This book presents papers from two NATO conferences: The Advanced Research Workshop "Enhancing Security Sector Governance through Education and Research", held in June 2009, and the Advanced Study Institute "The Role of Security Sector Governance for the Democratic Transition of the Western Balkans" in June/July of the same year, both of which took place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The focus of both events was on the common challenges faced by the political integration and security sector governance and education of the Balkan, Black Sea and Southern Caucasus areas. With particip.