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Jan

Belgrade Security Forum suspended its activities indefinitely

On July 12, 2022, the Belgrade Security Forum suspended its activities indefinitely. We would like to take this opportunity to inform all of our partners,...

Jul

Suspension of BSF activities – Statement from BSF founder, Ms Sonja Licht

Belgrade, July 11, 2022 Dear friends and partners of Belgrade Security Forum With great sadness I must inform you that, for the time being, the...

Oct

Key messages from the third day of the 11th Belgrade Security Forum

BSF panel 10: Region-to-region cooperation – opportunities for the Central and Southeastern Europe: Cooperation between regions is even more important in nowadays world which is...

Oct

Germany has to play a more important role in the changing world

Mr. Ivan Vejvoda, Acting Rector at The Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, stated that change is a euphemism for what is going on in...

Oct

For Belgrade and Pristina it must be about citizens

According to the survey’s findings, the majority of Kosovo and Serbian population do not believe in the Dialogue and do not trust political elites. Few...

Oct

Key messages from the second day of the 11th Belgrade Security Forum

BSF panel 3: 15 years of Serbia’s participation in Partnership for Peace: NATO should perceive Serbia as reliable and responsible partner, because Serbia has shown...

Oct

Chinese investments can be constructive if domestic actors are responsible enough

At the beginning of the Panel, Mr. Eric Hontz, Deputy Regional Director, Europe and Euroasia made a difference between corrosive and constructing capital, highlighting that...

Oct

Improving region to region cooperation is increasingly important in a globalized world

Mr. Nemanja Starović, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Serbia, stated that the Central European Initiative (CEI) is often unfairly...

Oct

How come that we remember wrongdoers more than those that suffered because of them?

Ms. Siria Gastelum Felix, Resilience Director at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime talked about impacts of organized crime in Mexico which led to...

Oct

Inclusion of Roma is a crucial component in the EU recovery

Demand for labour will increase and EU will need a new work force. Roma population is youthful while EU population is getting older, so Roma...

Oct

In activisms success generates success

When it comes to democratization in the Balkans, Ms. Aleksandra Tomanić, Executive Director of the European Fund for the Balkans, said that lack of trust...

Oct

Berlin Process as a steping stone to the EU

Mr. Zoran Nechev, Project Coordinator and Researcher in the Institute for Democracy Societies Civilis in Skopje stated that the Berlin Process paved the way for...

Oct

The Appeal to do business with China comes in different shapes and forms

The Panel 5 looked into the question: What is the appeal of the Chinese influence in three different countries: Kenya, Panama and Serbia. The first...

Oct

Future of Europe – where do we stand now?

Professor Dejan Jović opened the discussion by saying that it’s impossible to precisely define what is Europe and what are Balkans. They are both opened...

Oct

NATO and Serbia are looking forward to many more years of close partnership

Ms. Carmen Romero, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy of NATO addressed the Forum via video address and said that NATO wants to see...

Oct

Key messages from the first day of 11th Belgrade Security Forum

Academic welcoming and keynote speech: Experts in the field recognize either far-right or jihadism as the most significant structural threat for the Europe during the...

Oct

Whose efforts are most important to actually help the WB on their path towards the EU?

At the BSF partner session dedicated to the EU enlargement supporters and opponents, Mr. Wouter Zweers, Research Fellow at the Clingendael Institute explained that the...

Oct

An EU Resilient to Crises

In the BSF Address Mr. Antonio Lopez-Isturiz, Secretary General of European People’s Party and MEP stated that we are facing global crises which is called...

Oct

EU perspective is a reality, accession of WB6 is a stategic priority

Ms. Majlinda Bregu, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) opened the second panel by saying that only 1/3 of public in the Western...

Oct

Transparent debate necessary for moving forward

At the first BSF Panel Mr. Jean Lachapelle, Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science of the Oslo University said that democratic backsliding is...

Oct

Belgrade Security Forum is a unique venue for the dialogue for the 11th time

Future of the Western Balkans is in the EU with the US as a partner, is the main message from BSF Keynote Address. Ms. Sonja...

