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Supporting Tunisia’s Transition

Mon, May 30th, 2016

Hotel Sofitel Brussels Europe, Brussels

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Tunisia Monitor

Carnegie’s Tunisia Monitor project tracks the status of the country’s transition in the economic, political, and security spheres. This project provides original analysis and policy recommendations from a network of Tunisian contributors and Carnegie experts to inform decisionmakers in Tunisia, Europe, and the United States. This endeavor is supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.

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Tunisia remains the Arab Awakening’s last best hope. The country’s political transition is as remarkable as it is fragile—imperiled by both security challenges and significant socioeconomic obstacles. How can Tunisia and its international partners, particularly the EU, forge a new and more constructive dynamic to reverse the country’s recent troubling trajectory?

To mark the European launch of a new Carnegie paper entitled “Between Peril and Promise: A New Framework for Partnership With Tunisia,” co-author Marc Pierini moderated a lively discussion featuring Ons Ben Abdelkarim, president of the Tunisian NGO Al Bawsala, Kabil Daoud, member of the political bureau of the Afek Tounes party, and Michael Köhler, director for the Southern neighborhood at the European Commission Directorate General for the Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations.

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Ons Ben Abdelkarim

Ons Ben Abdelkarim is the president of ‎Tunisian NGO Al Bawsala.

Kabil Daoud

Kabil Daoud is a member of the political bureau of the Afek Tounes party, where he is responsible for regional development.

Michael Köhler

Michael Köhler is the director for the Southern neighborhood at the European Commission Directorate General for the Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations.

Marc Pierini

Marc Pierini is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe.

Middle EastEuropeForeign Policy

Event Speakers

Ons Ben Abdelkarim

Ons Ben Abdelkarim is the country representative in Tunisia for Expectation State.

Ons Ben Abdelkarim
Kabil Daoud
Michael Köhler

Michael Köhler is the director for EU-Neighbourhood Policy at the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation of the European Commission.

Marc Pierini
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe
Marc Pierini

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

Ons Ben Abdelkarim

Ons Ben Abdelkarim is the country representative in Tunisia for Expectation State.

Kabil Daoud

Michael Köhler

Michael Köhler is the director for EU-Neighbourhood Policy at the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation of the European Commission.

Marc Pierini

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe

Pierini is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, where his research focuses on developments in the Middle East and Turkey from a European perspective.

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