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With Gazprom pulling out of Ukraine’s transit network of natural gas in 2019, South – Eastern Europe, a region with high import dependency on Russian gas, must prepare itself for a post- 2019 environment that could challenge the stability of the countries’ security of supply. This is particularly the case for Serbia which imports over 80% of its natural gas from Russia.

BCSP Researcher Katarina Djokic wrote for Pescanik.net about issues related to the current practices regarding procurement for the purposes of Serbian Armed Forces.

In the absence of a public debate, the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy takes this opportunity to comment on the amendments and point out those it considers problematic or inadequately explained.

<spanArial","sans-serif";color:#212121;background:white">Domestic legislation sets very strict criteria and a complicated procedure for deciding on arms exports. However, these criteria are not respected in practice. It is therefore no wonder that Serbian weapons occasionally end up in the wrong hands. There are two reasons: export growth is necessary to maintain an increasing number of jobs in the defence industry and the government doesn’t analyze the long-term effects of arms exports to ...

Illegal weapons accumulated in the hands of Western Balkans citizens is a serious security threat. A roadmap was adopted to combat the illegal possession, misuse and trafficking of small arms and light weapons.

Strengthening of the civil society networks, with the view to contribute to the security sector reform process in the framework of the process of European integration, is the main goal of the project that is being implemented by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia.

The purpose of the project implemented by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) and Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI) was identifying domestic drivers and impediments to continued democratization of the security sector in Serbia and their impact on foreign security policies.

The importance of police using social media to communicate with citizens and build trust, current practices in Western Balkans, and recommentations for police to improve their social media presence and way of engaging citizens is detailed in the new BCSP publication.

The policy paper recommends possible solutions to overcome the current challenges in communication between the police and the media.