Weekend Reading: Tension in Turkey, Kuwait’s Election, and Reexamining Tunisian History
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Weekend Reading: Tension in Turkey, Kuwait’s Election, and Reexamining Tunisian History

Reading selections for the weekend of December 2, 2016.
Kuwaiti women cast their votes during parliamentary election in a polling station in Kuwait City, Kuwait (Stringer/Reuters).
Kuwaiti women cast their votes during parliamentary election in a polling station in Kuwait City, Kuwait (Stringer/Reuters).
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook
December 2, 2016 5:45 pm (EST)

Nick Ashdown discusses the tense political and social climate in Turkey in the months after the failed coup attempt.

Habib Toumi argues that reforms to Kuwait’s electoral law in July 2006 have succeeded in diminishing the influence of large tribal coalitions in last weekend’s parliamentary elections.

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Turkey

Kuwait

Tunisia

Sarah Souli explores how Tunisians are reexamining the history of modern Tunisia.

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Turkey

Kuwait

Tunisia