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It is necessary to increase the mutual trust between the institutions in the region, it was one of the conclusions of the Tink-Tank Forum organized by the Institute for Democracy "Societas Civilis"  in cooperation with the Center for Eastern Studies from Warsaw and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Skopje on 13 and 14 May 2019 in Skopje. Researchers and representatives of civil society and academia from ...

{image1} Radicalization, corruption, migration, organized crime, the Belgrade-Pristina conflict and state capture are the biggest challenges in the Western Balkans - this is one of the conclusions of the first "International Balkans Session" organized by the Institute for Higher National Defence Studies from France, which was held from 1 to 11 May 2019 in Paris. Participants from the countries of Southeastern Europe, including BCSP Executive Director Predrag Petrovic, gathered ...

Lately there is an increase in media reports about people who left the Serbian Armed Forces or the Ministry of Defense after years of service, dissatisfied with working conditions. In addition to financial reasons, corruption has emerged as one of the causes of this trend. The exchange of knowledge on potential forms of corruption in human resource management in the defense system necessary for effective oversight in this area ...

{image1}What kind of training is needed by staff officers for multinational peacekeeping operations in order to be able to apply compatible operating concepts and standards, even though they come from different countries was in the focus of a study visit to the Peace Support Operations Training Centre (PSOTC) in Sarajevo organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) 16-18. December 2018. The visit was organized with the aim ...

Deepening knowledge and exchange of views on the role that NATO should have in Serbia and the Western Balkans marked the study visit by the research team of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) and journalists to the Allied Joint Force Command Naples - NATO (JFC Naples), which the BCSP organized on 30 January - 1 February 2019. The visit enabled close cooperation between researchers with expertise in ...

{image1} Connecting activists from all over Serbia, sharing experiences and acquiring practical knowledge about improving security were in the focus of the training organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) with partners, held from 28 February to 1 March 2019 in Belgrade. Bojana Jovanovic and Pavle Petrovic from KRIK talked about the basic elements of security culture and protection in potentially high-risk situations with the participants. KRIK ...

The Assembly of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) chose new members of the Executive Board, which will lead the organization for the next four years. Luka Glusac, Gorana Radovanovic and Rodoljub Sabic were elected as the new members of the BCSP Executive Board during the session held on the 12th February 2019. Miroslav Hadzic, one of the founders of BCSP, will remain a member of the Executive ...

"You will be destroyed from the first to the last" reads the threateningletter that arrived at the address of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on February 13th 2019. Similar letter was received by other civil society organizations. The BCSP reported threats to the police and will file a criminal complaint against the sender. We expect reaction in accordance with the law from the institutions in the coming ...

{image1}BCSP Director Sonja Stojanovic Gajic co-delivered specialist course on Security Sector Reform (SSR) as a part of European New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management (ENTRi) from 22-25 January 2019 in Brussels. The training was organised by the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR). This course focused on introducing participants to the long-term aspects of SSR processes which are linked to the overall recovery effort in ...

Spread of extremism in Western Balkans should be addressed by long-term measures aimed at root causes such as inequality, political corruption and foreign influence, it was highlighted at the presentation of main findings of the Western Balkans Extremism Research Forum Regional Report held on 29 January 2019 in London. BCSP Executive Director Predrag Petrovic presented findings of the Serbia Report that examined drivers of radicalisation and violent extremism in Serbia ...

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) is for the seventh year in a row in company of world’s best think-tanks ranked in the Global Go To Think Tank Index Report! University of Pennsylvania (USA) traditionally publishes the most comprehensive list of leading think-tanks from around the world every year. BCSP is the best ranked think-tank in the Western Balkans covering defence, national security, foreign policy and international relations. In ...

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy Director Sonja Stojanovic Gajic was re-elected as a member of the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions Steering Committee. The BCSP participated in the establishment of this network in 2013. Besides the BCSP Director, members of the Steering Committee are Irina Chernykh (KISI, Kazakhstan), Barbara Kunz (IFRI, France), Marko Lehti (TAPRI, Finland), Amb Philip McDonagh (Edward M Kennedy Institute for Conflict Intervention, ...