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This paper discusses the extent to which the EU’s conflict-related aims and practices in the Mediterranean region have changed since the Arab uprisings. More specifically, the text's authors 1) review the existing literature on the EU’s security practices in the 1990s and early 2000s; 2) explore the particular ways in which Brussels dealt with two interstate conflicts up through 2011 (Israel/Palestine and Western Sahara); 3) examine the changes and continuities of the EU’s approach to three intra-state conflicts (Libya, Egypt and Syria) in the wake of the Arab uprisings; and 4) highlight the potential contributions of regionalism and inter-regionalism as part of Brussels’ tool kit to address conflicts in the Mediterranean area.