BSF 2011

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12 Mar 2012

BSF – A New Partner of Security Jam

We proudly announce that the Belgrade Security Forum has become one of the partners of Security Jam. The Security Jam focuses the brainpower of thousands...

01 Mar 2012

The Western Balkans between the crisis and European perspective

The roundtable «The Western Balkans between the crisis and European perspective» was held on March 1st 2012, in Hotel Park in Novi Sad. It was...

22 Sep 2011

Solutions for Security Challenges in the EU

“It’s time to think about the EU’s core and surroundings together in a broad strategic vision for the EU as a whole. The problem is...

16 Sep 2011

Memorandum of Understanding between MOD and UNWOMEN

In the sidelines of the first Belgrade Security Forum, Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia (MOD) and the...

Giles Merritt
Director of Security and Defence Agenda (SDA)
Marius Calu
Queen Mary/University of London, UK
H.E. Stefano Sannino
Director General, Directorate General for Enlargement, European Commission
Sadan Inan Ruma
Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University
H.E. Milan Simurdić
Ambassador of Serbia to the Kingdom of Norway
Vujo Ilić
FPS, University of Belgrade
Natalia Piskunova
MGIMO-University, Russia
Selmo Cikotić
Minister of Defence, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Christof van Agt
Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael International Energy Programme
H.E. Ljubica Jelušič
Minister of Defence, Republic of Slovenia
Oksana Usatenko
Institute of World Economy and International Relations/National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IWEIR), Ukraine
Tanja Miščević
State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Republic of Serbia
Tim Judah
Journalist, The Economist
Christopher Coker
Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science
James Sherr
Senior Fellow, Chatham House
Vladimir Trapara
University of Belgrade, Serbia
Thanos Dokos
Director General, ELIAMEP
Dragan Šutanovac
Minister of Defence, Republic of Serbia
H.E. Boris Tadić
President of the Republic of Serbia
Miruna Troncota
National School for Political and Administrative Studies, Romania
Armen Oganesyan
Editor-in-Chief, International Relations
H.E. Karel Schwarzenberg
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
Ljubica Gojgić
Journalist, RTV B92
Zoran Sekulić
Director, FoNet News Agency
Nenad Radičević
Journalist, Politika Daily
Sonja Licht
President, Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence
Maja Bobić
Secretary General, European Movement in Serbia
H.E. Vuk Jeremić
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Serbia
Ivan Vejvoda
Vice President for Programmes, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Dragana Petrović
Executive Secretary of Gender Equality Council, Republic of Serbia
Ulrike Guérot
Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Berlin Office, European Council on Foreign Relations
Nikolay Petrov
Scholar-in-Residence, Society and Regions Programme, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Moscow Center
Jana Baćević
Faculty of Media and Communications & Central European University
Nikolay Pavlinov Pavlov
Centre for National Security and Defense Research/Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Žarko Puhovski
Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb
Darko Tanasković
Professor, University of Belgrade
Marko Savković
Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, Serbia
Anja H. Ebnöther
Assistant Director and Head of Special Programmes, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
Sonja Stojanović
Director, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy
Alper Kaliber
Yasar University, Turkey
Florent Marciacq
University of Luxembourg/University of Vienna, Luxembourg/Austria
François Heisbourg
Special Advisor, Fondation pour la  Recherche Stratégique
Mohhamad K Shiyyab
General Manager, Middle East Security Consultants (MESC) Group
Dušan Reljić
Researcher, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Waldemar Ratajczak
Deputy Director of the International Security Policy Department, Ministry of National Defence, Republic of Poland
Marko Kovačević
Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade
Arian Starova
Vice Minister, Ministry of Defence, Republic of Albania
Jaroslav Naď
Director General, Defence Policy, International Relations and Legislations Department, Ministry of Defence, Slovak Republic
Metodi Hadji-Janev
Military Academy, Macedonia
Johann Pucher
Defence Policy Director, Ministry of Defence, Austria
Karsten Friis
Senior Advisor, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
István Gyarmati
President and CEO, International Centre for Democratic Transition
H.E. János Martonyi
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Hungary
Anwar Essmat El Saddat
Chairman, El Saddat Association
Ivan Dvořák
Director of the Defence Policy and Strategies Department, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic
Milan Ježovica
State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovak Republic
Katerina Gachevska
Birmingham City University
Savo Kentera
President, Euro-Atlantic Club of Montenegro
Alexis Crow
Research Fellow, Chatham House
Robert Vass
Secretary General, Slovak Atlantic Commission
Bruce Jackson
President, Project on Transitional Democracies
Remzi Lani
Director, Albanian Media Institute
Biljana Lazarević
Police Advisor, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Serbia
Anita Orbán
Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Hungary
Kurt Volker
Managing Director and Senior Fellow of the Center for Transatlantic Relations, School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University
Kathrin Quesada
Project Coordinator, Gender and Security, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
Srđa Popović
OTPOR-CANVAS
Karl A. Lamers
MdB, Deputy Chairman of the Defence Committee, The Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany
Cvete Koneska
University of Oxford, UK
H.E. Nickolay Mladenov
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Bulgaria
Sigurd Neubauer
SOS International Ltd, USA
Dessie Zagorcheva
Columbia University, USA
Zora Ivanova Popova
University of Bath, UK
Pavol Demeš
Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Rastislav Káčer
President and Chairman of the Board, Slovak Atlantic Commission
Jim Seroka
Professor, Auburn University
Laura Jane McLeod
University of Manchester, UK
Gábor Iklódy
Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, NATO Headquarters
Charles Grant
Director, Centre for European Reform
Jirí Šedivý
First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic
Péter Siklósi
Deputy State Secretary for Defence Policy and Planning, Ministry of Defence, Republic of Hungary
Sašo Ordanoski
Director of Media and Public Affairs, VeVe Group
Erika Kvapilová
Regional Programme Director, UN WOMEN
Stefanie Babst
Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO Headquarters
Nihat Çelik
Kadir Has University, Turkey
Dragan Štavljanin
Broadcaster, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Vlatko Cvrtila
Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb

