Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Despite paying lip service to reform, many Arab nations’ education programs fail to prepare students to become contributing members of open, pluralistic systems.
The EU’s tarnished image as a community of nations is alarming. It is therefore essential to create the conditions for a better future in a postcrisis world.
Challenging Ennahda in Tunisia’s next elections depends largely on the appeal of Nidaa Tounes to the center-left.
Complex bureaucratic logistics and institutional inertias obstruct Tunisia’s security reform and the rule of law.
In the aftermath of an assassination and violent protests, Tunisia's Ennahda party has a unique opportunity to save the country's revolution and redefine political Islam.
Increasing polarization is threatening Tunisia's secular left.
By proposing to ban former members of the RCD, Ennahda is creating a one-party system and attempting to ensure an opposition vacuum in Tunisia.
Despite recent advances, the revolution has yet to prove successful for the country’s media landscape.
Pandering to the Salafis might seem a shrewd election strategy, but the party may be playing to a pipe dream.
Tunisia’s ruling Islamist Ennahda Party should resist the temptation to use violence to help ensure its grip on power.