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Trouble in Tunisia

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Trouble in Tunisia

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Trouble in Tunisia

FromWorldly

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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Jul 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Zack, Jenn, and Jen Kirby discuss the political crisis gripping Tunisia following the president’s decision to fire the prime minister and suspend parliament. Tunisia was the big “success story” of the Arab Spring: the one country whose revolution produced a real, albeit rocky, transition to democracy — a democracy that is now in crisis. The gang explains what’s going on, what it all means for Tunisia’s future, and how — or whether — the international community should respond.

References:

Tunisia’s president fired its prime minister and suspended parliament

Is what happened in Tunisia a coup?

A helpful timeline outlining Tunisia’s democratic transition

Tunisia’s imperfect democracy was still a model, wrote Sarah E. Yerkes in 2019 

Foreign Policy on the problem with calling Tunisia the Arab Spring’s “lone success story”

Bloomberg’s Hussein Ibish on why this crisis is testing Tunisia’s political divisions 

The US secretary of state’s Tunisia tweets
 
Hosts:
Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp), senior correspondent, Vox
Jennifer Williams (@jenn_ruth), senior foreign editor, Vox
Jen Kirby (@j_kirby1), foreign and national security reporter, Vox
 
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Released:
Jul 29, 2021
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Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

We live in a confusing time, bombarded every day with news from around the world that can be hard to follow, or fully understand. Let Worldly be your guide. Every Thursday, senior writer Zack Beauchamp, senior foreign editor Jennifer Williams, and staff defense writer Alex Ward give you the history and context you need to make sense of the moment and navigate the world around you. Produced by Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.