Oct

Polarization, injustice and inequality are precondition to extremism

At the third Academic Panel Ms. Ann-Kristin Jonasson, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science of the University of Gothenburg examined EU strategy against...

Oct

The drivers of resilience and radicalization – two sides of the same coin

Ms. Marija Ignjatijević, Researcher at the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy spoked about the research carried out in Sandžak region at the second Academic Panel....

Oct

Resilience is precondition to combating radicalization

Ms. Veronique Dudouet, Senior Research Advisor at Berghof Foundation opened the first Academic Panel by saying that resilience has become a catch-all term. She pointed...

Oct

Academic Welcoming and Keynote Speech

Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Ms. Sarah Groen opened Academic event of the 11th Belgrade Security Forum. In her opening statement she...

Oct

The Daring Six? Why the Western Balkans should have a word when it comes to the future of Europe

by Dr. Florent Marciacq, Deputy Secretary General and Research Fellow at the Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe and Senior Fellow at the Centre international...

Oct

MEDIA REGISTRATION FOR THE 11TH BSF IS OPEN

The 11th Belgrade Security Forum Media registration is officially opened. We would kindly ask you to proceed to the media registration page. If you have...

Oct

11th BSF REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

It is our great pleasure to inform you that the 11th Belgrade Security Forum registration is officially opened. Registration will be open up to October...

Apr

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: RESILIENCE TO VIOLENT EXTREMISM

The Belgrade Security Forum (BSF) organisers are pleased to invite you to submit papers for this year’s Academic Event. The Academic Event will traditionally take...

Apr

TESTING HUMANITY – BELGRADE SECURITY FORUM 2021

2020 should have been a wake-up call. Instead, we see a world in which there is more competition, and less solidarity and social justice....

Nov

Trendsetting in the Western Balkans

The Belgrade Security Forum and the Visegrad Insight are organizing the online event “TRENDSETTING IN THE WESTERN BALKANS” that will take place on Friday, Dec. 4, at 11:00 AM....

Oct

Recap of Day 6

Oct

Tenth Belgrade Security Forum Officially Closed

For reasons that are well known, the Belgrade Security Forum applied a “hybrid” model of event organization for the first time, having both an online...

Oct

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...

Oct

New Social Contract to Include the Reboot of Trust in Technology

Very complex relationship between technology, trust and legitimacy was examined in the discussion organized in partnership with UNDP. Participants discussed on how to navigate confusing...

Oct

Projecting Values in the Media

The importance of values and its influence on media narratives was discussed in a session organized in partnership with the Warsaw Security Forum and support...

Oct

Quality to Follow Quantity in Regional Defence Cooperation

Last day of Belgrade Security Forum opened with a discussion on potential similarities and differences in processes of regional defence cooperation among two specific regions,...

Oct

Alena Ledeneva: The Limits in Checks and Balances Enable Informal Governance in WB

Informal practices which play significant roles in governance all around the globe are unwritten rules that people use to “get things done” and acquire goods...

Oct

Recap of Day 5

Oct

Strengthening Liberal Democracies to Curb Populism

BSF 2020 Cas Mudde Populism in 2020 In the last decades, the world has seen an unprecedented rise in populist parties. In this...

Oct

Encore America First or Patching Things with Partners: Trump and Biden Fighting Out for Leadership 2020

Currently very important event for the international scene, the election for the President of the United States, was in focus of tonights session. Speakers agreed...

Oct

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...

Oct

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...

Oct

Recap of Day 4

Oct

Weaponization of Prejudice as Wind Beneath Right-Wings

The panel addressed very important and current topic, the growth of right-wing extremism and speakers discussed the influence of state and media on the spread...

Oct

COVID-19 Challenging International Architecture, China Riding the Wave

The fourth day of the 10th Belgrade Security Forum continued with a panel on the influence of the pandemic COVID-19 on the international order and...

Oct

Fight Depopulation by Investing in Human Capital

Moderator Mirjana Spoljarić Egger of the UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, led a panel...

Oct

Rule of Law Crucial for the Western Balkans’ Post-Pandemic Economy

Belgrade Security Forum continued with Dr. David Landsman, Chairman of British Serbian Chamber of Commerce and former British diplomat in Serbia, talking about current economic...

Oct

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