Curbing Lawlessness in Tunisia and Libya

In the wake of weeks of violence from people protesting the video "Innocence of Muslims," US policy has once again focused on the security of American citizens abroad.

CCAS Adjunct Professor Noureddine Jebnoun, writing for the Egypt Independent, casts a skeptical eye on the Obama administration's response to the murder of US Ambassador Christopher Stevens in Libya, reserves even more severe criticism for Mitt Romney's reaction, and suggests some of his own ideas for what Libya's new prime minister needs to do to reverse the deteriorating security situation in Libya.

In a separate article, Jebnoun laments the attack on the American embassy in Tunisia and the inability of the Tunisian government security services to protect the embassy, and warns Tunisians against allowing the fervor of the Arab Spring to warp into a mob mentality.