Agenda 2017

The BSF Academic Event continued the Forum’s tradition of enabling interaction between the academic and policy communities. This event is a unique feature of the BSF, giving a voice to... Read More

European Security and Crisis Management Since 2003: Is the CSDP Fit For Purpose?

The Academic Panel 1 will focus on civil-military synergies in the EU conflict prevention and peace-building. It will seek to discuss how to improve the effectiveness of EU crisis management,... Read More

This Academic Panel will discuss the EU’s comprehensive approach to security, mainly through comparative assessments and examinations of the EU engagements in the Western Balkans, the Horn of Africa, North... Read More

The Academic Panel 3 will analyse the EU missions in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Somalia, and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in order to discuss the issues of local ownership in... Read More

The “SALUS” award was founded in 2015 as a prize to be awarded to the best policy papers dealing with security policies, written by the students of the University of... Read More

Discussion Points:  In what does the 60th anniversary of the Rome treaty present a changing paradigm for the European project and its perspective? What are the challenges facing the EU... Read More

Discussion Points: Can Europe remain true to its values in this crisis? What are the lessons learned for Europe and the member states in managing the migration crisis? What is... Read More

Description: Investment from authoritarian states is entering the Balkan region in a variety of often-opaque forms and methods. To ensure state resources are used transparently, effectively, and efficiently, and public policy... Read More

Post-Election Germany – Same Chancellor, Different Challenges?   On September 24, Angela Merkel was given a mandate to embark on her fourth term as Germany’s chancellor. The process of forming... Read More

Discussion Points: Has the Process helped in resolving still open bilateral issues and political dialogue between the “Western Balkans’s six”? How would you comment overtures in terms of building customs... Read More

Discussion Points:  What is the status of Serbia-NATO relations and what is the perspective for the future? What are the objectives and mechanisms of Serbia-NATO cooperation? How is this cooperation... Read More

  Discussion Points: (De)constructing trust: inequality as a key factor driving popular unrest? Capital ownership: is there a way of making market income more equal? The “digital revolution” and the... Read More

Discussions Points: What novelties can women as leaders and active participants offer to areas of policy-making and opinion making processes by focusing on common issues? What challenges women political leaders... Read More

Discussion Points: How to stop democratic backsliding in the Balkan states? How the rising inequalities affect the dynamics between the Balkan states and the EU, as well as the regional... Read More

Discussion Points: What role for organized religion in modern society, from the standpoint of building cohesion and resilience? How can it be of value in “stemming the tide” of radicalization?... Read More

Discussion Points: Rethinking populism – what do we mean when we say populism? Can it be utilized differently? Can technocracy be defended? Brussels in the eyes of populists EU-Balkans: how... Read More

This year’s academic event will be complemented with an additional program for PhD students and other interested researchers entitled the Method, Career, and Networking Café. Method Café is a new... Read More

Discussion Points: What characterizes contemporary interventionism? Which actors do you see today as the ones driving the process further? How will proxy warfare evolve? What is our responsibility – as... Read More

Discussion Points: What are the fields in which the post-truth era is visible the most? What is and what might be the effect of using so-called alternative facts in political... Read More

The Berlin process was launched in 2014 to maintain the impetus of European integration in the Western Balkans in the face key challenges posed to EU’s external policies. In the... Read More

Discussion Points:  What is the importance of safe governmental networks and citizens’ trust in them for successful implementation of national e-governance services? The ICT infrastructure of the ministries of interior:... Read More

Discussion Points: How to break the deadlock in the normalization process between Belgrade and Pristina and speed up the implementation of the agreements? How should the process be reformed? How... Read More

Discussion Points: Rethinking Europe: What role for the Western Balkans? Stock-taking of the Berlin process: (How) Can the WB countries ensure substantial and sustainable benefits for their citizens? United in... Read More