President Kais Saied’s power grab on July 25, 2021 and subsequent rule by executive decree has dramatically transformed Tunisia’s once-hopeful path to democracy. This article examines the instrumentalization of the executive, security forces, and military in consolidating his power.


It is becoming increasingly clear that Tunisia’s agricultural model based on water-intensive hybrid seeds is unsustainable…

Tunisia's outdated migration law, in addition to opaque procedures to entering the country or getting visa…

Since Saied’s power grab on July 25, 2021, political and judicial developments in Tunisia have raised…

This spiral of arrests of political adversaries, lawyers, journalists, and critics marks a dramatic setback for…