From populism to authoritarianism, back to square one

Virtual Seminar, December 30, 2021 “The sovereign cannot be subject to the law, he is the law.” These words are echoed in the political discourse of a number of key players on the Tunisian scene, but with different formulations compared to those formulated by “Carl Schmitt”, author of “Political Theology”, who launched the concept of […]

Two Years of Kais Saied’s Presidency: An Attempt to Understand

Virtual seminar, Tuesday, October 26, 2021-10-24  Two years have elapsed since Kais Saied assumed the presidency of the Republic in Tunisia, in what was considered an unprecedented electoral phenomenon. If one tries to divide this period into a first period ranging from being elected by universal suffrage with a percentage of approximately three-quarters of the votes […]