tunisia had long appeared to be a stable, progressive, and pro-­ Western country, although it has had only two presidents since independence in 1956. However, both Habib Bourguiba’s one-­party system and Zine el Abidine Ben Ali’s cen- sorship had...