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Sabina Henneberg
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Sabina Henneberg is a Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Institute's Junior Research Program. Author of the 2020 book Managing Transition: The First Post-Uprising Phase in Tunisia and Libya (Cambridge), she has also worked as a lecturer at American University’s School of International Service.

Dr. Henneberg has wide-ranging experience in the analysis of international affairs for government agencies and private industry. She has worked with Libya-Analysis LLC, Hanover Research, American Institutes for Research, and Creative Associates International. She has served as a country specialist for Amnesty International’s North Africa Coordination Group. She was previously a post-doctoral fellow in the African Studies Program at the Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies and has taught as an adjunct faculty member in the School of International Service at American University.

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Featured Publications

People waiting to buy bread in Tunis, 2024.
Maps & Graphics
Avoiding the Election Error in Tunisia:
Why U.S. Policy Should Focus on Real Reform, Not Votes
An opaque process and an apathetic electorate are among the reasons the contest does not warrant U.S. scrutiny.
Jun 13, 2024
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  • Sabina Henneberg
  • Sarah Yerkes
Tunisian demonstrators outside the general union building (UGTT), June 2022
Maps & Graphics
Civil Society in Tunisia:
Resetting Expectations
Reduced U.S. support need not mean abandoning Tunisians or democratization, and can center on directing limited funds more intentionally.
Jan 23, 2023
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  • Sabina Henneberg

Recent Policy Analysis by Sabina Henneberg

Brief Analysis
Are Tunisia and Iran Really Growing Closer?
Mar 17, 2025
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  • Sabina Henneberg
A Syrian woman holds a portrait of her missing son during a protest against the Assad regime in 2012 - source: Reuters
Articles & Testimony
Models for Transitional Justice in Syria
Feb 18, 2025
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  • Mieczyslaw Boduszynski
  • Sabina Henneberg
A Tunisian maritime patrol boat intercepts a migrant boat in the Mediterranean - source: Reuters
Articles & Testimony
Tunisia Shows How Europe’s Approach to Migration Is Untenable
Feb 7, 2025
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  • Sarah Yerkes
  • Sabina Henneberg
Imed Khemiri, a senior official in the Ennahda party and member of the Salvation Front (L) takes part in a protest, demanding the release of imprisoned journalists, activists, opposition figures and setting a date for fair presidential elections in Tunis, Tunisia May 12, 2024 - source: Reuters
Articles & Testimony
How Autocracy Prevailed in Tunisia
Nov 4, 2024
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  • Sarah Yerkes
  • Sabina Henneberg
Flag of Tunisia
Brief Analysis
Tunisia Is Holding an Election—But Will Voters Show Up?
Sep 27, 2024
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  • Sabina Henneberg
  • Sarah Yerkes
A Russian Soyuz rocket launches from Baikonur Coxmodrome in Kazakhstan - source: Reuters
Articles & Testimony
Russia’s Middle East Space Offensive
Sep 24, 2024
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
  • Sabina Henneberg
All Policy Analysis by Sabina Henneberg
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