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

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

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

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