The Arab Spring has placed the Mediterranean region at the centre of the international agenda. The popular uprisings that originated in Tunisia soon expanded to other countries acquiring a regional dimension. The Southern Mediterranean may be today entering a post-revolutionary phase. The focus should now be put on what is next: democratisation processes or a return to authoritarianism.

This EuroMeSCo reports reviews the debates held in the EuroMeSCo Annual Conference 2011 “A New Mediterranean Political Landscape? The Arab Spring and Euro-Mediterranean Relations”. It is structured according to the panels of the conference, which covered the following topics: the crisis of the authoritarian system and the political social and economic roots of the Arab Spring; revolutions, reforms and repression as diverging paths of this regional phenomenon; the road ahead for democratic transitions; the geopolitical implications of the Arab Spring; and an agenda for the future of Euro-Mediterranean relations.