The Risks of Semi-Presidentialism in Emerging Democracies (with Prof. Feldman)

The issue of the division of power is the most fundamental unresolved question in the draft constitution. This paper discusses why a semi-presidential system is not suited to Tunisia.

Duncan Pickard, Constitutional Specialist, Democracy Reporting International

Duncan Pickard is a constitutional specialist with Democracy Reporting International, where he writes on political developments in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. He is also a non-resident fellow at the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and a constitutional advisor at Harvard Law School. He has worked in Tunis with the National Constituent Assembly and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems. He is a graduate of Tufts University and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He is based in Berlin.

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