{"id":23237,"date":"2020-12-01T20:35:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T19:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/?post_type=najava&#038;p=23237"},"modified":"2020-12-09T20:23:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T19:23:27","slug":"serbia-kosovo-what-do-citizens-think","status":"publish","type":"najava","link":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/event\/serbia-kosovo-what-do-citizens-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbia &#038; Kosovo: What Do Citizens Think?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After unprecedented interest in the US Presidential election, the election of Joe Biden has generated unprecedented anticipation across the Balkans.\u00a0 As the region (like the United States) struggles with an upsurge in covid-19 infections, ethno-national tensions are also on the rise.\u00a0 We\u2019ve heard the views of officials, the media and commentators about overall relations, and the prospects for a breakthrough on the oldest dispute in former Yugoslavia: the stand-off over Kosovo.\u00a0\u00a0<b><i>Now it\u2019s time to find out what the citizens of Serbia and Kosovo think<\/i><\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"> <em>How important is the Kosovo dispute to Serbs?\u00a0 Do they believe a new conflict is brewing? Should Serbia intervene militarily if Kosovo Serbs are endangered?<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>What about Kosovars?\u00a0 Do they believe that Kosovo and Serbia will have peaceful and normal relations in the near future?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Are Serbs &amp; Kosovars believers in the \u2018land swap\u2019?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Is there confidence in the EU-led Dialogue? Toward what end?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What do Serbs and Kosovars think about the EU?\u00a0 Do they believe membership is a possibility \u2013 or have the given up?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What about opinions on the US, and the recent \u2018Washington Agreement\u2019?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Is Russia the best friend that Serbia has \u2013 or perhaps China? Does Russia try to spoil the US and EU political, military, and economic investment in Kosovo?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are among the critical questions posed in recent, parallel surveys conducted by BCSP and the KCSS, which will be discussed during the event.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be divided into two separate, one-hour panels: First one will focus on the respective findings concerning relations between Serbia and Kosovo and the other will focus on foreign relations and foreign influences.<\/p>\n<p>Register <a href=\"https:\/\/jh.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_RaM64pSLT4yzW5-UffRv4g\">HERE<\/a> for the event.<\/p>\n<p>Agenda of the event:<\/p>\n<p>Opening remarks:<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fpi.sais-jhu.edu\/edward-joseph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\"><b>Edward P. Joseph<\/b><\/a>, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, Foreign Policy Institute<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/author\/igorb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\"><b><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">Igor Bandovic<\/span><\/b><\/a><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">, Director, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qkss.org\/en\/Staff-and-Board-\/Staff-and-Board-59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\"><b><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">Mentor Vrajolli<\/span><\/b><\/a><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">, Executive Director, Kosovar Centre for Security Studies<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><i><u><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">\u2192 Panel 1: \u2019Kosovo and Serbia: Between Desires and Reality\u2019<\/span><\/u><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/author\/majab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\"><b><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">Maja Bjelos<\/span><\/b><\/a><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">, Researcher, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qkss.org\/en\/Staff-and-Board-\/Staff-and-Board-280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\"><b><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">Plator Avdiu<\/span><\/b><\/a><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">, Researcher, Kosovar Centre for Security Studies<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.belgradeforum.org\/speaker\/nikola-burazer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\"><b><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">Nikola Burazer<\/span><\/b><\/a><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">, Programme Director, Centre for Contemporary Politics<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><i><u><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">\u2192 Panel 2: \u2019Foreign Policy: Who Is Winning Hearts &amp; Minds on the Balkan Playground?\u2019<\/span><\/u><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qkss.org\/en\/Staff-and-Board-\/Staff-and-Board-1235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\"><b><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">Ramadani (Dani) Ilazi<\/span><\/b><\/a><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">, Researcher, Kosovar Centre for Security Studies<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/author\/vuk-vuksanovic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\"><b><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">Vuk Vuksanovic<\/span><\/b><\/a><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">, Researcher, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ecfr.eu\/profile\/engjellushe_morina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\"><b><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">Engjellushe Morina<\/span><\/b><\/a><span lang=\"SR-LATN-RS\">, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations<\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Results of the BCSP public opinion surveys and its implications for US and EU policy will be discussed during the event &#8220;Serbia &#038; Kosovo: What Do Citizens Think?&#8221; which will bring much-needed focus on the voices and views of those most affected by high-level political developments. The event is scheduled on Monday, 7 December at 15:30CET and organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP), Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (KCSS) and Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":23238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[8618,8615,8619],"tags":[10793,724,10785,10773],"coauthors":[10677],"class_list":["post-23237","najava","type-najava","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conflict-prevention","category-eu-en","category-regional-security-cooperation","tag-belgrade-pristina-dialogue","tag-kosovo","tag-public-opinion","tag-regional-cooperation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/najava\/23237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/najava"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/najava"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23237"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/najava\/23237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23268,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/najava\/23237\/revisions\/23268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23237"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=23237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}