Rule of Law Culture Missing, Path to the EU Elusive
In the 2003 EU-Western Balkans Summit in Thessaloniki, the EU made it clear that the prospect of European Enlargement shaped its political commitment towards the... Read More
Belgrade-Pristina: No Clear Vision of the Compromise
The much anticipated Special Event of the “Balkans Dialogues Initiative: Belgrade-Pristina: No Trust, No Solution” showed us that the key of making Western Balkan region... Read More
Common Market to Bring Common Ground in the Western Balkans
European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, opened today’s discussion on the perspectives and approaches towards the region of the Western Balkans by stating... Read More
Has Central and Eastern Europe Fared Better in the Fight against Coronavirus?
By Marko Savković, BSF Program Director An interesting discussion developed around Branko Milanović’s tweet some two weeks ago (22 April). The question Milanović asked... Read More
For Belgrade and Pristina No Lift-off Just Yet
By Marko Savković, BSF Program Director For eight years running, the Belgrade Security Forum (BSF) team insisted on hosting a panel on normalizing relations between... Read More
Belgrade Security Forum Calls for Re-engagement of EU in the Western Balkans
The future of the Western Balkans is in the EU, which will not be complete without the Western Balkans. It is in the security, political... Read More
Western Balkans and the EU: Stuck in the Middle
All counties of the Western Balkans are proceeding towards a full European Union membership, although at different levels, be that as an candidate country like... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More