Projects - Middle East
Tunisia Monitor
About the Project

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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Middle East

The Middle East Program in Washington  combines in-depth regional knowledge with incisive comparative analysis to provide deeply informed recommendations. With expertise in the Gulf, North Africa, Iran, and Israel/Palestine, we examine crosscutting themes of political, economic, and social change in both English and Arabic.

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Our team

Marwan Muasher

Vice President for Studies

Marwan Muasher is vice president for studies at Carnegie, where he oversees research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East. Muasher served as foreign minister (2002–2004) and deputy prime minister (2004–2005) of Jordan, and his career has spanned the areas of diplomacy, development, civil society, and communications.

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.

Maha Yahya

Director, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

Yahya is director of the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where her research focuses on citizenship, pluralism, and social justice in the aftermath of the Arab uprisings.

Hamza Meddeb

Fellow, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

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

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.

All work from Tunisia Monitor

197 Results
In The Media
in the media
Tunisia Can “Bounce Back” from Authoritarianism with Proper Support

Until conditions allow for the right combination of elements to help the country reverse course, the United States and the international community must use consistent, behind-the-scenes support to make sure Tunisia does not sink deeper into autocratization.

· May 16, 2023
Just Security
commentary
Tunisia, Migration, and Media Coverage

Coverage of the Tunisian president’s recent racist remarks reveals a double standard in Western media.

  • Tharwa Boulifi
· March 30, 2023
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In the Media
The Burgeoning China-Tunisia Relationship: Short Term Reward, Long Term Risk

As the United States slowly disengages from the Middle East and Europe faces internal challenges, a new actor is quietly exerting greater influence across North Africa: China.

· March 23, 2023
Bloomsbury Publishing
commentary
Confronting an Assault on Democracy in Tunisia

This article presents an urgent call to action from a Tunisian feminist who sees the hard-fought legacy of generations of activists evaporate by the day.

  • Ikram Ben Said
· March 14, 2023
commentary
Tunisia’s Informal Employment Crisis

Tunisia’s post-COVID economic crisis has revealed major challenges in the labor market.

  • Manel Dridi
· February 14, 2023
article
Tunisian Foreign Policy Under Kais Saied

After three years in office, the Tunisian president has yet to present a cohesive foreign policy agenda. Instead, Saied’s erosion of the country's democratic integrity has isolated Tunisia from international leaders, donors, and investors.

· January 11, 2023
commentary
A Bad Trip

President Qaïs Saied’s visit to Washington this week is bound to have left him disappointed.

· December 16, 2022
commentary
Tunisia’s New Electoral Law Is Another Blow to Its Democratic Progress

It severely weakens political parties and opens the door for the president to prevent anyone who has criticized him from seeking office.

· October 11, 2022
In The Media
in the media
Tunisia and the Future of Political Islam

President Saied’s seizure of power has been a major setback for Ennahda. He capitalized on widespread anger at Ennahda by blaming it for much of the failure of Tunisia’s governance since the 2010-2011 Revolution.

· August 17, 2022
commentary
Former Tunisian President Says Saied Must Be Stopped

In a recent interview, former President Moncef Marzouki said that Saied’s coup would not prevail and has proposed a road map to confront the crisis.

  • Abdellatif Hamamouchi
· August 4, 2022