After years of being praised for its post-revolution record of democratic transition, compared to other Arab Spring countries, Tunisia is now falling into the crisis of dictatorship once again. The democratically elected Tunisian president, a retired law professor, Kais Saied, is now almost individually drafting a new constitution that expands his authority over other state institutions while giving him an above-the-law status that puts him beyond accountability. He even disregarded
After years of being praised for its post-revolution record of democratic transition, compared to other Arab Spring countries, Tunisia is now falling into the crisis of dictatorship once again. The democratically elected
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MoreIn an attempt to fulfill peace in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East, the 84-year-old leader of the Catholic Church Pope Francis made a rare visit to the war-torn country, aiming
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