How Tunisia Became the Only Real Arab Spring Success Story

Published: Oct. 25, 2017, 9:59 p.m.

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Safwan Masri set out with a simple question: of all the countries caught in the turmoil of the Arab Spring, how is it that Tunisia was the only country to successfully replace a long ruling despot with a more or less functioning democracy? His new book Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly takes a deep dive into that question, examining Tunisia\'s history, politics and, crucially some decades old educational reforms.\\xa0

This is a very interesting conversation about both the Arab Spring, and Tunisia\'s unique experience. It is the Arab Spring success story--so far at least--and Safwan Masri helps me understand why.
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Safwan Masri is Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development at Columbia University.\\xa0\\xa0
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