Salih Yasun

Salih Yasun is a PhD Candidate at Indiana University-Bloomington Political Science Department. He holds a Master’s Degree in Applied Statistics from the same university. Salih’s research focuses on democratisation in local governance in Tunisia, where he has conducted extensive fieldwork. His writings have appeared in the Journal of the Middle East and Africa (forthcoming), Middle East Law and Governance, Women’s Studies International Forum Journals. He is fluent in Turkish, English and Arabic.

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Tunisia’s e-consultation process is another pretence for Saied’s power grab

Presented as a solution to the country’s challenges, the participatory platform appears to be a further step towards one-man rule.

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Tunisia’s e-consultation process is another pretence for Saied’s power grab

Can Saied's plan cure Tunisia's problems?

With the country mired in a range of structural issues, president Kais Saied’s move to cement one-man rule will only increase unaccountability and corruption.

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Can Saied's plan cure Tunisia's problems?

The four uncertainties facing Tunisian democracy

President Kais Saied’s intervention raised several questions regarding the future of democracy, some of which derive from his plans and others from the country’s institutional and structural circumstances.

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The four uncertainties facing Tunisian democracy