Savo Kentera

Savo Kentera is the President of the Euro-Atlantic Club of Montenegro, and was elected as vice-president of the Atlantic Treaty Association at the General Assembly held in Berlin in 2008. Since 2005, Mr. Kentera has been the Director of the Center for International Relations of Montenegro. He directs an annual intensive educational program in international security for foreign policy professionals of the region. Mr. Kentera established Security Magazine, a leading publication devoted to assessing major security challenges for Montenegro and its neighbours. His advice is frequently sought by government, media, and the public on various aspects of Montenegro’s post-independence nation-building and security sector reform process. Mr. Kentera has lectured and published on several issues related to defense transformation and security integration for South East Europe. He holds a Master’s degree in International Relations, and is currently completing his PhD dissertation at the University of Belgrade. He has participated in programs in the United States at the California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) sponsored by the US Department of State, and at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.