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Oct

EU Enlargement in Western Balkans: Postponed but Not Forgotten?

The grand opening event of the Belgrade Security Forum 2019 sparked the debate on the European perspective of the Western Balkan (WB) countries. Chaired by...

Oct

EU Enlargement: Playing It Safe Next Time Around

The first session of this year’s BSF entitled ’The Big Bang Enlargement’: 15 Years Since the EU’s Greatest Accomplishment focused on the 2004 enlargement of the European...

Oct

Migration: The Cost of Leaving

The session titled Our Own Migration Crisis: People are Leaving and What Can Be Done About It addressed the issue of migration and presented some of the...

Oct

Western Balkans Under Great Power Competition Pressure

The first plenary panel titled Overcoming Great Power Competition: East, West and Rest attempted to determine which country holds the most power and influence in...

Oct

Military Neutrality Means No Bias

The special event presented the complexity of modern military neutrality from the perspectives of two generals, both chief of staff, from two European countries that...

Oct

Western Balkans Regional Security Between Populism and Malign Foreign Investments

Following the Academic Panel 1 that focused on regional security and the retreat of liberalism in Europe, the focus in this panel was placed on the same...

Oct

Democracy Still EU’s Greatest Safeguard

Academic panel titled Regional Security and the Retreat of Liberalism in Europe saw the discussion on the security of the European Union in context of nuclear treaties, as...

Oct

EU to Exercise Its Normative Power to Overcome Crisis

Sonja Stojanović Gajić, Director of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP), was the first to wish a warm welcome to the Academic Event on...

Sep

BSF 2019 Team of Volunteers Selected

Upon reviewing all the applications and conducting a series of interviews in August, the Belgrade Security Forum is pleased to announce that 36 volunteers have...

Aug

BSF Volunteers: Catch a Glimpse of True BSF Spirit

by Marina Radovanović, BSF Volunteer 2017, 2018 When I first heard about BSF Volunteer Team in 2017, I did not even think this experience...

Aug

Volunteers Wanted: Open Call for Volunteers

The organizers of the Belgrade Security Forum (BSF) are pleased to invite enthusiastic and motivated students and graduates from universities, schools and institutes based in Serbia...

Jul

Agenda and Participants set for Next BSF Academic Event

The Belgrade Security Forum organizers are pleased to announce that the participants of the BSF Academic Event 2019 have been selected. We thank all applicants...

Jun

Professor Ian Manners to hold Keynote Speech at the Academic Event

The traditional Academic Event that will open the Belgrade Security Forum 2019 will be dedicated to regional security and the retreat of liberalism. We are...

May

CALL FOR PAPERS: Regional Security and the Retreat of Liberalism

Belgrade Security Forum is happy to announce open call for papers for this year’s Academic Event. Academic Event will open on Wednesday, October 16th 2019....

Feb

Belgrade Security Forum 2019: Striving for Justice in a Divided World

The Ninth Belgrade Security Forum will take place in Belgrade on October 16 -18, 2019 under the title: Striving for Justice in a Divided World....

Oct

Overcoming Dangerous Cocktail of Inequality and Fragile Democracy

The closing panel for the Belgrade Security Forum 2018 was given by H.E. Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister, Republic of Serbia. Guiding the panel was moderator...

Oct

Politics, Education, Media to Lead to Reconciliation

More than two decades after the end of the war in the former Yugoslavia and in spite of millions of dollars spent on justice reform...

Oct

Digital Transformation through Private-Public Cooperation

The session “Securing the Digital Transformation of the Western Balkans” addressed one of very important challenges of security the cybersecurity and digitalization. There are a...

Oct

Dialogue and Cooperation for Building Momentum in the Balkans

Deputy Assistant Secretary of US State Department, Matthew Palmer gave an address titled “Building on Momentum in the Balkans”. After expressing his professional and personal...

Oct

Resilience in State of Constant Crises

The eighth Belgrade Security Forum titled “Finding Answers Together for the New Normal” was officially closed today after 3 days, 20 panels and sessions, and...

Oct

Unprecedented Changes the 4th Industrial Revolution Brings

Plenary Panel 4th Industrial Revolution moderated by Lazar Džamić, xoogler, lecturer and writer, saw panelist pondering on questions whether the 4th Industrial revolution was real...

Oct

Vulnerability to Disinformation

As Belgrade Security Forum 2018 is coming to an end, we have witnessed one of the most interesting sessions named “Propaganda and Disinformation: Will Technology...

Oct

Kleptocracy Feeding on Low Capacity in Judiciary

One of the most important sessions of the day titled “High-level Corruption and International Security” brought the argument that it should not be waited on...

Oct

More Women: Changing Culture, Building Partnerships

Why more women? “Why not?” moderator Karolina Leaković, Vice-President, Party of European Socialists Women, asked jokingly at the very beginning of the session dedicated to female perspective...

Oct

Think-Tankers Agree: Civil Society Should be More Included

At the panel “Balkans 2025: What kind of future can we expect?” speakers comprised of regional leading think-takers presented their research papers that showed the...

