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This report draws on the discussions and conclusions of a conference on security sector transformation in North Africa and the Middle East hosted by USIP's Center of Innovation for Security Sector Governance on 10 May 2012. The conference brought together a group of activists from the region with US government and international officials and SSR experts. There was a general consensus that more than a year after the initial successes of the Arab Spring, security sector reform remained an essential requirement of achieving democracy in transition states.