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Extreme right-wingers consider that the number of reported incidents involving migrants is deliberately diminished, see the positive representation of migrants as a form of repression and their activism is manifested mainly on the Internet, are the preliminary conclusions of the research presented by the researcher fellow Marina Lazetic to the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) team on July 28, 2017. As a research fellow, she was engaged with ...

The MP of the Serbian Progressive Party, Vladimir Djukanovic, for the past year in the media have been presenting falsehoods that violate the honour and reputation of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, thereby violating the Law on Public Information and Media (Article 83). The latest untruth that Djukanovic presented was that the BCSP works "". We would like to remind that according to the Criminal Code, work by ...

{image1} Relations between Serbia and NATO, media freedom and building of democratic culture were the main subjects of the meeting of Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) and NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly, held in the BCSP library on June 14, 2017. Delegation was led by Dutch senator Menno Knip, Chairmen of the Sub-Committee on Transition and Development of the Economics and Security Committee of NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly. Members of delegation ...

State of the rule of law in Serbia and it’s impact on the business community were the main topics of the meeting between the Commissioner for EU Enlargement Johannes Hahn and the representatives of civil society and the business sector held on 8 June 2017 at the premises of the EU Delegation to Serbia. The director of the Belgrade Center for Security Policy Sonja Stojanovic Gajic has emphasised during ...

Political upheavals that have taken place in the EU and the U.S. and their impact on regional relations in South East Europe were the main topics of 34th Partnership for Peace Consortium Workshop named “South East Europe: Facing Western Upheavals and Regional Backslide”, held in Reichenau in Austria. This event has gathered numerous representatives of the governments, civil sector and academia from the Western Balkans and the EU. It ...

Journalists from the European Union member states are interested in the results of the fight against corruption, pressures on media and election process irregularities in Serbia. These were the main topic of discussion between the representatives of civil society from Serbia and journalists from eleven EU member states, held in Media Centre Belgrade on April 25. The Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) Researcher and Coordinator of the regional ...

{image1} Security and historical aspects of the Serbia - Kosovo relations were the main subjects in a discussion between a group of students coming from SILBA - Initiative for Dialogue and Democracy from Denmark and the researchers from BCSP, during a lecture held on March 30, 2017. Researcher Bojan Elek talked about the context and the background of the contemporary ethnic relations in the Western Balkans. The lecture was ...

{image1} The public is not informed enough about the process of European integration and the Government of Serbia hinders the access to relevant documents for civil society organizations, are the main conclusions of the discussion organized by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on 28 March 2017 at the Media Center in Belgrade. The six-month research of BCSP “Informing the Citizens in an Objective and Timely Manner on the ...

{image1} Transparency in their work and simultaneous openness to the proposals of civil society organizations present key steps towards building police integrity are the main conclusion of the regional network POINTPULSE conference held on 23. March 2017.  Research on public opinion showed that more than a half of the Western Balkans population believe that civil society organizations (CSOs) should participate in fight against corruption, actively or in cooperation with the ...

{image1} Student group from the Faculty for Criminal Justice, Criminology and Security Studiesat the University of Sarajevo visited Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) and closely got acquainted with think tank work on the reform of security sector in Serbia and region on March 17th 2017. Director of the BCSP Sonja Stojanovic Gajic informed students about organization’s history and problems of scientific research of security issues on the Western ...

{image1} Results of the Belgrade Center for Security Policy survey showed that Serbia is deeply polarized society and the need for defining of the policy of neutrality, as well as the comprehensive public debate on National Security Strategy, highlighted the conference held on 8th March 2017 in Belgrade. At the conference was presented BCBP's study „Public perception of Serbia’s foreign policy“, which shows that the majority of 1.400 respondents ...

{image1} A network of civil society organizations - Women, Peace and Security and Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic sent an appeal to the Government of Serbia to adopt National Action Plan for implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 as soon as possible, during discussion held on 2nd March 2017 in Belgrade.  Key reason for urgent adoption of this document is the fact that the significant number ...