ТЕМА - MODERN SECURITY CHALLENGES, RISKS AND THREATS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
RETURN OF COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE IN EUROPE: SOCIAL DETERMINISM AND PERSPECTIVES
In the period between 1995 and 2012, a number of European countries suspended mandatory military service upon which European national standing armies were based, from the 19th to the end of the 20th century. The Second Crimean crisis, which yielded the renewed perception of Russia as a threat to the West, caused a narrative shift regarding military...
Срђан В. Старчевић SOCIAL SCIENCES AND NATIONAL SECURITY
The contribution of social sciences and humanities to the security of people, society and the state is a little studied topic. It goes without saying that every member of society, especially scientists, should contribute to security, primarily through the adoption of an adequate security culture, knowledge and will (to defend the state) that they p...
Др Миша Стојадиновић IRREGULAR MIGRATIONS AS A CHALLENGE TO REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SECURITY
After a decade-long duration of robust migratory movements towards Europe, it can be asserted that the response, in the form of a continuous disposition against migration, is primarily rooted in the perceived cultural threat. Immigrants are viewed as unassimilable, and their cultures as incompatible with Western norms and ideals. Advocacy for the p...
THE SIZE, SHAPE AND BORDERS OF SERBIA AS ESSENTIAL FACTORS IN THE SECURITY CHALLENGES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
The paper discusses the size, shape and borders as a factor in the security of the territory of the Republic of Serbia. The illegal secession of Kosovo and Metohija represents an important security challenge that affects in a qualitative and quantitative sense the size, shape and border of the Republic of Serbia, as well as the defensive sensitivit...
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 cre...
THE POTENTIAL OF THE ANTI-HEGEMONIC COALITION
The authors consider the potential of a loose coalition in curbing US global influence, ie. the implications of its formation and strengthening on the final establishment of multipolarity. Based on the view that international relations are increasingly defined by multipolarity and that the opposition is increasingly speaking out against yesterd...
WHEN THE HOME BECOME A BATTLEFIELD - FEMICIDE AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Femicide, as the most extreme form of gender-based violence, has been highlighted as a special social and security problem in the Republic of Serbia in recent years. Statistical data support the fact that over a ten year period, more than three hundred women were killed by members of households of the opposite sex, of which over a hundred were kill...
Мср Милица Стојчић ТЕМА - STUDIES
HIGH TREASON IN THE CRIMINAL LEGISLATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
The beginning of the 21st century has brought about a large number of security and political problems at the regional and global levels, ranging from the unilateral recognition of the so-called “Kosovo”, military intervention in Ukraine, Israel’s military intervention in Gaza Strip, a number of armed conflicts on the African soil to the radicalisat...
DEFENSE POLICY BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF TOTAL DEFENCE
Total defence is a concept that should ensure the response of the state in situations caused by war and other extraordinary circumstances. This comprehensive approach of the state system’s response requires that all segments of society as a whole actively act in order to preserve the sovereignty and security of the state. In order for a society to ...
ТЕМА - BOOK REVIEWS
“THE CHINESE DREAM” AND THE REJUVENATION OF CHINA AS А GREAT POWER
Book review Nenad Stekić. 2023. A Hesitant Hegemon: Layers of China’s Contemporary Security Policy. Belgrade: Institute of International Politics and Economics, 278 pp.