The U.S. Needs to Get Out of the Way on China
Washington should start letting other countries take the lead.
Kais Saied’s government refuses to reckon with the country’s rampant anti-Semitism.
Rached Ghannouchi’s arrest and Ali Laarayedh’s imprisonment reveal the extent of Kais Saied’s attack on democracy.
A third bailout package will not provide long-term assurances for Tunisia’s economy and will exacerbate inequalities.
Regimes are rewarding economic insiders and ignoring outsiders at their peril.
Kais Saied’s xenophobia against Black Africans has prompted many governments to charter flights to repatriate their citizens.
As the country’s financial crisis worsens and Saied’s popularity wanes, the president has decided to scapegoat Black migrants and condone violence against them.
Those who once supported the president and his coup are starting to doubt his ability to rescue the country amid an economic crisis.
Tunisians are taking to the streets—rather than voting—as the economy collapses, but they remain deeply divided.
Saturday’s poor voter turnout has cost President Kais Saied political capital at home and abroad.
An opposition boycott of Saturday’s election may be too little, too late.
It’s all about democracy, stupid.
President Kais Saied’s government is turning away from Rabat, warming up to Algiers, and inviting Polisario Front leaders to Tunis.
Few restraints remain for Tunisian strongman Kais Saied after his constitutional referendum passed overwhelmingly and opposition parties boycotted the vote.
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The changes would grant the president almost untrammeled power.
The Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) is the one body with enough power to derail Saied’s plans.
The country that sparked the Arab Spring could be headed back to permanent authoritarian rule.
President Kais Saied promised to confront corruption and defend poor Tunisians. Now, his government is abandoning and brutalizing them.