EuroMeSCo and IEMedObs recently launched a series of new briefs with northern and southern Mediterranean perspectives on key aspects of Euro-Mediterranean relations. Selected experts provide their views on topics such as the EU’s response to the Arab Spring, the role of civil society in the new Mediterranean landscape, Security Sector Reform in Arab countries and the emergence of Islamist democracies in southern Mediterranean countries.

Briefs 43 and 45 analyse 'The Security Sector reform after the Arab Spring'

• Brief 43, by Fred Tanner and Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou
• Brief 45, by Salam Kawakibi

All Briefs can be read here