List of Tunisia articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Jihadists Fight
Tunisia is supposed to be the success story of the Arab Spring — so why are so many of its young men flocking to the Islamic State?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Tunisia’s Getting More Guns Than Democracy
As Washington earmarks nearly $100 million for military aid to Tunis, arms manufacturers sense a new gold rush. But it may come at the cost of the country's fragile democracy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Will the Panama Papers Be a Catalyst for Change?
It’s not about Vladimir Putin’s cronies or crooked billionaires. If real reform is going to come, it’ll have to be based on popular anger at the merely well-off using tax havens to move money.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Tunisia’s Islamists Embraced Democracy
The Ennahda party was widely seen as a threat to Tunisia's democratic transition. Instead, it helped drive it forward.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why the U.S. Strike in Libya Wasn’t Just About Libya
Washington was also trying to protect Tunisia — and help keep the Arab Spring’s only success story from going off the rails.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Libya Matters — Again
The Islamic State is gaining ground in Libya’s chaotic vacuum and Western governments are worried
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Tunisia’s Crooked Cops Are Undermining the Revolution
Tunisia's uprising was a cry against pervasive corruption. Five years later, it's only gotten worse.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Peacebuilder’s Field Guide to Protest Movements
Protest movements around the world scored major victories in 2015. But if we want to see real change, international donors need to stop fretting and lend a hand.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Five Years Later, Tunisians Take to the Streets Again
In the new, democratic Tunisia, people are protesting again — and for the same reason as before.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Counterterrorism Could Be the Death of Tunisian Democracy
Tunisia’s security state is threatening to undo the gains of the revolution.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 On Human Rights Day, a Tunisian Court Sent Six Men to Prison For Being Gay
Five years after a revolution transformed Tunisia, the country still has a long way to go on human rights.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Still Under Curfew, Tunis Goes Quiet
Since the bus bombing that struck Tunis in late November, the city has been under strict curfew. Here's what it's like.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Tunisia’s Ruling Party Is Falling Apart
Tunisia's ruling Nidaa Tounes party has held the country together through its difficult democratic transition. But now it's falling apart.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Now Tunisia’s Government Is In The Crosshairs
The blast at the heart of Tunis yesterday was not just another terrorist attack.