Preface and Introduction / YAHIA H. ZOUBIR AND GREGORY WHITE -- A Political Economy Perspective on North African Transitions / GONZALO ESCRIBANO -- Maghrebi Youth in the Wake of the Arab Spring : General Observations and Evidence from Tunisia and Algeria / MARK TESSLER AND JENNIFER MILLER-GONZALEZ -- Civil-Military Relations in Algeria and Egypt : A Comparative Analysis / MILOUD CHENNOUFI -- Security Sector Reforms in North Africa / EDUARD SOLER I LECHA -- Berbers in an Arab Spring : The Politics of Amazigh Identity and the North African Uprisings / MICHAEL J. WILLIS -- Civil Insurrections in North Africa : History and Prospects / STEPHEN ZUNES -- Social Media and Mobilization in the Arab Spring and Beyond / LINA KHATIB -- Western Sahara : Change Under the Radar / ALICE WILSON -- Algeria : Reforms without Change? / AHMED AGHROUT AND YAHIA ZOUBIR -- Revolution and Change in Egypt / IBRAHIM AWAD -- Libya : From Reform to Revolution / ALISON PARGETER -- Mauritania : Where Did the Spring Go? / ABDOULAYE DIAGANA -- Morocco : Keeping Revolution at Bay with an Enhanced Status Quo / AZZEDINE LAYACHI -- From Democratic Consensus to a Struggle for Power : The Fragility of Transition in Tunisia / EMMA MURPHY -- The Evolving Foreign Policies of North African States (2011-2014) : New Trends in Constraints, Political Processes and Behavior / MIGUEL HERNANDO DE LARRAMENDI AND IRENE FERNÁNDEZ MOLINA -- US and North Africa / YAHIA ZOUBIR AND STEPHEN ZUNES -- Barcelona, Twenty Years On / GEORGE JOFFE -- China in North Africa : A Strategic Partnership / IMEN BELHADJ AND DEGANG SUN ; WITH THE COLLABORATION OF YAHIA ZOUBIR -- The Role of the GCC in North Africa in Light of the Arab Spring / ELENA MAESTRI -- North Africa's Energy Challenges / HAKIM DARBOUCHE AND JOHN HAMILTON.