Abderrahim / Krüger / Besbes The New Tunisia in International Relations

Transition Inside and Out
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-73257-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 370 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government

On 17 December 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian fruit seller, set himself on fire out of pure despair over his socio-economic situation and continued harassment by the Tunisian police. He thereby not only triggered a major popular uprising that spread across his country demanding employment, freedom and dignity, but also a movement that spread to the whole Arab region and became known as the ‘Arab Spring’, sparking great hopes, but also looming instability. Almost exactly five years later, on 10 December 2015, the representatives of four major Tunisian civil society organisations, better known as the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, dedicated the Nobel Peace Prize they had just been awarded to the very people of Tunisia that took to the streets, to its youth, its women, its political actors and civil society, but also its security forces for their courage combined with moderation. How did the small country of Tunisia manage its democratic transition within such a short period? And what implication has this had for its foreign policy and its role in international politics?

This book shows that Tunisia has not only fundamentally developed at the domestic level, but also on the level of external relations since 2011. New and old alliances, a broadened map of relations and new activism of both civil society and of Tunisia in international organisations certify that Tunisia has the potential to play an increasingly important role on the regional map. The various contributions provide an encompassing picture of Tunisia’s changed role, allowing scholars in the field to understand the ‘last country standing’ better, a country that both the scientific community and the political scene should not underestimate for the promises it holds.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abderrahim, Tasnim

Krüger, Laura-Theresa

Besbes, Salma

McLarren, Katharina

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Avant-propos

Elyes Ghariani

Introduction

Tasnim Abderrahim, Salma Besbes, Laura-Theresa Krüger, Katharina McLarren &
Bernhard Stahl

PART I Principles, aspirations, limitations: reshaping Tunisia’s foreign policy

1 The polity of Tunisia’s external relations before and after 2011

Ines Kalai & Jaweher Skhiri

2 The Essebsi government (2011): continuity or change?

Aymen Briki & Reinhardt Rummel

3 The Troika governments (2011-2014): orientations and constraints

Mohamed Nidhal Zaier & Ignaz Völk

4 The Jomaa government (2014-2015): Tunisia as a ‘Start-up Democracy’?

Tasnim Abderrahim & Mootaz Ghothbani

PART II Oscillation, cooperation, commitment: Tunisia and its partners

5 France and Tunisia: friendship reloaded?

Laura-Theresa Krüger

6 Germany and Tunisia: friendship in the making?

Edmund Ratka & Bernhard Stahl

7 Tunisia and the EU: ‘more of the same’ or starting anew?

Laura-Theresa Krüger, Edmund Ratka & Emna Chihi Ouji

8 Turkey and Tunisia: building bridges in stormy times?

Elena Dück & Rihab Kordi

9 The U.S. and Tunisia: from democracy promotion to security consolidation?

Salma Besbes & Tasnim Abderrahim

PART III Inspiration, conditionality, concertation: Tunisia and international institutions

10 International Financial Institutions: business as usual in Tunisia?

Lisa Spantig

11 The Arab Maghreb Union: a new quality of foreign policy cooperation?

Laura-Theresa Krüger & Mohamed Nidhal Zaier

12 Arab League and United Nations: Tunisia’s new activism?

Katharina McLarren

PART IV Challenges, uncertainty, determination: key transnational issues

13 Tunisia’s migration policy: from a reactive to a proactive approach

Sabrine Souissi

14 Tunisia’s security policy: challenges and reforms

Soumaya Hichri

15 Radicalisation and terrorism in Tunisia: the lure of Jihadism for a marginalised youth

Edmund Ratka & Marie-Christine Roux

What is ‘new’ regarding Tunisia’s place in the world: empirical findings
and theoretical departures

Bernhard Stahl

Contributor profiles

Über Autor(innen)

Tasnim Abderrahim University of Gabes, Laura-Theresa Kruger University of Passau, Salma Besbes University of Carthage, Katharina McLarren University of Passau