The BCSP has established an International Advisory Committee

This year, BCSP is celebrating 25 years of work on a solid foundation. For the past two and a half decades, we have contributed to improving the security of citizens in a post-conflict environment, engaged in security sector reform in accordance with democratic principles and respect for human rights, and fought against local undemocratic practices. By expanding the scope of our work and the network of partners, we began to deal more intensively with regional policies, and the expansion of the knowledge and expertise base led us to open new areas of work such as foreign policy and cyber security. As a contribution to the realization of our long-term aspirations, today we are establishing the International Advisory Commitee (IAC).

The International Advisory Commitee brings together internationally renowned researchers, professors, people from the think-tank community and former officials – experts in international relations, defense, security and the rule of law. As people with great knowledge and experience, they expressed their readiness to contribute to a better international understanding of the Balkans, as well as to open a discussion on relations within the region. The goal of the IAC is to become hub of ideas and seek answers to the growing challenges facing the Western Balkans and to provide quality proposals for alternative policies.

Members of the International Advisory Commitee are:

1. Srđan Cvijić, President of the International Advisory Commitee
2. Ioannis Armakolas, Assistant Professor, University of Macedonia Department of Balkan, Slavic & Oriental Studies
3. Rosa Balfour, Director, Carnegie Europe
4. Amna Guellali, Deputy director , Middle East and North Africa, Amnesty International
5. Dr Johanna Deimel, Independent Analyst Southeast Europe / Western Balkans
6. Nikola Dimitrov, ex Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia
7. Florent Marciacq, Deputy Secretary General & Research Fellow, Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe
8. Marta Martinelli, Senior Director, Center for Civilians in Conflict
9. Engjellushe Morina, Senior policy fellow with the Wider Europe Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations
10. Oana Popescu-Zamfir, Director of the GlobalFocus Center
11. Hannes Swoboda, President of the International Insitute for Peace
12. Adnan Ćerimagić, Senior Analyst for the Western Balkans, European Stability Initiative
13. Karsten Friis, Senior Research Fellow and head of NUPIs Research Group on Security and Defence
14. Ivor Chipkin, Director, Government and Public Policy (GAPP) Think Tank
15. Edward P. Joseph, Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
16. Prof Dr Tobias Schumacher, Professor of European Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU