Geoffrey Weichselbaum - openDemocracy

Defending Tunisia’s constitution

Tunisia faces the challenge of responding to security threats while avoiding a return of the security state that Tunisians rose up against in 2011. It's a rocky but clearly marked path.

By Michael Meyer-Resende and Geoffrey Weichselbaum

/ 27 Mar 2015

The Tunisian arts of compromise

The biggest risk is that Tunisia’s politicians consider the past constitution-making as a painful, one-off exercise in negotiation and compromise, imposed by voting rule technicalities, rather than taking pride in setting a precedent for the country’s democratic culture and the region.

By Michael Meyer-Resende and Geoffrey Weichselbaum

/ 29 Jan 2014

The Tunisian arts of compromise

The biggest risk is that Tunisia’s politicians consider the past constitution-making as a painful, one-off exercise in negotiation and compromise, imposed by voting rule technicalities, rather than taking pride in setting a precedent for the country’s democratic culture and the region.

By Michael Meyer-Resende and Geoffrey Weichselbaum

/ 29 Jan 2014