Scott Carpenter Contributor Share on Twitter Scott Carpenter is Jigsaw’s Director of Policy and International Engagement. Prior to Google, Carpenter served as the Keston Family Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and as the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy and Human Rights. Authoritarian governments from twenty-one […]
Thousands rally in support of Tunisian president Kais Saied
Supporters of Saied – who seized power in July – take to the streets in Tunis to back his promised reformsThousands of supporters of the Tunisian president, Kais Saied, have rallied in the capital to back his suspension of parliament and promises to ch…
‘My future is overseas’: Tunisians look to Europe as Covid hits tourism
As the pandemic deals a death blow to an already struggling sector, former workers see little hope for recoveryThe seafront along the town of Hammamet in Tunisia is deserted. Looking out at the bright empty coast from his souvenir shop, Kais Azzabi, 42…
Tunisia’s president to ignore parts of the constitution and rule by decree
Kais Saied says he is preparing to change the political system, prompting opposition from rivalsTunisia’s president Kais Saied has declared that he will rule by decree and ignore parts of the constitution as he prepares to change the political system, …
Tunisia unions call for president to form new government
UGTT union body urges president, Kais Saied, to form government, nearly two weeks after he sacked PMTunisia’s powerful UGTT trade union body has urged the country’s president, Kais Saied, to form a new government, nearly two weeks after he assumed exec…
Tunisia in turmoil as president purges officials and seizes judicial power
Days after PM’s overthrow fears grow that Kais Saied will undo democratic gains achieved by Arab springTunisia’s president has launched a purge of senior officials, including prosecutors and judges, and taken on judicial powers, days after overthrowing…
What is going on in Tunisia? All you need to know
Has the president staged a coup as the opposition allege, and what is likely to happen next?Ten years after the revolution that triggered the Arab spring, Tunisia, long regarded as one of the few democratic transition success stories to come out of tha…