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Tunisia: The only Arab Spring success story that has its democracy in crisis now

 Tunisia was known as the only success story of Arab Spring that was first to topple over its long time dictator. But now the same county is facing a democracy crisis, after having a successful decade long run of established democracy. But all the accomplishments are now in jeopardy as a result of political stronghold, corruption and destabilizing economy. Tunisia has been witnessing withering economy and living standards since many years now. The credit for this goes to politicians who have deviated from giving a purposeful direction to country’s progress. Tunisia has seen many coalition governments come to power in quick succession. But none managed to bring a progressive successful direction to the country but rather what they brought in were new players that used Tunisia’s wealth and resources to their own interests, leading to corruption and increasing public frustration. Since Arab Spring to 2019, Tunisia has witnessed just an increase of 1.8% per year in economy on an averag...

Lebanon on verge of losing the only hope it had- Military Power

  Financial crisis in Lebanon is not hidden to anyone. The country is in deep waters and despite international forums coming up to support the nation, people are suffering and the tragedy has taken the whole nation by storm. There was not just one issue that the country suffered with over the years. Starting from the civil unrest to crisis situation with Israel or exponential increase in terrorism related incidents, the country has been grippled with numerous internal matters. From the Arab Spring till now, there has been a rise in the violence in the country and formations of smaller militant groups to the large ones, which are funded by the powerful country in the region, has further worsened the situation. Things became more complicated with last year’s Beirut port explosion that had killed over 200 people. Following the incident, the top leadership has resigned from power leading the country to a dark hole. Financial situation was no exception to all the trouble that the co...