INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COOPERATION

{image1} Serbia is making good use of the available partnership mechanisms with NATO regarding military exercises and peacekeeping missions, but not for the development of the defence industry, it was concluded at the conference on military cooperation organized by the Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP) on 22 February 2018 at Zira hotel. At the opening of the conference "The Future of Serbia’s Military Cooperation", BCSP Director Sonja Stojanovic ...

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 ...

{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 ...

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) supported the countries of the Western Balkans in the "building civil capacity to participate in peacekeeping operations", in the period from 2013 to 2016. In cooperation with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and regional network of experts of civil society organizations which in addition to the BCSP (Serbia), consists of the Institute for Democracy and Mediation (Albania), Centre for Security Studies ...

On the 27th of April 2016. in the Guard Palace of Topcider barracks in Belgrade, the expert disscussion „Participation of the Army of Serbia in multinatoonal operations-Experience and Perspectives“ was held and it was pointed out that  Republic of Serbia  has had long term experience in participation in UN missions and since present time in EU and that there are plans for increment in participation of the Army of ...

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy organized on October 21st 2014 a presentation of findings from regional maping study on civil capacities for peacekeeping missions.  BCSP researcher Marko Milosevic and Gordan Bosanac from the Center for Peace Studies from Croatia presented findings from their countries and a regional perspective. The objectives of the project and the logic of intervention have been presented, with an emphasis on partnership with the state. ...

Legislation related to participation of civilians in peacekeeping missions was in focus of the panel discussion "The capacity of Bosnia and Herzegovina for civilian participation in peacekeeping missions" held in Sarajevo on 12 May 2015. One of the speakers at the event was researcher from the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy Marko Milosevic.  BCSP Researcher presented the legislation in Serbia, especially provisions of the Law on Military and the proposed amendments to the ...

Main challanges in peacekeeping mission UNFICYP in Cyprus are of civil charachter and they reflect the need for various civli expertise in peacekeeping missions. That is the main conclusion of study visit which BCSP has organized for representatives of state institutions and civil society from Western Balkans countries.

Emsad Dizdarevic from Centre for Security Studies, BCSP partner on the project „Building Civilian Capacities from the Western Balkans in Peace Support Operations", analyzes Bosnia and Herzegovina civil capacities for peace missions and operations.