Agenda

The paper deals with resilience of police forces and law enforcement agencies to violent extremists in their internal structures in Europe. The author analyzes several cases of radicalization of police... Read More

The challenge of violent Islamist extremism in Serbia has culminated with the war in Syria, which attracted Serbian nationals who fled the country to join the battleground. Since the outflow... Read More

In its 2016 Global Strategy, the EU vows to fight terrorism with roots in the Middle East, seen as threatening European security. One approach devised to do so is to... Read More

What are the most glaring examples of violations of the rule of law during the pandemic world-wide, and which one can be identified in the Western Balkans region? How have... Read More

Discussion points: How do you answer/comment on the view that the EU’s integration of Western Balkans is in danger? Can you imagine long standing bilateral disputes being resolved outside of... Read More

Europe has experienced a ‘polycrisis’ that placed further integration under serious strain. Economic and ecological crises have been compounded by migration waves, terrorist attacks, the return of great power competition,... Read More

Discussion points: Who are the main supporters of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans and what are their motives? What does the support for enlargement from illiberal EU member states’... Read More

Discussion points: During your mandate, what was the biggest benefit of participating in the Partnership for Peace program? NATO’s image in Serbia. How to improve it? Can it be improved?... Read More

Discussion points: What should the European Union that the WB6 countries would like to join be about, what should it seek to achieve? What distinct contributions could the WB6 countries... Read More

How does China engage in different regions that are part of the Belt and Road Initiative? How much attention does Beijing pay in localizing its approach to the context and... Read More

What are the results of the Berlin Process? Are the expectations met – to what extent the goals have been achieved on the level of high politics and preparation for... Read More

Across the region, we see a widespread apathy, people are leaving, voters’ turnout are decreasing constantly, change of the current situation seems impossible. Political engagement is seen as something dirty.... Read More

Discussion points: How the Roma community of Europe (its largest minority) could contribute to Europe’s recovery? How are its economic potentials contributing to their aging countries? How can Roma move... Read More

Jan Kuciak, Peter R de Vries, Daphne Caruana Galizia… these are names of the journalists who were murdered over the past few years while investigating crime and corruption across Europe.... Read More

Discussion points: What is the role of the national governments in establishing regional cooperation? What are the plans for the post-COVID recovery in respective countries? What could be the role... Read More

Discussion points: Why is it important to understand what corrosive capital is? What was the influence of Chinese investments in Central and Eastern Europe? What are the prominent sectors of... Read More

After more than eleven years of the EU facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, this process could be described as “one step forward, two steps back”. The seriousness of challenges... Read More

BSF has the pleasure of closing its program with Mr. Christoph Heusgen, who served as German Ambassador to the United Nations in New York from 2017 to 2021, was Under-Secretary... Read More