THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA

An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis

Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor

Conservative & Free Market Analysis of Government, Politics & Public Policy, Covering Political, Legal, Constitutional, Economic, Cultural, Military, International, & Geopolitical Issues
PUBLIC ISSUES & POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES
TUNISIA, ISLAMIC NORTH AFRICA, & THE ARAB WORLD:
TUNISIA & THE MIDDLE EAST
THE OVERTHROW OF ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI & THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN TUNISIA: CONVERGENCE OF NEW FORCES IN TUNISIA, CREATING AN INFITADA & QUICKLY OUSTING AN ENTRENCHED DICTATOR -- THE ISLAMIST IMPLICATIONS OF THIS UPHEAVAL -- DOES INTERIM TUNISIAN PRESIDENT FOUAD MEBAZZA, AGE 77, HAVE THE SAVVY OR POLITICAL CREDIBILITY TO MAINTAIN POWER? WILL THE MILITARY KEEP THE OLD GUARD IN POWER? DO MODERATE FORCES HAVE THE COHESION & VISION TO DEFLECT AN ISLAMIST SURGE? HOW WOULD AN ISLAMIST TAKEOVER IN TUNISIA IMPACT ON EUROPE & THE ISLAMIC WORLD? WHAT SHOULD THE U.S.A. DO IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE EMERGENCE OF AN ISLAMIST TUNISIA?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XIII, Issue # 20, January 18, 2011

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TURMOIL IN TUNISIA

By Dr. Daniel Pipes



THE MISSION OF TUNISIAN POLITICAL DISSIDENT MOHSEN MARZOUK:  OPPOSING DICTATORSHIP & PROMOTING THE DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESS IN TUNISIA & THROUGHOUT NORTH AFRICA AS A WHOLE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume X, Issue # 207, August 21, 2008

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DISSIDENT WATCH:  MOHSEN MARZOUK

By J. Scott Carpenter



ACHIEVING MODERNITY & MODERATION IN THE MUSLIM WORLD:  THE TUNISIAN MODEL FOR AN ISLAMIC REFORMATION -- TUNISIA'S DEVELOPMENT IN RECENT YEARS OF AN ENVIRONMENT OF CO-EXISTENCE AMONG JEWS, CHRISTIANS & MUSLIMS, AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH MODERNITY SERVES AS A COMMON DENOMINATOR & RELIGION DOES NOT GET IN THE WAY OF ONE'S DAY-TO-DAY LIFE -- TUNISIA'S POLITICAL STABILITY, WESTERN-ARAB SYNTHESIS, & ECONOMIC VISION:  A POSSIBLE PARADIGM FOR OTHER MIDDLE EASTERN STATES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume X, Issue # 205, August 19, 2008

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

MODERNITY STARTS HERE -- TUNISIA

By Asaf Romirowsky



UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  DE-EMPHASIZING PROMOTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & ONCE AGAIN EMBRACING MIDDLE EASTERN REGIONAL STABILITY AS A U.S. FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITY -- FACING THE DOWNSIDE OF A STRATEGY BASED ON THE IDEA THAT DICTATORS BRING STABILITY TO A REGION -- INSTABILITY AS A LOOMING THREAT IN FOUR WESTERN-ALLIED DICTATORSHIPS THAT MANY AT HIGH LEVELS IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PERCEIVE AS BULWARKS OF STABILITY:  EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA, TUNISIA, & OMAN
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume X, Issue # 149, June 17, 2008

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE COSTS OF RELYING ON AGING DICTATORS

By Caroline Sevier



TUNISIA'S POLITICAL FUTURE:  PROSPECTS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL REFORM IN TUNISIA -- A TUNISIAN DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTIONALIST & FOUNDER OF THE MEDITERRANEAN LIBERAL PARTY DISCUSSES HER IDEAS REGARDING THE NEED TO BRING AN END TO TUNISIA'S ONE-PARTY DICTATORSHIP & REPLACE IT WITH A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC MULTIPARTY POLITICAL SYSTEM
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE
Volume VII, Issue # 142, July 5, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TUNISIA'S 2004 ELECTION:  UNFAIR & UNDEMOCRATIC AT ALL LEVELS

Interview of Neila Charchour Hachicha by the Middle East Quarterly





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