Agenda 2014

Speakers: Keynote Speaker‚ Iver Neumann

Ontological Security in Cases of Diaspora, Conflict, and Collective Memory of Trauma Alexandria Innes   Abstract: The political influence of diaspora populations has been widely studied (for example, see King... Read More

Historical Analogies and Making (Non)sense of the “Rise of the Rest” Ayse Zarakol   Abstract: In the last decade, much ink has been spent on the issue of ‘rising powers’... Read More

Mediating International and Domestic Demands: State-sponsored Memory Projects in Serbia Lea David Abstract: Just as norm-complying states adapt their practices to expected behaviors, post-conflict states are forced to adapt their... Read More

Organised by the Balkan Trust for Democracy, a project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States Transatlantic Trends is an annual survey of U.S. and European public opinion... Read More

Speakers: Sonja Stojanović Gajić‚ Director, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy Maja Bobić‚ Secretary General, European Movement in Serbia

(in cooperation with the Fund for an Open Society in Serbia) Discussion Topics: What are the responses to the refugee crisis in Europe’s neighbourhood, from countries that take in refugees... Read More

(in partnership with the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control and Armed Forces DCAF) Background: Given the global nature of the Internet, efforts at improving Internet governance, including efforts to... Read More

Discussion Topics: What remains of the original Helsinki agenda? Which of the original OSCE norms (Helsinki Final Act, The Charter of Paris etc.) still enjoy consensus among its member states?... Read More

(in cooperation with the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia) Ten years after the 2004 enlargement the EU now has 28 Member States; 13 new member... Read More

Speakers: Sonja Licht‚ President, Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence

Speakers: H.E. Aleksandar Vučić‚ Prime Minister, Government of the Republic of Serbia

(in partnership with the Balkan Trust for Democracy, a project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States) Discussion Topics: In 2014 is the world entering a new Cold... Read More

In partnership with the Robert Bosch Stiftung Instability and poverty in large parts of the world, and more specifically in areas known by the very Eurocentric epithet ‘European peripheries’ are... Read More

On the second day of the BSF, Prof. Dr. Iver Neumann Montague Burton Professor at London School of Economics and also Researcher at Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) will... Read More

(with the support of Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces) UN Security Council Resolution 1325 will turn 15 in 2015. The resolution, sponsored by a globally diverse... Read More

(in partnership with the Council for Inclusive Governance) Discussion Topics: Serbia and Kosovo are neighbors. Despite their fundamental disagreements today and tragic recent history, is it possible to move away... Read More

During negotiations the EU pays special attention to chapters 23 and 24: Justice and Home Affairs. Nevertheless, under political criteria, cooperation between the government and civil society of an aspiring... Read More

Discussion Topics: Why are civilian capacities (CIVCAP) for peace operations important? What are the incentives for the use of CIVCAP in peace operations? What are the national niches for civilian... Read More

Following the best practices from the BSF 2013, this year’s Academic event will be complemented with an additional program for PhD students and other interested researchers entitled the Method Café.... Read More

Upon separate invitation

(GLOBSEC Debate in partnership with the Slovak Atlantic Commission) The issue of international energy security is one of the top political issues at the moment in the whole of Europe. The... Read More

Discussion Topics: What are the common lessons and country-specific insights learned from the 2014 flood crisis? What are the best practices for building population resilience? What is the ‘added value’... Read More

Discussion Topics: How much has the European Order been challenged since the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine? Is there a way back? How much can the gap in leadership... Read More

(in cooperation with the Global Civics Academy) For the first time in human history, 20-year-olds around the world share as many interests with each other as they do with the... Read More

(in partnership with the European Fund for the Balkans) In 2005, the International Commission on the Balkans, established under the initiative of the Robert Bosch Stiftung, the King Baudouin Foundation,... Read More

Speakers: Sonja Licht‚ President, Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence Maja Bobić‚ Secretary General, European Movement in Serbia Sonja Stojanović Gajić‚ Director, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy

This year’s BSF Academic event will be followed by a new type of session called Career Development Café. With the same structure and the same target group as the Method... Read More