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The National Interest Foundation Newsletter, Issue 110
The National Interest Foundation Newsletter Issue 110, September 2, 2021 Welcome to our NIF Newsletter. In this week’s headlines: the August 31st deadline for the United States’ troop withdrawal from Afghanistan passes, dozens are killed in a missile and drone attack in Yemen as some of the victims affected by the ongoing conflict in the…
Read MoreThe National Interest Foundation Newsletter, Issue 109
The National Interest Foundation Newsletter Issue 109, August 26, 2021 Welcome to our NIF Newsletter. In this week’s headlines: the United States, Qatar, and others engage in a massive evacuation operation of civilians from Afghanistan in the aftermath of the Taliban’s recent takeover, the Biden administration faces bipartisan criticism for the manner of its Afghanistan pullout,…
Read MoreThe National Interest Foundation Newsletter, Issue 108
The National Interest Foundation Newsletter Issue 108, August 6, 2021 Welcome to our NIF Newsletter. This week, we recap Thursday’s NIF Zoom event on the latest developments in Tunisia and the way out of the current political crisis there. Meanwhile, in our news headlines: tensions with Iran escalate after an oil tanker attack off the…
Read MoreThe Death of Democracy in Tunisia? If Freedom Dies, Extremism Rises
By Khaled Saffuri, President at the National Interest Foundation A decade ago, corrupt Tunisian police repeatedly harassed a 26-year-old street vendor and confiscated his goods. In response, he burned himself alive, triggering demonstrations which brought down the government of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Pressure for reform spread across the Middle East and the…
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