We Can’t Tell You What to Do, But We Can Tell You What Not to Do
by Milica Andrić Rakić, Journalist, KosSev, Kosovska Mitrovica To agree to have normal relations – a simple notion presuming parties want it and have freedom... Read More
Belgrade-Pristina: What Stands in the Way of Agreement?
by Stefan Surlić, Teaching Assistant, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Political Science The process of negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina so far has not led... Read More
The Return of Great Power Rivalry: EU Foreign Policy at a Crossroads
By Zachary Paikin, Senior Editor at Global Brief magazine and Assistant Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Kent Despite examples of continued cooperation... Read More
European Parliament after Elections: More or Less Europe?
by Suzana Grubješić, BSF Steering Committee, General Secretary of European Movement in Serbia First direct elections for the European Parliament were held in 1979 and up... Read More
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... Read More
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,”... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
Freeing a Captured State: What Role for EU Accession? Lessons from the Macedonian Case
by dr. Simonida Kacarska, Director and Co-Founder of European Policy Institute, Skopje In 2017 the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia experienced the most difficult turnover of... Read More