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Author: Raed Ben Maaouia

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Raed Ben Maaouia

Raed Ben Maaouia is the co-founder of Tunisia’s Social Accountability Association, and a member of Political Lab (Lab 117) Initiative.

  • Tunisia's President Kais Saied meeting with then US Defense Secretary Mark Esper at Carthage Palace, Tunisia, in September 2020. Credit: DoD/Lisa Ferdinando.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsTunisia
    By Raed Ben Maaouia
    June 16, 2022
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    Is Tunisia’s democracy slipping away?

    President Saied has been running the country unilaterally for almost a year. The July referendum will further strengthen his rule without resistance. Those sincerely committed to ...
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  • Tunisia's President Kais Saied (left) meeting with the US Defence Secretary in September 2020. Credit: DoD/Lisa Ferdinando.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsTunisia
    By Raed Ben Maaouia
    August 30, 2021
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    Don’t let Tunisia’s democracy slip

    President Saied’s sacking of the government may be popular, but what Tunisia needs is to strengthen its democracy, not dismantle it. On 17 December 2010, 26-year-old ...
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