Matt Herbert is a partner at Maharbal, a Tunisian consulting firm specializing in security, strategic governance, and the rule of law. He is a PhD candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a research fellow at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
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.
Rather than making North Africa safer, securitizing borders has raised the risk of instability along the region’s frontiers, where communities depend on smuggling.
The nature of the conflict in Tunisia’s northwest differs from the country’s other security challenges in that it mirrors an insurgency rather than a protracted terrorist campaign.