Giuliano: It's very difficult to have a democracy take hold in any country. But i think what's unique about the tinusian case, in many ways, is the economy. Many people wanted this government to deliver economic reform. For a variety of reasons, it hasn't been able to. And that's also the big risk now for this president who doesn't have an economic background. He came in promised to ean up the political system and get things moving but he hasn't done anything yet. If he doesn't make some changes on that front soon, i think he could find very quickly tif he starts losing suportes.
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