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Presidential candidate and Tunisian President, Moncef Marzouki, waves before addressing his supporters during a campaign meeting in Bizerte, northern Tunisia, on November 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Aimen Zine)

Tunisia’s Post-Election Foreign Policy

by Kamal Ben Younes | Nov 23, 2014 | Features

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Tunisians head for the polls to elect a new president, speculation has arisen regarding the future direction of country’s foreign policy in the event that the incumbent, Moncef Marzouki, is not re-elected. While Marzouki, a former member of...

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Tunisian interim President Moncef Marzouki, center, speaks to the press at the Aouina military airport in Tunis on June 30, 2014. (Reuters/Anis Mili)

Tunisian presidential candidates begin seeking endorsement

by Monji Saidani | Jun 30, 2014 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Potential presidential candidates in Tunisia have begun seeking political endorsement to be legally entitled to run in the race following the announcement of the date of the polls on June 23. There are currently 13 potential candidates for the...

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Kamel Morjane. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Tunisia’s Kamel Morjane: Role of next president will be built on compromise

by Monji Saidani | Jun 23, 2014 | Interviews

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Having served in various UN roles, most notably as the secretary-general’s representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and as the Tunisian ambassador to the UN, Kamel Morjane’s name is currently being bandied about as a possible...

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sits beside UN and Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, left, as he addresses a news conference after the Geneva II peace talks in Montreux on January 22, 2014. (Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann)

UN chief considers Brahimi’s replacement as Syria envoy

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 10, 2014 | Middle East

London, Washington DC, Tunis and Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ten days after the resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi as UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, the search for a successor continues in the corridors of the UN in New York. Informed Arab diplomatic sources, speaking on...

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Tunisian supporters of ruling Islamist party Ennahda carry a large version of their national flag as they march through Tunis’s Habib Bourguiba Avenue during a demonstration to protest their movement’s legitimacy and denounce plans for a government of technocrats aimed at resolving a major crisis on February 16, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA)

Opinion: Ennahda will survive the next elections

by Adnan Mancer | May 17, 2013 | Debate

Some observers of the Tunisian political scene think that the country will experience a dramatic change as a result of the elections scheduled for the end of the year. However, many of those familiar with the details of the political scene in Tunisia since the time of...