{image1}BCSP Director Sonja Stojanovic Gajic co-delivered specialist course on Security Sector Reform (SSR) as a part of European New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management (ENTRi) from 22-25 January 2019 in Brussels. The training was organised by the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR). This course focused on introducing participants to the long-term aspects of SSR processes which are linked to the overall recovery effort in ...

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) is for the seventh year in a row in company of world’s best think-tanks ranked in the Global Go To Think Tank Index Report! University of Pennsylvania (USA) traditionally publishes the most comprehensive list of leading think-tanks from around the world every year. BCSP is the best ranked think-tank in the Western Balkans covering defence, national security, foreign policy and international relations. In ...

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy Director Sonja Stojanovic Gajic was re-elected as a member of the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions Steering Committee. The BCSP participated in the establishment of this network in 2013. Besides the BCSP Director, members of the Steering Committee are Irina Chernykh (KISI, Kazakhstan), Barbara Kunz (IFRI, France), Marko Lehti (TAPRI, Finland), Amb Philip McDonagh (Edward M Kennedy Institute for Conflict Intervention, ...

  Dear friends and partners, BCSP wishes you a safe and sound year 2019! We promise that we will contribute to this through #BREAKINGFEAR that is becoming increasingly important in the era of intimidation of citizens by portraying as a threat those who think differently, neighbours from the region, conflicts of great powers and so-called new threats. As always, the response from the BCSP will be based on research ...

Improved communication between police and traditional media and better visibility of police services on social media is the primary objective of the project BCSP is implementing.

Journal of Regional Security (JRS), founded by BCSP among others, in the new categorization of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia was assigned the M24 category, which is in the same range as the best international journals. Only two journals in the broader category Political sciences can be assigned this category. Since 2018 JRS can be found in databases Serbian Citation Index, ...

The Armament Industry European Research Group (ARES Group) published a policy paper titled "Defence Industrial Policy in Serbia: Drivers and Influence" authored by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy researcher Katarina Djokic. The author deals with the issue where is currently the defence industry in Serbia, but also what are it’s prospects for the future. Djokic gives an overview of the relevant political context, describes the state of the industry ...

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) Director Sonja Stojanovic Gajic was again given the highest number of votes for membership in the Joint Consultative Committee in the priority area of ​​the Rule of Law. There were 154 civil society organizations voting for 8 candidates in three priority areas, and the BCSP Director received the highest number of votes in the priority area of ​​the Rule of Law. BCSP is ...

The apartment where Belgrade Centre for Security Policy Executive Director Predrag Petrovic lives with his wife and child was broken into on May 22, 2018. Things were stolen only from his study room. The entrance door was violently broken, and things of greater value, such as laptops or jewelry, were not taken out of the apartment. Petrovic was out of the city and the apartment was empty at the ...