BILATERAL RELATIONS

Besides big players like Russia and China, today there are a lot more non-western countries involved in the Balkans and this kind of change of foreign policies led to some deals and agreements between this non-western countries and the Balkans, in both geopolitical and economic way. This was pointed out on the online discussion “Turkey, Israel and the United Arab Emirates in the Balkans” organized by LSE IDEAS and Ratiu Forum, in the partnership with BCSP.

The topic of the latest BCSP analysis are relations between Serbia and USA in the area of culture.

What will the Western Balkans look like in 2025? Will we witness Republika Srpska declare independence, a worsening of relations between Kosovo and Serbia, and the rise of ethnic tensions across the region - or will we celebrate Montenegro and Serbia joining the EU, with good reason to hope that the rest of the region will soon follow? BCSP Researcher Isidora Stakic contributed to the paper “Balkan futures - ...

Under the European Commission’s 2018 Western Balkan strategy, candidate countries from the region must resolve bilateral disputes before joining the EU. As it wants to avoid importing conflicts, the EU puts the onus to ensure good neighbourly relations onto the region itself.

The main conclusion of the School on Security Policy, which brought together young participants from Serbia, Kosovo and Albania, is that a better understanding and improvement of cooperation could only be achieved through the exchange of experiences, opinions and knowledge about each other.

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.

EU integration process and the perspective of Albanian - Serbian Relations was the overall topic of the 7th Security Research Forum ‘Belgrade-Prishtina-Tirana’ held in Tirana on 13 November 2014.

Representatives of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) participated in the conference "Serbia and Albania: Do Perceptions Equal Reality?" which took place in Tirana, on May 23 and 24, and which was organised as part of the project that BCSP implements in partnership with the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS).

Besides speaking at the plenary panel about the connection between decision making and research experience, during "open space training" BCSP Director Sonja Stojanovic Gajic moderated lively discussion about whether Serbs and Albanians can resolve the issue of Kosovo.