KNOWLEDGE BASE
Under Pressure: Digital Security of Civil Society in the Western Balkans and the European Union
Date: 27.05.2026. | Tags: Civil society organisations, CSO, Digital attacks, Digital Repression, Digital Security, Digital threats, eu, Human Rights Defenders, phishing, surveillance, western balkans
Civil society organisations, journalists, and human rights defenders across the Western Balkans and European Union (EU) are operating in a digital environment defined by raising threats and inadequate protection. This analysis presents findings from a needs assessment survey conducted within the “Defending Digital Freedoms: Strengthening Civil Society Resilience against Digital Repression in Europe” project, gathering 239 responses from 11 countries (six Western Balkan and five EU member states).
Anti-systemic Extremism in Serbia
Date: 08.12.2025. | Tags: Anti-systemic extremism, ASE, extremism
Anti-systemic extremism (ASE) in Serbia has expanded amid prolonged political crises, institutional distrust, and disillusionment with the European integration. Like elsewhere in Europe, ASE thrives in periods of societal instability that expose weaknesses in democratic governance. In Serbia, authoritarian tendencies, media control, and pervasive conspiracy narratives have further fueled skepticism toward institutions and “global elites.”
Political and Institutional Crisis in Serbia: Possible Scenarios (November 2025 – June 2026)
Date: 07.11.2025. |
The BCSP policy brief “Political and Institutional Crisis in Serbia: Possible Scenarios (November 2025 – June 2026)” analyses the country’s deepest political and institutional turmoil in over a decade, rooted in systemic corruption, impunity and the erosion of public trust following the Novi Sad tragedy.
Serbian Malignant Influence in the Western Balkans
Date: 03.11.2025. | Tags: Serbia and region, Serbian Malignant Influence, Serbian World, western balkans
This report examines the concept of the Serbian World as a framework for Serbian influence in the Western Balkans, promoted by political elites indirectly and more directly by affiliated actors in Serbia and region. While not an official state policy, the idea functions as a powerful narrative tool, blending nationalism, historical revisionism, and strategic influence to sustain Serbia’s regional leverage and consolidate domestic political control.
How does the Far Right on Telegram instrumentalise environmental protests?
Date: 20.05.2025. |
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.
Extremism and Telegram
Date: 14.05.2025. | Tags: extremism, Telegram
The contemporary information environment has redefined the ecosystem of extremist groups, shifting them significantly towards online engagement.
Anti-establishment extremism
Date: | Tags: Anti-establishment extremism, extremist movements
Anti-establishment extremism (AEE) is increasingly attracting the attention of both the public and experts in terrorism and extremism.
Eco-extremism
Date: | Tags: Eco-extremism, environmental initiatives, radicalism
Ecological degradation and climate change in recent decades have raised citizens’ concerns and led to the formation of many environmental protection movements. However, alongside legitimate activism, radical and extremist groups have also emerged, employing violent methods to draw attention to their aims.
Non-Malign Influence: What Does the Russian Community in Serbia Think and Do?
Date: 20.02.2025. | Tags: Adaptation, Political engagement, Political views, Russian immigrants, serbia
This study examines the political views of the Russian immigrant community in Serbia who relocated following the beginning of a full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine in February 2022.
Nationalist “Hijacking” of Student Protests – Case Study of the Telegram Channel “BUNT je stanje duha”
Date: 30.09.2024. | Tags: BUNT, ethnonationalism, extremism, protests, students, Telegram
This case study analyses the role of the Telegram channel “BUNT je stanje duha” (“REBELLION is a State of Mind”) in the discursive reshaping of student protests in Serbia.
