Assessing the Corruption Risks of Proposed Laws: A Parliamentary Corruption-Proofing Guide
Parliaments play an essential role in preventing corruption, including through a sound legislative process and rigorous legal drafting. The risk…
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The bicameral system under the Tunisian constitution of 25 July 2022
This study on «The bicameral system under the Tunisian constitution of 25 July 2022 », analyses the organisation of the legislative…
The Role of Local Councils in the Tunisian Institutional Landscape
This policy brief analyses “The Role of Local Councils in the Tunisian Institutional Landscape”. It emphasizes the gaps of the…
Division of competences between the Administrative Tribunal and the judicial tribunals
Division of competences between the Administrative Tribunal and the judicial tribunals, principles established in the case law of the Council…
Civic Freedoms & the Sustainable Development Goals
In this 2018 report to the UN General Assembly (A/73/279), UN Special Rapporteur Clément Nyaletsossi Voule examines the linkages between…
The State of Civic Freedoms in North Africa and the Middle East
This report presents findings from an in-depth study, supported by the United States Agency for International Development, that explored the…
Toolkit: Like, Share, Change: Youth, politics & the digital sphere
This toolkit results from the experience and learning gathered by DRI Tunisia and its partners Al Qatiba and Yaluna Magazine during the implementation of…
Egypt: A National Dialogue or A Political Maneuver?
The so-called “national dialogue” in Egypt had little to do with its glamorous title. It is neither a dialogue nor a national matter. Instead, it is a state-sponsored speaker series with an ever-extending time frame, carefully designed to co-opt weak but vocal opposition to President al-Sisi and to improve Cairo’s tarnished image in the West.
Egyptian Navy’s Journey from Surviving to Thriving
How the Egyptian Navy was transformed from struggling to barely survive on old and rusty equipment and devout, but modestly educated, personnel to an advanced and well-equipped naval force, that is ranked among the top ten worldwide, in a matter of five years?
Middle East Braces for U.S. Withdrawal Aftermath
The Middle East needs to get prepared for dealing with the dire aftermath of US withdrawal from the region. The tragic scenes, at Kabul Airport, of Afghan people clinging to the wheels of the American warplanes to escape Taliban’s hell are nothing compared to the miseries expected to emerge after the US withdrawal from Syria and Iraq, which may happen sooner than we expect. Unfortunately, the future of the Middle East region appears to be dark and messy. Yet, there still a chance for Middle East countries to take a unified action to minimize the scale of unforeseen damages.