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Tunisia’s January 2011 revolution marked the first Arab awakening uprising. Today, the Maghreb country’s ruling Ennahdha party faces a population that is increasingly dissatisfied with slow economic recovery, and accusations are growing that the government is using excessive force to suppress ongoing demonstrations. Amidst these conflicts, Brookings experts analyze the nation’s ongoing transitional processes.

shout slogans on hunger and poverty during an anti-government protest in Cairo ( REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany).

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The Windy Road of Arab Transitions and Europe’s Weak Hand

February 26, 2013, Ruth H. Santini

At a time when the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt seem to be headed in the wrong direction, Ruth Hanau Santini warns European governments against absorbing themselves in their euro-centric worries.

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