ASYMMETRIC THREAT TO THE SECURITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PROBLEMS IN KOSOVO AND METOHIA

The application of the concept of asymmetry in the domain of security enables a comprehensive overview of the strategic relations between the opposing parties, as well as the methods used by the adversaries in an effort to turn this type of inequality into a permanent strategic advantage. As a process, asymmetry can most often be reduced to the creation or exploitation of power inequality betwe...

ГЛОБАЛНИ ЏИХАДИЗАМ – ТЕОРИЈСКА ПОЛАЗИШТА СУПРОТСТАВЉАЊА ПРЕТЊИ

Џихадизам као идеолошки и политички покрет представља глобалну претњу за међународни светски поредак и демократске вредности савременог друштва. Управо због своје блискости са Исламизмом и Исламским фундаментализмом, неразумевања западног, превасходно хришћанског и секуларизованог друштва, погрешне и несмотрене политике великих сила у региону Блиског Истока и Северне Африке, џихадизам је ношен ...

CHALLENGES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA̕S MILITARY NEUTRALITY IN A CHANGED SECURITY ENVIRONMENT

The war in Ukraine has caused significant changes in the security environment of the Republic of Serbia. Following Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine, relations between the West and Russia have reached the level of open political and economic conflict, with the dangerous potential for such a confrontation to escalate into military and nuclear confrontation. Russia has been subjected to u...

THE DEFENSE FUNCTION OF THE STATE – TRADITIONAL AND MODERN UNDERSTANDING

A vast body of literature in political science, security studies, and military affairs provides general definitions of the state's defensive function but lacks a deeper understanding of its essence – namely, the fundamental characteristics that define it and distinguish it from other state functions. Based on this premise, the research question arises: What constitutes the defensive function of...