Stephen Calleya and Monika Wohlfeld (Eds),Change and Opportunities in the Emerging Mediterranean. Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta, 2012. 495. pp., (ISBN- 978-99957-0-176-5). In Change and Opportunities in the Emerging Mediterranean, the editors Stephen Calleya and Monika Wohlfeld, have succeeded in pulling together outstanding essays on challenges facing the Southern Mediterranean countries in transition to provide insight into policy measures that should be adopted to create a more stable and prosperous future. It is important to note that this book is a collection of essays written by eminent academics from the North African countries that are experiencing change and reform as well as European scholars. They provide important conceptual and methodological insights as they investigate the diverse patterns of political mobilization, the various indigenous traditions of order and governance, and the institutional mechanisms that have shaped the state-making process.