Agenda

Full agenda

Day 1

14 Sep 2011

Day 2

15 Sep 2011

Day 3

16 Sep 2011

9:00 - 10:30

Academic Event – Security Challenges in the Western Balkans

Security Challenges to the Critical Infrastructure in the Western Balkans: The Case of Macedonia Metodi Hadji Janev‚ Military Academy, Macedonia Abstract: Recent terrorist attacks on infrastructure, systems and services that they...

Zora Ivanova Popova

Marius Calu

Katerina Gachevska

Jana Baćević

Metodi Hadji-Janev

10:45 - 12:15

Academic Event – Peace-Building and State-Building in the Western Balkans

Preventing State Failure in Western Balkans in Post-crisis Period:Lessons to be Considered Natalia Piskunova‚ MGIMO-University, Russia Abstract: The present state of the art in the academic discipline of International Relations suggests...

Zora Ivanova Popova

Oksana Usatenko

Miruna Troncota

Natalia Piskunova

Marius Calu

13:00 - 14:30

Marko Savković

Nihat Çelik

Nikolay Pavlinov Pavlov

Cvete Koneska

Katerina Gachevska

Academic Event – Security Sector Reform in the Balkans

Failure of Power: Police Reform in Bosnia Cvete Konekska‚ University of Oxford, UK Abstract: Since Arend Lijphart’s first conceptualization of power-sharing (consociational democracy) in 1968 it has become a popular idea...

Marko Savković

Nihat Çelik

Nikolay Pavlinov Pavlov

Cvete Koneska

Katerina Gachevska

14:45 - 16:15

Academic Event – Foreign and Security Policies in the Balkans

Understanding the New Activism of Turkish Foreign Policy: The Case of Western Balkans Alper Kaliber‚ Yasar University, Turkey Abstract: This study examines the post-Cold War regionalization in Turkish foreign and security...

Laura Jane McLeod

Sigurd Neubauer

Vujo Ilić

Alper Kaliber

Cvete Koneska

16:30 - 18:00

Academic Event – The Balkans in the European Security Architecture

NATO Enlargement and Security in the Balkans Dessie Zagorcheva‚ Columbia University, USA Abstract: More than 20 years after the end of the Cold War, instead of a stable Euro-Atlantic security order...

Florent Marciacq

Vladimir Trapara

Marko Kovačević

Dessie Zagorcheva

Alper Kaliber

19:00

Tanja Miščević

Official Reception

Tanja Miščević

21:00

Christof van Agt

Anita Orbán

H.E. Milan Simurdić

Session 1: Improving Energy Security in Southeast Europe

Discussion Points: Is there a consensus around a more multidimensional conception of energy security? How much autonomy in designing energy policy could SEE states have in regard to the EU-Russia...

Christof van Agt

Anita Orbán

H.E. Milan Simurdić

21:00

Mohhamad K Shiyyab

Anwar Essmat El Saddat

Srđa Popović

Alexis Crow

Session 2: Upheaval in the Arab World and its Aftermath

Discussion Points: What are the potential ramifications of the Arab upheaval for the Western Balkans security and stability? To what extent are the often-made historic analogies with revolutions in 1989...

