http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/transitional-government Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:20:28 -0400 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:20:28 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1218/letter-from-tunisia By Jouini Elyès - I will remember that phone call of January 20th 2011 for a long time. Six days after the flight of the Tunisian president Ben Ali, the Prime Minister, Mohamed Ghannouchi, called me and said, “I need you to form a new government.” I asked for a few days to organize my departure from Paris, but Mohamed Ghannouchi passed the phone to one of his advisers, who said, “the situation is too unstable, come as soon as possible.” So the next day, I took the 8am flight for Tunis and settled in an office adjacent to Prime Minister. My role was to attend all of the Prime Minister&rsquo... Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1218/letter-from-tunisia