Институт за политичке студије

Добрињска 11
(IV спрат)
11000 Београд

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ТЕМА - DIGITAL SECURITY, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROCESSES

EXCESSIVE SECRECY IN DEMOCRACIES: BUREAUCRATIC REFLEX OR SECURITY ILLUSION?

Systematic excessive classification of information within the security apparatuses of the United States, the European Union, and key NATO allies constitutes a structural anomaly within liberal democracies. Through comparative analysis, the article identifies that the principal driver of this phenomenon is the distinction between security secrecy (t...

RUSSIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS IN DONALD TRUMP’S SECOND TERM: BETWEEN DESIRES AND REALITY

Donald Trump’s initiative to restore Russian-American relations by resolving the Ukrainian crisis with partial respect for Russia’s demands seemed surprising and was described as a kind of U-turn in American foreign policy. However, the question is not only what effect such U-turns in bilateral and/or international relations can have, but also whet...

MULTIDIMENSIONAL SECURITY IN MUAY THAI PRACTICE

This article examines Muay Thai as a cultural practice that reflects the multidimensional character of human security. Once tied primarily to warfare, Muay Thai now engages multiple domains of security: physical, economic, health, and ontological. Through ethnographic accounts and historical analysis, I show how the development of Muay Thai has bee...

NATIONAL DEFENCE STRATEGY AND RESILIENCE OF THE NORTH MACEDONIA SECURITY SECTOR IN THE ERA OF MODERN SECURITY CHALLENGES

North Macedonia has become a permanent member of NATO in 2020, in the midst of the global and all-pervading Covid-19 pandemic that did not recognize the boundaries between rich and poor, between large, medium and small countries, between strong and weak health systems. Almost all countries were faced with the catastrophic consequences of this pande...

GEOPOLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF BASHAR AL-ASSAD’S FALL IN SYRIA

Adhering to the theoretical framework of classical geopolitcal analysis, the paper provides a geopolitical overview of the change of government in Syria at the end of the prolonged civil war, as well as the course of military operations and a description of the immediately established new situation on the ground. The introductory part of the paper ...

ACTIVITIES OF PARASECURITY STRUCTURES AND FOREIGN FACTORS IN KOSOVO AND METOHIJA WITHIN THE HYBRID WAR AGAINST THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

This paper examines a broader context of the expressed interests of certain foreign factors in contemporary security circumstances, characterised by the presence of hybrid threats, aiming to observe the position and relevance of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (AP of Kosovo and Metohija) within the security agenda of these forces. Th...

ISRAEL-IRAN CYBER WARFARE: THE DIGITAL DIMENSION OF MIDDLE EASTERN CONFLICTS IN A POST-UNIPOLAR WORLD

The conflict between Israel and Iran represents one of the most enduring confrontations in the Middle East. Over the past decade, its dynamics have increasingly been characterised by multidimensionality, reflected in the spillover of the conflict beyond traditional military-political frameworks into other domains, including the digital sphere. Foll...

INDIRECT IMPLICATIONS OF SHARENTING ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

The global phenomenon of “sharenting”, defined as the extensive online sharing of minors’ personal data by parents, represents a complex and indirect threat to national security. Although the motives behind this practice are predominantly uncritical, it results in the construction of permanent digital identities for future generations without their...