The Belgrade School of Security Studies (BSSS)
The project is a cooperation between NUPI and the Belgrade School of Security Studies and is based upon the work done by the Centre for Civil-Military Relations, based in Belgrade, Serbia, on the reform of the Serbian armed forces and their integration into democratically controlled structures.Participants
Vegard Valther Hansen
Ståle Ulriksen
Karsten Friis
The project aims at developing an understanding of how Western countries are thinking in terms of security policy. It will also focus on the necessity of establishing democratic structures to monitor the armed forces in Serbia. The Belgrade School of Security Studies (BSSS) is to provide both competence and ideas in that regard and thus actively participate in the dawning debate about security-sector reform in the country.
As the project has progressed, BSSS has already managed to publish two editions of its journal; Western Balkans Security Observer , and students have attended a variety of meetings and seminars on security-sector reform.
Funding
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
