Tunisia

Question 6. First, the TORCH should eliminate the Theater Strategic-level enemy’s COG by seizing control of the ports and airfields. The lines of communications should be destroyed through an amphibious landing on the Axis powers’ ports followed by seizure of the nearby ports and airfields. After the gaining control of the Axis’ ports and the TORCH gains security, the ports and field should be used for means of receiving of troops and equipment as well as the launching of other offenses.…

certain extent is distinct from Moroccan cuisine. All the same Morocco and Tunisia share several gastronomic traditions, owing mainly to their Berber inhabitants, there are likewise vast differences. The difference starts, confusingly, with the names of dishes. Take tagine, for instance. At the mere mention of the word, one immediately thinks of fragrant, subtly spiced stews that often combine sweet with savory. But, in Tunisia, it is a very different affair; a cross between a quiche and a…

Public diplomacy is a defined as a process through which international actors attempt to accomplish their foreign policy aims by engagement with foreign publics. It has “gained international currency” since the end of the Cold War. Since 9/11, there has been a new phase in the development of public diplomacy. The interrelated revolutions in mass communication, politics and international relations have created new challenges and needs of public diplomacy. The recent revolution in communication…

terrorists to be able to communicate with one another as well as with any one they need to reach out to. Tunisia strongly agrees that the use of the internet for terrorist purposes should be stopped and that there needs to be a way for this problem to be stopped as the internet plays a major role in helping out terrorists get the information and share the information that they need. Tunisia has been affected and attacked many times and that…

France and its protectorates in 1940. During this time a French protectorate had been established in Tunisia. These anti-Semetic race laws were made possible by the defeat of “France led by the German puppet regime of Vichy.” In October of 1942, subsequent to the Allied victory at Alamein, the German forces were ordered to invade Tunisia. As a result of the German troops being garrisoned into Tunisia, 90,000 Jews were shepherd into their supremacy. “The Germans immediately abolished all the…

country. In Tunisia, the culture is rich with influence from the French, Romans, and Arabs. The Mediterranean Sea in the north and the Sahara desert in the south both influence the production of food and drink. The overwhelming percentage of Muslims in the country also affects the culture. The festival of Mouled, a renowned celebration throughout Islamic countries in North Africa and the Middle East, was introduced to Tunisia through Islam. The history and religion of Tunisia, past and…

and small media outlets. With the development of technology and the fast rise of global networks the role of media has grown immensely. Political leaders who oppose any type of protest will try and ban media outlets like what we saw in Tunisia and Egypt. In Tunisia President Ben Ali was a tyrant who did any means possible to limit any type of protest. Some of the ways he would make sure his tyranny would continue was by heavily enforcing limitations on social media. Ben Ali would actively try to…

The first proponents of women's emancipation were the first nationalist leaders. "The most prominent nationalist and feminist figure in Tunisia was Abdelaziz Thoalbi, who co-authored a progressive book called The Liberal Spirit of the Koran published in Paris in 1905. In this book, some Qur'anic laws pertaining to women were reinterpreted from a liberal point of view, and education reforms…

the political landscape of the Middle East. In her book, Rock the Casbah author Robin Wright clearly correlates the comprehensive struggle for democracy in the Middle East with this single act of protest, the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in Tunisia, as the catalyst. Wright states, “The political fate of an entire region turned on December 17, 2010, when Tunisia’s corrupt autocracy pushed the young peddler too far” (Wright, p.15). Within this act of protest, Bouazizi awakened the idea…

Many will state that using American tax dollars to fund entrepreneurship and boost employment in MENA is not in the interest of the US public. However, it is important to note that in 2015 alone the US spent $6.2 billion dollars on military operations against ISIS. $1.46 trillion has been spent on Iraq, with the majority of this figure being spent from 2007-2008, in the surge to quash the extremist insurgency groups. While the surge did crush the power of the AQI, the Islamic State of Iraq and…