An analysis of cultural wars, anti-scientific narratives and student protests

In November 2025, the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy published the policy brief Political and Institutional Crisis in Serbia: Possible Scenarios. The brief outlined four scenarios and their corresponding outcomes.

This report analyses recent and so far insufficiently explored forms of extremism in Serbia, with a particular focus on anti-system extremism, the role of the Telegram digital platform and the instrumentalisation of environmental issues.

The analysis explores how far-right Telegram channels instrumentalise opposition to the Rio Tinto project and lithium mining in Serbia to amplify their pre-existing nationalist and anti-Western narratives.

For the population of Serbia, this issue is exacerbated by the existing problems of galloping privatisation and destruction of public goods, especially natural resources. In the last decade, two sides of the environment have emerged and intensified in the local public.

Comparative analysis across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania, Croatia and France

25 years ago, the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy was founded.

In the video, find out more about the position of the Chinese and Vietnamese workers in Serbia and what the local population thinks about their integration into the community.

How do the citizens of Smederevo and Bor assess the state of the environment in their communities, and what are the fears of the citizens of Zrenjanin? Find out in the video.