On October 6, 2024, Tunisia held the nation's first presidential elections since adopting a new constitution in 2022. Three candidates were on the ballot, and the winning candidate was elected to a five-year term. What will happen to this nation in 2025? Will democracy prevail while authoritarianism is on the rise?
Sabina Henneberg is a 2023-24 Soref Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Junior Research Program. Author of the 2020 book Managing Transition: The First Post-Uprising Phase in Tunisia and Libya (Cambridge), she has also worked as a lecturer at American University’s School of International Service.
Dr. Henneberg has wide-ranging experience in the analysis of international affairs for government agencies and private industry. She has worked with Libya-Analysis LLC, Hanover Research, American Institutes for Research, and Creative Associates International. She has served as a country specialist for Amnesty International’s North Africa Coordination Group. She was previously a post-doctoral fellow in the African Studies Program at the Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies and has taught as an adjunct faculty member in the School of International Service at American University.
