Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The annual Carnegie Junior Fellows Conference will engage young policy professionals across the political spectrum on the erosion of civic norms and declining faith in political institutions.
There is a growing divide between young people and the Tunisian government, an issue that has taken on greater importance over the past month, as Tunisian authorities struggle with how to address the massive protests in the country’s southern regions.
Youth frustration with the Tunisian government and exclusion from the political system feeds radicalization. Socio-economic reforms must take place soon, and begin to be felt by the society, in order to prevent further extremist recruitment.
