“Here in Tunisia a large number of voters sent a clear message of rebuke to the ruling political establishment. [Tunisia is] entering new territory, a realignment underway. What unfolds next, not clear.”

“Perhaps his most important legacy was his successful attempts to forge consensus with the Ennahda Party, an Islamist movement, and his secular party, Nidaa Tounes. This power-sharing that he helped achieve has been crucial to…political stability.”

“The interest in Tunisia is primarily around its unique democratic experiment… While Tunisians are very protective of their experiment, and they say they’re not trying to export their model, I think they are an inspiration.”