Political Economy

New Survey Research on Tunisia and the IMF Deal

Tunisia’s dictator, President Kais Saied, is pushing the country towards full-scale economic collapse by refusing to negotiate with the International Monetary Fund about a potential rescue deal. Neither the government nor the increasingly repressed opposition wants to take responsibility for the wrenching changes proposed by the IMF despite the offered loan package of $1.

Energy Nationalism To the Rescue

The Russian invasion of the Ukraine has raised a new specter of energy nationalism. Although only the United Kingdom and the United States have gone as far as outright banning Russian oil and gas, other European economies, including Germany, are seriously discussing weaning off of their main energy supplier.