INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “EUROPE AND THE DANUBE”

The international scientific conference “Europe and the Danube – Danube in geopolitical strategies of European countries” was held on June 26 and 27, organized by the Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade.

Distinguished participants and guests of the conference were greeted by IPS director Dr. Miša Stojadinović and Dr. Mustafa Jajla, a political scientist from Turkey.

This conference was also attended by special guests and friends of the Institute: Ivan Berezovski, military attaché of the Embassy of Belarus in Serbia; prof. Dr. Radojica Lazić, Dean of the Faculty of Diplomacy and Security; prof. Dr. Violeta Rašković Talović, Dean of the Faculty of International Politics and Security.

This conference brought together eminent experts from several countries. Longtime colleagues and friends of the Institute traveled from Russia and presented at the conference: Dr. Andrej Baranov, Dr. Eduard Popov, Dr. Ivan Ivanjikov, Dr. Yaroslav Vishnjakov, Dr. Nikolay Kopilov, Dr. Elena Malysheva; from Belarus Dr. Kirill Shevchenko; from Bulgaria – Dr. Emil Milanov; from Greece – Dr. Alexios Papagopoulos; from Bosnia and Herzegovina – Dr. Braco Kovačević. Local experts also participated in the conference: Dr. Milomir Stepić, Dr. Zoran Milošević, Dr. Vanja Glišin, Dr. Aleksandra Kolaković, Dr. Ivana Luknar, Dr. Dalibor Denda, Dr. Dragan Trailović, Dr. Sanja Šuljagić, Dr. Ivan Matić, Dr. Jelena Todorović Lazić, Dr. Nada Raduški, MSc Dajana Lazarević. 

The conference ended with a pleasant cruise on the Danube and the socializing of foreign and domestic participants.

Apart from the friendships made and cooperation among colleagues, the greatest treasure of this conference is certainly the anthology “Europe and the Danube” (IPS, 2023), which contains the scientific works of the conference participants, as well as many other domestic and foreign experts. The editors of the collection are Dr. Zoran Milošević and Dr. Miša Stojadinović. How the Institute for Political Studies is one of the pioneers in highlighting the importance of the geopolitical issue of the Danube in the modern world and its scientific analysis, so we expect that the collection will show its full scientific significance in the future.

We thank all participants and guests of the conference and hope for successful cooperation in the future.