Middle East and North Africa
Tunisia
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Elections in Israel and Tunisia, Robert Mugabe’s Funeral, and MoreIsrael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces another general election, Tunisia holds its second democratic election since the 2011 Arab Spring, and the funeral of Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe takes place.
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Europe’s Future Will Be Decided in North AfricaThe United States should stop treating the region as secondary to the rest of the Middle East.
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Women This Week: Ballot Breakthroughs in Mexico and TunisiaWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering July 5 to July 13, was compiled with support from Lucia Petty and Rebecca Turkington.
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Women This Week: Making History in TunisiaWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering May 5 to May 11, was compiled with support from Amalia Trigo and Rebecca Turkington.
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Women’s Rights Reforms in Tunisia Offer HopeWomen in Tunisia have far more rights than their regional counterparts, but they still are far from true equality. Unequal inheritance laws provide a window into what's really going on in Tunisia.
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Dashed Hopes of the Arab SpringSteven A. Cook, CFR’s Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, discusses why the uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya in 2011 and Turkey in 2013 failed to produce lasting…
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Weekend Reading: The U.S., Iran, and the KRG; Remembering BentalhaReading selections for the weekend of September 15, 2017.
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Weekend Reading: The Independence of Iraqi Kurds, China in the Middle East, and Tunisia’s Forgotten PalacesReading selections for the weekend of August 11, 2017.
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Tahrir Square, Six Years Later: A Conversation with Steven A. CookZenko is joined by Steven A. Cook, CFR's Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies. They discuss Cook's latest book, False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East, and U.S. policy in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Weekend Reading: Truth and Dignity in Tunisia, Egypt's Island Controversy, and Ottoman SportsReading selections for the weekend of June 16, 2017.
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Weekend Reading: Ben Ali’s Flight, the Nawari of Gaza, and Algeria’s Independence ReconsideredReading selections for the weekend of February 3, 2017.
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Weekend Reading: Russia in the Levant, the Uprising in Alexandria, and Tunisians Look BackReading selections for the weekend of January 27, 2017.
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Weekend Reading: Tunisian Economics, Assad and the Jihadis, and Palestinians in EgyptReading selections for the weekend of December 9, 2016.
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Weekend Reading: Tension in Turkey, Kuwait’s Election, and Reexamining Tunisian HistoryReading selections for the weekend of December 2, 2016.
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Weekend Reading: Tunisia’s Saints, Egyptians React to the U.S. Election, and the Battle for Mosul PicturedReading selections for the weekend of November 18, 2016.