Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 4

24-Jan-2011

POLITICAL COMMENT

Political Comment (24 January 2011)

It is unclear who or what will fill the power vacuum in Tunisia created by the collapse of the Ben Ali regime. Outside mediation has failed to resolve Lebanon's political crisis. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has quit the once-dominant Labour party.

Ben Ali Flees

Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, whose sudden flight to Saudi Arabia on 14 January reportedly...