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Tag: Tunisia
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Nation & World
10 years later: Was the Arab Spring a failure?
Ten years later, Arab scholars and analysts on campus take a closer look at the uprising known as the Arab Spring.
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Nation & World
A warning from inside Tunisia
A Tunisian constitutional expert said Sept. 17 that recent violence, coupled with moves by the ruling Islamist Ennahda party to enshrine religion in the nation’s new constitution, are a bad sign for a pluralistic, democratic future.
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Nation & World
Power, personified
In a talk on his book “The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life,” Professor Roger Owen described how the Arab world’s dictators came to power — and how their curious political network helped fuel the eventual uprisings against some of them.
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New hope for Libyan democracy
Middle East experts are optimistic that democracy may yet flourish in war-torn Libya, now that leader Moammar Gadhafi has been deposed.
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Nation & World
When traditions gave way to war
The Class of 1941 returned to Harvard for its 70th reunion, with its defining war and its youth long past. Graduate John Ambrose recalls the times.
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Nation & World
The tipping point
Seemingly overnight, people in the Mideast and North Africa have risen in anger to demand more freedom. Is this the beginning of democracy in the Arab world, or a new era of political chaos? Harvard analysts offer insights on what is likely to come next.
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Nation & World
An ‘extraordinary moment’
The protests that have rocked the Arab world in recent weeks have left many observers wondering if the region’s citizens will achieve self-government after decades of dictatorial rule. As Egyptians continued to demonstrate, a crowd flocked to the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Institute of Politics Feb. 3 to hear several Harvard analysts’…
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Nation & World
History in the making
When the Berlin Wall fell, student Mary Lewis knew she should study the past. Now a professor, she is an authority on how France evolved.
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Nation & World
After the uprising
A pair of Harvard experts addressed unrest in Tunisia — and whether it will lead to a truly democratic government — in a panel discussion at the Harvard Kennedy School.
