Nevertheless, by providing financial and technical assistance to democratic actors over the last decade, the international community could have played a constructive role in strengthening democracy in Tunisia as the deteriorating economic conditions and pervasive corruption would be less likely to pose challenges to the consolidation of democracy. [...] The international community could have played a constructive role in strengthening democracy in Tunisia as the deteriorating economic conditions and pervasive corruption would be less likely to pose challenges to the consolidation of democracy 3 This piece places the recent crisis of Tunisian democracy in a wider context and discusses the factors beyond domestic causes that brought its democracy t. [...] The EU, US, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and international non-governmental organizations, such as the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, were all critical actors in promoting and consolidating democracy across Eastern and Central European countries following the culmination of the Cold War. [...] The Ennahda politician and the former youth and sports minister Ahmed Gaaloul was highly disappointed with the “hollow” criticisms of Saied and voiced Tunisia’s need for a stronger and firmer attitude from those “who defend democracy and human rights.”16 Other analysts found EU’s response puzzling given the aid the EU provided to the post-2011 Tunisian governments and hence, expected the union to. [...] 8 The EU and US’ indecisive policy towards Saied’s executive takeover creates a power vacuum to be filled by regional authoritarian actors Kais Saied’s takeover was already celebrated by the autocratic trio of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.23 The leading media outlets in the Gulf region openly shared their happiness on the alleged defeat of the Muslim Brotherhood.24 After all,.
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