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.

The 7th BSF identified as the main crises in Europe erosion of democracy and rule of law. Deepening and rapidly increasing inequalities left many people behind feeling that they do not share same space with political, economic and intelectual elites in their country. This is a fruitful ground for populist politians and movements who govern by fear of others. The others in the EU are migrants, while in the ...

Engagement in dialogue between Belgrade, Pristina and Tirana significantly improves cooperation, but a shared vision of the common future is needed in order to improve the lives of the citizens of all three communities - this was conclusion of the ninth and final meeting of the Security Research Forum.

The answer to stability in the Western Balkans is better cooperation in the triangle Belgrade-Pristina-Tirana, and it could be reached by establishing closer and more direct cooperation and effective communication between Serbian and Kosovo police, it was concluded during the sixth Security Research Forum.

The relations between the Albanian and Serbian communities remain of key importance to the security and stability of the Balkan Region. Despite the improved relations and the engagement in the European Union integration, the relations between Belgrade, Prishtina and Tirana are still hampered by unresolved issues from the past. These are main conclusions reached at the first Security Research Forum.

At the NATO Summit held in Prague in 2002, seven new members from the "Vilnius Group" have been welcomed into the Alliance membership - Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovenia. The presidents of the remaining countries from this group - Stipe Mesić from Croatia, Alfred Moisiu from Albania and Boris Trajkovski from Macedonia, promoted the idea of starting a new mechanism for the cooperation among their countries ...