Supporting Tunisia’s Imperiled Transition

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Event

Supporting Tunisia’s Imperiled Transition

Thu, April 14th, 2016

Washington, DC

Tunisia remains the Arab Awakening’s last best hope. Its political transition is as remarkable as it is fragile—imperiled by both security challenges and significant socioeconomic obstacles. Carnegie hosted a discussion of how Tunisia and its international partners can forge a new and more constructive dynamic and reverse the country’s recent troubling trajectory. This event launched a new Carnegie report entitled Between Peril and Promise: A New Framework for Partnership With Tunisia.

Agenda

Registration and Breakfast

9:00 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks

William J. Burns, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

9:05 a.m.
Remarks on a Tunisian Framework for Partnership

Marwan Muasher, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

9:10 to 10:05 a.m.
Remarks

Tunisian Minister of Development, Investment, and International Cooperation Yassine Brahim
Moderator: Marwan Muasher, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

10:15 to 11:30 a.m.
Perspectives From the Private Sector

Bowman Cutter, Roosevelt Institute
Naceur Hidoussi, Hexabyte
Samia Msadek, World Bank Group
Moderator: Mohamed Malouche, Tunisian American Young Professionals

11:30 to 12:15 p.m.
Keynote Remarks

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken
Moderator: William J. Burns, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Participants

Antony J. Blinken

Antony J. Blinken is the United States deputy secretary of state.

Yassine Brahim

Yassine Brahim is the Tunisian Minister of development, investment, and international cooperation.

William J. Burns

William J. Burns is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Bowman Cutter

Bowman Cutter is a senior fellow and director of the Next American Economy Project at the Roosevelt Institute.

Naceur Hidoussi

Naceur Hidoussi is founder of Hexabyte, a Tunisian telecommunications company.

Mohamed Malouche

Mohamed Malouche is founder of the Tunisian American Young Professionals.

Samia Msadek

Samia Msadek is director of the Governance Global Practice Group at the World Bank Group.

Marwan Muasher

Marwan Muasher is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

North Africa Tunisia Political Reform Democracy Security Military Civil Society Religion Foreign Policy

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

Event Speakers

Marwan Muasher

Vice President for Studies

Marwan Muasher is vice president for studies at Carnegie, where he oversees research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East. Muasher served as foreign minister (2002–2004) and deputy prime minister (2004–2005) of Jordan, and his career has spanned the areas of diplomacy, development, civil society, and communications.