Democratizing Under Fire: Can Tunisia Show the Way?
Channel: United States Institute of Peace
Date: 30/10/2015

Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi on Balancing Democracy and Security in North Africa

As Tunisia struggles to build a stable democracy from its 2011 Arab Spring revolution, it must overcome terrorist attacks, high unemployment, a refugee crisis and the threat of social turmoil. The stakes are region-wide, as Tunisia remains the only one of five Arab Spring countries to be treading a non-violent, democratic path. A critical figure in Tunisia’s evolution—Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi, the leader of the Islamist movement Nahda—visited USIP, together with the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, on October 28 to discuss how his country can consolidate its progress.

For more information about this event, visit: http://www.usip.org/events/democratizing-under-fire-can-tunisia-show-the-way

Speakers:

Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi
President , Ennahda Movement
 
Robin Wright
Distinguished Scholar, United States Institute of Peace
 
William Taylor, Moderator
Executive Vice President, United States Institute of Peace