Tunisia's Struggle for a Constitution
If the Islamists and the rest can make a deal, Tunisia could be an Arab Spring success story. If they can't, decline awaits.
It would not be the first time that the miscalculations of politicians focused on narrow interests hurt a country. In the case of Tunisia, what is also at stake is whether at least one success story can still emerge from the 2011 uprisings.
Marina Ottaway is a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.