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Hamza Meddeb is a research fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where he co-leads the Political Economy Program. His research focuses on the political economy of Tunisia and North Africa, the politics of illicit transnational flows, governance, and corruption, as well as the development-security nexus.
Meddeb has also consulted for several international organizations on issues related to development policies, socioeconomic policy analysis, and fragility and conflicts. His commentaries have appeared in English, Arabic, and French in The Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, Le Monde, Le Monde Diplomatique Al-Jazeera, Middle East Eye, and Assafir al-Arabi, among other outlets. Before joining Carnegie, Meddeb was a research fellow at the European University Institute in Florence and a Jean Monnet post-doctoral fellow at the institute. He holds a doctorate in political science from Sciences Po Paris, a Master’s degree in comparative politics and a Master’s degree in international economics from Paris X-Nanterre.
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The interaction of national armed forces and private business sectors offers a useful lens for viewing the politics of numerous countries of the so-called Global South. A rising trend of military political activism—often accompanied by military commercial activity—underlines the importance of drivers and outcomes in these relationships.
Several developments have contributed to Tunisia’s transformation into a transit point for African migrants, including its porous borders, inconsistent migration policies, the proliferation of xenophobic attitudes, and deteriorating economic conditions.
Several developments have contributed to Tunisia’s transformation into a transit point for African migrants, including its porous borders, inconsistent migration policies, the proliferation of xenophobic attitudes, and deteriorating economic conditions.
- Hamza Meddeb,
- Fakhreddine Louati
In order to explore the complexities of our rapidly changing world, the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center will examine pressing global issues through four engaging panel discussions in a one-day event, under the collective title, “The World in Focus: Uncertainty and the Global Outlook for 2024.”
Since 2011, Tunisia has been heading for a macroeconomic crisis—large deficits, shrinking fiscal space, and difficult negotiations with the IMF. In this election year, policymakers face high stakes: A hard economic adjustment risks sociopolitical crisis, but without correction, the country faces a future economic meltdown.
- Ishac Diwan,
- Hachemi Alaya,
- Hamza Meddeb
The Middle East and North Africa have been hit by food, energy, and debt crises that have exacerbated structural economic weaknesses of low- and middle-incomes countries, particularly Egypt, Tunisia, and Lebanon.
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- Amr Adly,
- Nur Arafeh,
- Hamza Meddeb,
- Manal Shehabi,
- Maha Yahya
The food, energy, and debt crises in the Middle East and North Africa have exacerbated structural economic weaknesses of low- and middle-income countries—particularly Egypt, Tunisia, and Lebanon—creating mounting pressure on domestic political orders and worsening these countries’ geopolitical marginalization.
To understand the underlying factors contributing to the surge in irregular migration from and through Tunisia, the Malcolm H. Kerr Middle East Center and The Global Initiative are organising a joint event on Wednesday, 12 July at 4:00 PM EEST with Tasnim Abderrahim, Hamza Meddeb, and Anna Knoll.
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- Tasnim Abderrahim,
- Matt Herbert,
- Anna Knoll,
- Hamza Meddeb
Egypt’s and Tunisia’s dependency on outside funding has led them to become peripheral in the global economy and in Middle Eastern and North African geopolitics.
Spot analysis from Carnegie scholars on events relating to the Middle East and North Africa.