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Members of the Research Center for Defense and Security, Miloš Tišma and Jasmina Andrić participated in two-day consultations in Sofia within the Bulgarian Presidency of the European Union. At this high-level event, where we were the only representatives from Serbia, we went to the invitation of the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense Representatives of the EU, NATO, EULEX-A, EUFOR-A, OSCE, the Ministries of Defense of States from the region and the European states, as well as many experts in the field and security participated in the festive reception as well as the three panels during the two-day consultations and defense. The aim of this gathering was to present challenges, risks, threats and development of defense and security institutions in Western Balkan countries to representatives of security and defense systems of EU countries and other participants, and the development of cooperation between EU countries and the Western Balkans. ICOB members attracted a lot of attention from more than 70 delegates who participated in panel discussions and discussions. The common conclusion of all panels is that it is necessary to work on greater confidence in the region of the so-called Western Balkans in order to build cooperation and strengthen the capacities of security and defense institutions. This way we would like to inform the local public about our delegation at this event that was organized to meet the EU and Western Balkans summit. We want to emphasize that it took a lot of courage to present a different attitude from all those present, for us this was a great challenge to defending the policy of military neutrality and the interests of Serbia among the supporters of a different policy. We consider that we have defended this policy with dignity and adequately presented Serbia. We thank the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense for the invitation […]

The Defense and Security Research Center has been working on training of employees in the municipalities of Serbia for the third year in a row through the project “Knowledge of Security”. This time, in cooperation with the Pozega municipality training on cyber security and information system security and prevention of terrorism, employees of public companies from this municipality passed through. Members of local self-government are familiar with potential threats, are trained to recognize the operation of terrorists at the local level, how to protect computer networks and how to act in the event of a terrorist attack or some other emergency situation. Lectures were held by experts for various security areas Miloš Tišma, Jasmina Andrić and Stefan Nicović. The response of the trainees was as great as the interest in participating in the discussion. By participating in this project, the municipality of Požega has shown that it is concerned about the security and protection of its citizens by raising the security culture at the local level. In this way we thank the Municipality of Požega for hospitality and we hope for future cooperation.

On March 5, 2018, organized by the Faculty of Strategic and Operational Management and the Faculty of Business Studies and Law, the second national scientific conference entitled “Contemporary Issues and Possible Strategies and Strategic Management Solutions” was successfully realized. This scientific meeting was marked by discussion and dialogue on current issues in the domain of strategy, security strategy and strategic management. Miloš Tišma and Jasmina Andrić, as representatives of the Research Center for Defense and Security, took part in a scientific conference presenting their scientific work. At this scientific conference, university professors, eminent experts from the country and abroad and future PhD candidates took part. The main goal of the scientific meeting was that the authors of the papers, as well as other participants, present their own opinions and results of the research, as well as to provide modern and possible solutions through a constructive dialogue of the offer and provide scientific and professional recommendations for the further development of the mentioned area.

The Defense and Security Research Center conducted a survey on “Interethnic Distance, Violence and Violent Extremism Leading to Terrorism”. The research was conducted in five multiethnic municipalities. It encompassed the population of primary and secondary schools in Subotica, Sombor, Novi Sad, Backa Petrovac and Bujanovac. A total of 900 students were examined. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development supported this research. Some of the results of this research are alarming, and above all, the interethnic distance is 20 years after the disintegration of Yugoslavia and is still high. The greatest distance is towards Roma and Albanians, and also Albanian children towards all other nationalities. The pupils responded in most cases that they do not want to socialize with Roma and Albanians or to have closer emotional relationships with them. This indicates the deep divisions that exist in the school period, which is unacceptable if we think that we are building a complex and democratic society in the future. The second part of the research concerned violence against schools, extremism and terrorism. As an organization dealing with security, it was important for us to determine how young people are related to violent behavior, weapons, and whether they know what terrorism is. The research showed that as much as 51% of students were violent, whether in a verbal, physical or some other way, but certainly this issue is worrying, because it is more than half of the pupils. Also, 7% said they own a cold weapon, and 12% said they wanted to buy it. We have already 17% of respondents who have struck someone and 5% who would be violent towards teachers, and 14% are sometimes exposed to harassment by other young people at school or in leisure. While only 35% said they trusted the police and as many as […]

From January 27 to 29, 2018 the training “Security and Mediation” in cooperation with Nansen Dialogue Center Serbia took place during three days. Throughout the practical and theoretical work participants were introduced to the concepts of extremism, radicalization, suppression and prevention of violent extremism, dialogue and mediation. to which the participants achieved high results, certificates were awarded.