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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, hosts an enhanced honor cordon for Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed at the Pentagon, July 10, 2017.Pablo Martinez Monsivais鈥擜PBy Ian BremmerJuly 20, 2017 6:11 AM EDTIn Tunisia, change came gradually and then suddenly. When a police officer confiscated the goods of an unlicensed vegetable seller in December 2010, the merchant drenched himself in gasoline and se
stanley cup t himself alight. During the 18 days it took Mohammed Bouazizi to die, his story spread across the Arab world. Public anger grew, and protests swelled. On Jan. 4, 2011, Bouazizi died. Ten days later, the 23-year dictatorship of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was brought to its knees. The Arab Spring advanced to Egypt and Libya, toppling and threatening autocrats across the region.The aftershocks continue six and a half years later. Libya remains divided, Syria is mired in civil war, and the Egyptian and Saudi governments have taken a hard line on political Islam. Tunisia, meanwhile, has become the Arab
stanley cup world one true free-market democracy. Crucially, its revolution didn ;t end with a factional war. Many political movements were included in the country
stanley cup new national unity government. International donors stepped in to help. Tunisian democracy activists won a Nobel Peace Prize.Now, things are getting tougher. A series of high-profile terrorist attacks have hurt tourism, an important part of Tunisia economy, and growth has stalled. Lack of faith in the Xbea Campaign Inflation
Former president and chief executive officer of Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, introduces the Leaf electric vehicle on Aug. 2, 2009, in Yokohama, Japan.Kimimasa Mayama鈥擝loomberg/Getty ImagesBy Elijah WolfsonJanuary 7, 2020 8:00 AM ESTOne of the more riveting news stories this past week was f
af1 ormer Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn leaving Japan and flying to Lebanon. Ghosn has been charged with financial misconduct and was due to face a trial in April; apparently, hersquo jumped his bail. Before Ghosnrsquo fall from grace, he was viewed in many circles as a key force for good in the efforts to mitigate climate change.How Ghosn helped kickstart the EV revolutionHe was one of the earliest auto-industry executives to advocate for electric vehicles. Indeed, a significant driver behind Ghosnrsquo push to partner up Nissan, a Japanese manufacturer over 80
converse years old, with Mitsubishi, a younger Japanese carmaker, and Renault, a centuries-old French
adidas campus firm, was to bring the three companiesrsquo; engineering know-how, market positioning, and corporate resources together to become the global leader in what he saw as the future. Under Ghosn, the Renaultndash;Nissanndash;Mitsubishi Alliance spent billions of dollars to develop the Nissan LEAF, the Renault Zoe, and the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. The LEAF, in particular, became iconic: launched in 2010, it revolutionized the passenger EV industry, and remains one of the best-selling plug-in cars on the market.In 2011, Ghosn predicted that by 2020, ele