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Tunisia at a Crossroads

Tue. July 9th, 2019
Washington, DC

Tunisia is at a crossroads. The democratic transition has failed to meet the expectations of most citizens, with the government unable to address key challenges facing their country. What comes next? 

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Arab Barometer hosted a panel discussion to mark the release of the Arab Barometer’s new public opinion survey on Tunisia. The survey covers Tunisians’ perceptions of current conditions in the country, including the state of the economy, trust in institutions, migration, government performance, media consumption, corruption, and foreign relations. 

Michael Robbins presented the survey findings, followed by a discussion with Sarah Yerkes, Emir Sfaxi, and Oumayma Ben Abdallah on the implications of the findings for Tunisia’s transition. Sonia Dridi moderated the conversation. 

Sonia Dridi

Sonia Dridi is a journalist based in Washington, DC who covers U.S. news for various French media outlets, including Europe 1, France 24, and BFM TV. 

Michael Robbins

Michael Robbins is the director of the Arab Barometer.

Sarah Yerkes 

Sarah Yerkes is a fellow in Carnegie’s Middle East Program. 

Emir Sfaxi

Emir Sfaxi is a Fulbright fellow and a public policy consultant.

Oumayma Ben Abdallah

Oumayma Ben Abdallah is a human rights researcher and Tunisia analyst. 

Political ReformGlobal GovernanceCivil SocietyNorth AfricaTunisia
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event speakers

Sonia Dridi

Michael Robbins

Michael Robbins is director and co-principal investigator of Arab Barometer.

Sarah Yerkes

Senior Fellow, Middle East Program

Sarah Yerkes is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Middle East Program, where her research focuses on Tunisia’s political, economic, and security developments as well as state-society relations in the Middle East and North Africa.

Emir Sfaxi

Oumayma Ben Abdallah