Oct

Serbia in EU is in Everyone’s Best Interest

Germany and the United States have historically played significant roles within the Western Balkans. With recent issues facing the area, specifically “a return of geopolitics,”...

Oct

Unwilling Process of Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue

The dialogue on normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina facilitated by the EU is in its eighth year but has been stagnating since the end...

Oct

Still Not There but Asian Century is Coming

At the begging of the third plenary panel a question was raised whether we have really entered the Asian century? Opinions of the speakers were...

Oct

West-Russia Cooperation with Clear Red Lines

The panel Beyond Ideology – West-Russia Relations and Political Pragmatism lacked panelists from the United States of America, so moderator Ms. Gordana Delić, Director of the...

Oct

Populism: Threat or Opportunity for Reinvention of the EU

In light of the new challenges that face the European Union, such as climate change, migration, and the rise of populism, the question of how...

Oct

Better a Giant of Cooperation than a Dwarf of Nationalism

The panel that followed the Grand Opening of the Belgrade Security Forum saw the participation of the presidents of the Republic of Serbia and of...

Oct

Start Treating Bosnia and Herzegovina as Prosperity Worthy

The first session of the BSF 2018 began with the moderator Vedran Džihić, Senior Research, Austrian Institute for International Affairs, asking about oscillations between pessimism...

Oct

What Happens in the Middle East Never Stays in the Middle East

Hakim Khatib, Research Fellow at the Frankfurt Research Institute on Global Islam at the Goethe University Frankfurt, moderator of the Session “The Middle East: Making...

Oct

Change Needed in WB Countries’ and EU’s Attitude towards Enlargement

At the first Belgrade Security Forum plenary panel titled “Balkans 2025” moderated by Zoran Nechev from Center for EU integration, speakers agreed that future is...

Oct

CASE STUDIES OF EU CRISIS RESPONSE

Second panel of this issue of the BSF Academic Event analysed the EU crisis response and border management in Libya, Ukraine, Iraq, Mali, and Afghanistan....

Oct

WITHOUT CONFLICT SENSITIVITY EU’S CRISIS RESPONSE FALLING SHORT

Following the academic panels today focusing on the EU’s crisis response and border management, the panels were concluded by Pernille Rieker and Morten Bøås, both...

Oct

In Search for Coherence in EU Crisis Approach

The first panel of the Academic Event of the Belgrade Security Forum 2018 focused on the aspects of the European Union’s crisis management. The goal...

Oct

Local Consent Essential for Resilient Projects in Crisis

Belgrade Security Forum was open with Academic Event titled “How Conflict Sensitive is EU Crisis Response?” with welcoming words from the organisers. Sonja Stojanović Gajić, of the...

BSF 2018 Special Pre-Event Leadership for a Secure Region

Oct

NATO and Serbia Closely Cooperating for the Progress in the Region

The cooperation between Serbia and NATO in maintaining peace and tranquility as the foundational elements of progress is ever more successful and benefits overall economic...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić (Belgrade, November 2015)

Oct

SPECIAL BSF EVENT: Leadership for a Secure Region

Belgrade Security Forum will be hosting a conversation between Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg and President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić on...

Sep

VOLUNTEERS READY FOR THE BSF 2018

Preparatory training for volunteers selected for the 2018 Belgrade Security Forum events was a chance to get to necessary information and skills for organization of...

Jul

BSF Saddened by the News of Thorvald Stoltenberg’s Passing

The Belgrade Security Forum is deeply saddened by the news of of Mr. Thorvald Stoltenberg’s passing. Mr. Stoltenberg was a dear friend to our organization...

Jul

Winners of the CfP Announced

One of the BSF strategic goals is to increase the participation of think-tanks (especially those from Balkans) at the BSF, so to promote original knowledge...

Jul

BSF 2018 Volunteer Team Selected

Upon reviewing all the applications and conducting a series of interviews during June, the BSF Team is pleased to announce that 28 volunteers have been...

Jun

Academic Event panelists selected

We are pleased to announce that the participants of the BSF Academic Event 2018 have been selected. This year’s academic event will be organized on...

May

Call for BSF 2018 Volunteers

Deadline extended! New deadline for applications June 15, 2018 at 23:59. The organizers of the Belgrade Security Forum (BSF) are pleased to invite enthusiastic...

Apr

CALL FOR THINK-TANKERS FROM THE BALKANS 2018

The organizers of the Belgrade Security Forum (BSF) are inviting think-tankers from the Western Balkans to provide food for thought papers for discussion on “Balkan...

Apr

CALL FOR PAPERS BSF 2018: How Conflict Sensitive is the EU Crisis Response?

The organizers of the Belgrade Security Forum (BSF) are pleased to invite security scholars and researchers to submit proposal papers for this year’s Academic Event...

Mar

Eighth Belgrade Security Forum in October on the New Normal

Belgrade Security Forum 2018: Finding Answers Together to the New Normal, to take place from October 17-19 2018, Hotel Hyatt Regency, Belgrade Continuing uncertainty and...

Mar

Towards the “new normal” in international relations?

by Marko Savković, Program Director of the Belgrade Security Forum* When asked on the state of Russia’s relations with the European Union, the director of...

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