Tag Archives: Tunisia

The Arab Dream and Realpolitik

Posted on January 31, 2011 by

Half way through Hosni Mubarak ‘speech, I caught myself wishing his phone would ring. Of course it didn’t. But that’s the only thing that sets it apart from the declamatory and dogmatic speech of Tunisia’s “dethroned” president Zine El Abidine … Continue reading →

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Ben Ali Is Not Ousted

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

Ben Ali is gone, but that is no change to the dramatic situation stifling Tunisia. Confronted by a popular protest that has inflamed the whole country, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has left the country signaling it seems the crumbling … Continue reading →

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