ТЕМА - CONTEMPORARY SECURITY DYNAMICS AND CRISES
NATURAL DISASTERS AND THEIR IMPACT ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Climate change is one of the main challenges facing the population around the world. The consequences of these changes have been manifested for decades in various ways, creating disasters that threaten the lives of an increasing number of people. This paper analyses the consequences of the floods that hit the United Arab Emirates on April 16, 2024....
Елдар Шаљић EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVIEWS IN CRISIS PREVENTION AND DETECTION
This paper will highlight an interview’s definition, phases, classification and characteristics as a qualitative method. Although planning and preparation are essential phases of an interview, the most crucial phase is interviewing due to various questions, such as introductory, informative, assessments and closing questions. We will stress the imp...
SERBIA AND EXPANDED DETERRENCE: EXPERIENCES AND ROADMAPS
The strategic concept of extended deterrence emerged in the post-Cold War period by expanding the content of the Cold War concept of nuclear deterrence of the allies of the great powers. Therefore, modern extended deterrence implies the use of all instruments of national power to deter rivals from taking malicious steps against allies or partners. ...
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 nuclea...
IMPLICATIONS OF PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES ON GEOPOLITICS AND GLOBAL SECURITY
Private military companies are part of a fairly developed private security sector, present all over the world and engaged in various jobs. Apart from participation in war conflicts, which are most often associated with them, the services offered by private military companies are different: from the provision of energy sources to the collection of i...
DIGITAL PROPAGANDA AND DISINFORMATION GENERATED VIA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: THE ISRAEL/ PALESTINE CONFLICT AND THE FALL OF BASHAR AL-ASSAD IN SYRIA CASE STUDIES
In this paper, the author will analyze the role of digital propaganda and disinformation generated via artificial intelligence (AI) in the ongoing Middle Eastern conflicts, with a focus on the escalation of conflict between Israel and Palestine, as well as the overthrow of the President of the Syrian Republic Bashar al-Assad. In this geographical f...
MILITARY INTERVENTIONS IN THE UNIPOLARITY: LESSONS FOR SECURITY DYNAMICS OF US-CHINA RELATIONS AMID TRUMP’S SECOND TERM
Humanitarian interventionism, a hallmark of the unipolar era following the Cold War, has been widely debated as a mechanism for addressing alleged human rights violations and safeguarding global security. Rooted in principles such as the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), these interventions have often intersected with the strategic interests of domi...
THE ROLE OF THE SECURITY SERVICES IN PREVENTING POLITICAL COUPS
States achieve their foreign policy goals and intentions in different ways, including methods contrary to the norms of international law. Namely, suppose one wants to destabilize a country’s economic, political, security and social-social system to implement one’s own will, intentions, and interests. In that case, subversive activity is one of the ...
THE NEXUS BETWEEN HYBRID WARFARE AND CONTEMPORARY TERRORISM
The paper’s topic is to examine the depth of the connection between terrorism and hybrid warfare. Regardless of the current disagreements among theorists as to whether ‘hybrid war’ is a modern form of warfare or an ‘old phenomenon in a new guise,’ the fact is that this phenomenon involves the application of various elements and components of hard a...