Popular discontent with the repressive nature of security institutions and security forces in North Africa was the precipitating cause of the uprisings that composed the Arab Spring. Across the region the security apparatus was structured to protect regimes from their people. Security ministries, military and police were instruments of internal repression. Security forces operated with 
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Security Sector Reform in North Africa: Why It’s Not Happening
By: Robert M. Perito | Wednesday, January 7th, 2015eDialogue Summary Report: Security Sector Transformation in North Africa and the Middle East
By: Geoff Burt | Thursday, August 25th, 2011The Arab Spring taking root across the Middle East is bringing unprecedented economic change and a high level of instability to the region. An eDialogue held by CIGI and the United States Institute for Peace provided a forum for a lively exchange of ideas on the application of security sector reform (SSR) in Africa and
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