Ragnar Weilandt
Biographic Data
| ID | 4075187 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ragnar Weilandt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ragnar |
| FAMILY NAME | Weilandt |
| SIGNATURE | WEILANDT R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malta |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8599-8276 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Anti-Western sentiments, disinformation and the reactions to Russia’s war on Ukraine in the Global South
A series of unfortunate events
Acceptance in principle, contestation in practice
The EU’s institutional, civic and social as well as economic norms enjoy comparably high levels of support in Tunisia. However, there are differences with regards to how individual of these three sets of norms resonate with different parts of Tunisian society and elites. This article examines their acceptance, modification and contestation by Islamists, secular conservatives and secular progressives within Tunisia. It finds that almost all EU nor…
EU democracy projection in Tunisia
Tunisia’s civil society has widely been identified as one of the factors that prevented the country from following the unfortunate path of other Arab states in which long-term autocrats were ousted in 2011. Hence, the EU has identified it as a key interlocutor, began to provide more substantial support to associations and started to regularly consult with activists. While substantial research has been devoted to the EU’s financial assistance for …
Supporting democratic participation beyond democracy promotion? EU Relations with Moroccan and Tunisian civil society in the areas of trade and anti-corruption
This contribution examines to what extent the EU includes Moroccan and Tunisian civil society actors in bilateral political processes in the two policy domains of trade liberalization and anti-corruption. It finds that while the EU has strongly committed itself to more such interaction, gaps between its discourses and its practices remain. We observe variance between both sectors and both countries. Civil society is much more substantially includ…
Will Brexit Change the EU’s Foreign Policy
Brexit will remove some obstacles to developing a more substantial EU agenda for external action
Divisions within post-2011 Tunisia’s secular civil society
Popular and academic discourses frame civil society as a key factor that prevented Tunisia from following the unfortunate path of other “Arab Spring” states. But while such discourses tend to portray it as a monolithic political force, Tunisian civil society comprises a diverse range of different types of actors with different backgrounds, interests, views and approaches towards activism. Drawing upon interviews with Tunisian activists, this arti…
Divisions within post-2011 Tunisia’s secular civil society
Popular and academic discourses frame civil society as a key factor that prevented Tunisia from following the unfortunate path of other “Arab Spring” states. But while such discourses tend to portray it as a monolithic political force, Tunisian civil society comprises a diverse range of different types of actors with different backgrounds, interests, views and approaches towards activism. Drawing upon interviews with Tunisian activists, this arti…
Acceptance in principle, contestation in practice
The EU’s institutional, civic and social as well as economic norms enjoy comparably high levels of support in Tunisia. However, there are differences with regards to how individual of these three sets of norms resonate with different parts of Tunisian society and elites. This article examines their acceptance, modification and contestation by Islamists, secular conservatives and secular progressives within Tunisia. It finds that almost all EU nor…
Supporting democratic participation beyond democracy promotion? EU Relations with Moroccan and Tunisian civil society in the areas of trade and anti-corruption
This contribution examines to what extent the EU includes Moroccan and Tunisian civil society actors in bilateral political processes in the two policy domains of trade liberalization and anti-corruption. It finds that while the EU has strongly committed itself to more such interaction, gaps between its discourses and its practices remain. We observe variance between both sectors and both countries. Civil society is much more substantially includ…
A series of unfortunate events
EU democracy projection in Tunisia
Tunisia’s civil society has widely been identified as one of the factors that prevented the country from following the unfortunate path of other Arab states in which long-term autocrats were ousted in 2011. Hence, the EU has identified it as a key interlocutor, began to provide more substantial support to associations and started to regularly consult with activists. While substantial research has been devoted to the EU’s financial assistance for …
Will Brexit Change the EU’s Foreign Policy
Brexit will remove some obstacles to developing a more substantial EU agenda for external action
Divisions within post-2011 Tunisia’s secular civil society
Popular and academic discourses frame civil society as a key factor that prevented Tunisia from following the unfortunate path of other “Arab Spring” states. But while such discourses tend to portray it as a monolithic political force, Tunisian civil society comprises a diverse range of different types of actors with different backgrounds, interests, views and approaches towards activism. Drawing upon interviews with Tunisian activists, this arti…
EU democracy projection in Tunisia
Tunisia’s civil society has widely been identified as one of the factors that prevented the country from following the unfortunate path of other Arab states in which long-term autocrats were ousted in 2011. Hence, the EU has identified it as a key interlocutor, began to provide more substantial support to associations and started to regularly consult with activists. While substantial research has been devoted to the EU’s financial assistance for …
Supporting democratic participation beyond democracy promotion? EU Relations with Moroccan and Tunisian civil society in the areas of trade and anti-corruption
This contribution examines to what extent the EU includes Moroccan and Tunisian civil society actors in bilateral political processes in the two policy domains of trade liberalization and anti-corruption. It finds that while the EU has strongly committed itself to more such interaction, gaps between its discourses and its practices remain. We observe variance between both sectors and both countries. Civil society is much more substantially includ…
Acceptance in principle, contestation in practice
The EU’s institutional, civic and social as well as economic norms enjoy comparably high levels of support in Tunisia. However, there are differences with regards to how individual of these three sets of norms resonate with different parts of Tunisian society and elites. This article examines their acceptance, modification and contestation by Islamists, secular conservatives and secular progressives within Tunisia. It finds that almost all EU nor…
Anti-Western sentiments, disinformation and the reactions to Russia’s war on Ukraine in the Global South
A series of unfortunate events
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