Despotović, Ljubiša, Vanja Glisin. 2023. Serbian Defense: Contributions to the Geopolitics of National Security. Novi Sad: Archives of Vojvodina; Belgrade: Institute for Political Studies. ISBN - 978-86-6178-175-9
The monograph “Defense of Serbia” is the fruit of many years of collaboration between the authors Despotović and Glišin, in which they sought to cover a wide range of topics concerning Serbia and the Serbian people as a whole. The primary analysis is of geopolitical and security aspects, and hence the basic starting point of this monograph is the geopolitics of national security as a new subdiscipline defined by the authors.
The authors have divided the monograph into three parts, striving to methodologically clearly, scientifically based and precisely situate Serbia in global and regional political relations, especially pointing out its position between the two opposing geopolitical poles of power – the USA and Russia. In this regard, the authors have titled the first chapter “Preventing Serbia from sinking into the ‘Atlantic’”, dedicating the lines of the book to their late colleague and professor Dr. Radoslav Gaćinović, who worked tirelessly until the last moments of his life to defend the national interests of Serbs and Serbia. The second chapter concerns relations between Serbia and Russia through political, diplomatic, economic, commercial, security, cultural and other aspects. In this context, the authors state that Russia represents a geopolitical alternative.
Considering that the title “Defense of Serbia” itself requires an extensive analysis of historical processes and events that have continuously, until today, been a heavy burden for the Serbian people and state, the authors clearly state in the third chapter that Serbia and Serbian lands are in the process of territorial contraction and disintegration of national identity, which unequivocally indicates that Serbia must (defend) itself.