Mohhamad K Shiyyab

Anwar Essmat El Saddat

Srđa Popović

Alexis Crow

21:00

Session 3: Russia and Europe: Partners or Competitors?

Discussion Points: How much is Russia a part of European security and how much is the EU important for Russia’s security today? What are dominant Russian interests in Europe? (Energy?...

Dušan Reljić

Nikolay Petrov

Armen Oganesyan

Charles Grant

09:00 - 10:00

Registration – Central Military Club

10:00 - 10:30

H.E. Boris Tadić

Keynote Speech and Official Opening

H.E. Boris Tadić

10:30 - 12:00

H.E. Karel Schwarzenberg

H.E. Stefano Sannino

H.E. Nickolay Mladenov

The Benefits of Regional Cooperation

Discussion Points: When is belonging to a region important in today’s globalised environment? How transferrable are lessons in regional cooperation among different regions? What are key elements of a success...

H.E. Karel Schwarzenberg

H.E. Stefano Sannino

H.E. Nickolay Mladenov

H.E. János Martonyi

Sonja Licht

Milan Ježovica

H.E. Vuk Jeremić

Maja Bobić

12:30 - 14:00

Main Panel 1: Global Security Challenges

Discussion Points: How similar or different are understanding of threats in different parts of world? Which regions are of key concern for leading powers of today: the U.S., China, Russia,...

Kurt Volker

Ivan Vejvoda

James Sherr

Giles Merritt

Gábor Iklódy

Christopher Coker

15:00 - 16:30

Main Panel 2: European Security Perspective

Discussion Points: Are different versions of new European security architecture presented by the EU, NATO, Russia and Turkey compatible? How much transformative potential Europe has to make breakthroughs with frozen...

Rastislav Káčer

Bruce Jackson

François Heisbourg

István Gyarmati

Ulrike Guérot

Charles Grant

17:00 - 18:30

Session 4: NATO and the Security Challenges Facing Southeast Europe

Discussion Points: What has NATO learned in the Western Balkans? Are those lessons applicable elsewhere? What does NATO exit strategy from the Western Balkans depend on? Which aspects of NATO’s...

Jirí Šedivý

Savo Kentera

Karsten Friis

Pavol Demeš

Vlatko Cvrtila

17:00 - 18:30

Session 5: Turkey as Regional Power: Opportunities and Challenges

Discussion Points: How has Turkey’s foreign policy under Ahmet Davutoglu reached a “Strategic Depth” – moving Turkey from the regional to a global power? Are there limits to reversing years...

Darko Tanasković

Sadan Inan Ruma

Nenad Radičević

Thanos Dokos

17:00 - 18:30

Session 6: The Role of Media in Stabilization Process of the Region

Discussion Points: Did media fail to mitigate post-conflict tensions in the Balkans? When and how media contributed to stabilization process in last decade? What did the stabilizing influence depend on?...

Dragan Štavljanin

Zoran Sekulić

Sašo Ordanoski

Remzi Lani

Ljubica Gojgić

17:00 - 18:30

Session 7: Regional Security Cooperation: V4 Experiences

Discussion: The basic idea of the panel is to create a venue for discussing the regional cooperation in defence and security area and to present the experience of the Višegrad 4 (V-4)...

Robert Vass

Péter Siklósi

Waldemar Ratajczak

Jaroslav Naď

Ivan Dvořák

17:00 - 18:30

Session 8: Integrating Gender in Security Sector Reform: A Practical Approach

Discussion Points: Have recruitment, retention and advancement policies for the MoD and AF been reviewed or are there plans for review and revision? What are some of the challenges connected...

Kathrin Quesada

Dragana Petrović

Tanja Miščević

Biljana Lazarević

Anja H. Ebnöther

10:00 - 11:30

Main Panel 3: Women Leaders in Security Sector

Discussion Points: What are the key challenges in security and justice sector in the Western Balkans? What are the challenges of being a woman leader in security sector? What are...

Sonja Stojanović

Tanja Miščević

Erika Kvapilová

H.E. Ljubica Jelušič

Anja H. Ebnöther

Stefanie Babst

12:00 - 13:30

Main Panel 4: Balkans: From Security Problem to Security Partner

Discussion Points: What are the lessons learned in Balkans regarding: conflict transformation; state-building; nurturing of security cooperation? How applicable these lessons are to other regions such as Northern Africa, post-Soviet...