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.

{image1} By „researching“ Serbia's participation in the virtual peacekeeping mission, the BCSP provided its contribution to the multinational exercise Viking 18, which was held  16-26. April 2018. The focus of the exercise was on a comprehensive approach to peacebuilding and crisis management, which involves the cooperation of all relevant civil and military actors. Researchers Katarina Djokic, Marija Ignjatijevic and Jelena Pejic represented BCSP at the international exercise, which was ...

New BCSP publication deals with Serbia-NATO cooperation aimed at enhancing interoperability of the Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) through military exercises and training. Interoperability building is of great importance for participation in multinational operations, where SAF members have to function in synergy with other countries’ armed forces.

In addition to commenting on the proposed amendments to the Law on Defense and the Army, the BCSP research team draws attention to already problematic or defective legal solutions.

The subject of this publication is the integrity of the three most significant security sector institutions in Serbia: the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces of Serbia; the Ministry of the Interior and the police; and the Security Information Agency.

BCSP researchers Katarina Djokic and Marko Milosevic analyze the latest provisions to modify and supplement the Law on Defence and the Law on the Serbian Armed Forces.

Peacekeeping operation are in the nexus of modern civil-military cooperation, and will continue to present a test for the ability of the armed forces, their level of training and interoperability - these were conclusions of the roundtable "Future of (Serbia’s) Security Integration: Cooperation in Defence and Peacekeeping," that BCSP Researcher Marko Savkovic participated in.

The changes in the military over the past eight years were strongly influenced by the political turmoil in Serbia, the post-conflict and post-authoritarian context in which the armed forces developed, and the lingering union with Montenegro. As a result it is hardly surprising that the approach of the ruling elites to the reform of the armed forces was driven by everyday political needs and interests.