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Against the backdrop of the Arab spring, this policy brief discusses the future of relations between the EU and the Mediterranean region. The author argues that the EU must craft its nearterm policy initiatives in the Middle East with longer-term scenarios in mind. The Arab spring could deepen any of five different governance patterns in Euro-Mediterranean relations. The EU will need to rely less on its own heavily institutionalised frameworks of cooperation and more on a wider plurality of partnerships in support of Arab reform.