REGIONAL SECURITY COOPERATION

EU integrations, police reform and cross-border cooperation were the topics that raised most questions during the discussion held at Belgrade Centre for Security Policy on 13 March 2014.

KSF has the highest ranking in comparison to other security forces in terms of positive perceptions of citizens in Kosovo, and the main reason is that KSF acts in close proximity to citizens during relief efforts, said guest researcher Shpend Kursani during the presentation held in BCSP library.

Domestic political tensions have significant impact on conflicts with neighbors and for a successful dialogue it is essential to change the attitudes within each of the analyzed community, it was concluded during the Forth Security Research Forum Belgrade-Pristina-Tirana which was jointly organized by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, The Institute for Democracy and Mediation and Kosovar Centre for Security Studies.

Regional conference in Skopje has brought together think tanks from Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Croatia.

The capacity of Serbia to participate in the Western Balkans Battle Group were the subject of presentation of the BCSP researcher Marko Milosevic at the round table "Visegrad Four Experience from the Security Sector Reform: Security and Defence Cooperation of the Western Balkan countries" held on 28. October in hotel Bosnia in Sarajevo.

The majority of citizens in Serbia and Albania support the continuation of the Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina even if it is not a condition for EU membership, while the most of population of Kosovo and Metohija favors the Dialogue only if it will increase the chances of EU membership. This was highlighted during the presentation of the public opinion research findings in the Media Center on 31st October 2013.

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) in cooperation with Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (KCSS) and Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) presents the latest public opinion research findings on the Brussels dialogue, the future of relations within the Belgrade-Pristina-Tirana triangle, and human security in each community.

This paper aims to assist all stakeholders to the Brussels Agreement to work effectively toward a positive outcome in northern Kosovo, but also to prepare for contingencies.

EU integration can improve relations between Belgrade, Pristina and Tirana, and the maintenance of existing stereotypes will downgrade them – this is the conclusion of the expert discussion about the future of relations between the three communities organized on 9th September 2013. by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP).