The aesthetics and poetics of protest and tango: a very special street milonga in Belgrade this Monday.

We are at the Europe House🇷🇸for our joint conference w/ @reunir.bsky.social! @filipejdus.bsky.social opened the event by noting 🇷🇸 is at a crossroads after 6+ months of political crisis, emphasizing that if #EU🇪🇺 enlargement struggles in the Union's immediate neighborhood, it may struggle elsewhere too

📢Don't miss this 🆕 book chapter by Dr Marko Kovačević (University of Belgrade & GEO-POWER-EU) & Dr Ana B. Fenko where they explore why security regionalization in the Western Balkans remains stalled. Find more ℹ️ here: shorturl.at/weSES #EU #WesternBalkans #enlargement

Congratulations dr Tijana Rečević Krstić!

Filip Ejdus@filipejdus.bsky.social · last yr.

From yesterday’s viva of Tijana Rečević, who successfully defended her PhD thesis on public opinion and common sense in foreign and security policy. Many thanks to the committee members, Professors Kovačević, Đukanović, and Mitzen, for their insightful contributions. Proud to be her supervisor!

New publication: I am happy to see Ana Bojinović Fenko's and my chapter on security regionalization and competing regional cultures of anarchy published in the edited volume Western Balkans and the Future of Europe: Between an Enlargement and a Commitment Fatigue: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Stagnation in Western Balkans’ Security Regionalization: The Problem of Competing Regional Cultures of Anarchy

The problem in Western Balkans’ unstable and growingly challenged security provision is identified by scholars and practitioners in too many actors with diverse (regional) interests and lack of ...

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Glad to be in Ljubljana this week for the Fifth Student Conference on International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Looking forward to interesting IR research presentations and discussions with friends and colleagues.

I am honored and proud to have been invited to join the International Advisory Board of the Journal of International Relations and Development (@jird-jour.bsky.social), and to be among a distinguished group of IR scholars: www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/4...

Police say there are 107K people at the protest in Belgrade but the number is certainly much higher than that.

Serbie : plus de cent mille personnes défilent à Belgrade contre la corruption

Serbie : plus de cent mille personnes défilent à Belgrade contre la corruption

La manifestation prévue samedi dans la capitale serbe – où des dizaines de milliers de personnes venues de tout le pays sont attendues – marque une nouvelle étape dans la mobilisation contre la corruption, plus de quatre mois après l’effondrement meurtrier de l’auvent de la gare de Novi Sad.

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Amazing, historical scenes on the streets of Belgrade today, as thousands of people from various directions walk to the city center with and in support of students and their demands.

Any IR colleagues studying realism and know the historical context of Spanish-Portuguese relations?

Journal of Regional Security editors Filip Ejdus, Nemanja Džuverović and Marko Kovačević are attending #ISA2025 this week. Do let us know if you have a conference paper that covers regional security and are interested in potentially submitting a manuscript: scindeks.ceon.rs/journalDetai...

"What's wrong with global governance? Opening new directions" panel at #ISA2025.

The return of geopolitics? Foreign powers and the post-Yugoslav states panel at #ISA2025.

Day 2 at #ISA2025: interesting panels and engaging discussion on the politics of UN Security Council and role change in foreign policy.

#ISA2025, atmosphere after the second panel of day 1.

Looking forward to attending #ISA2025 in Chicago, (re)connecting with IR colleagues and presenting my research paper on small state strategies and UN candidacies within the panel Smart foreign policy strategies of small states (2 March from 1,45 pm to 3,30 pm).

UNGA in the focus these days.

Richard Gowan@richardgowan1.bsky.social · 2y ago

I talk to @news.rte.ie about the U.S. and EU battling over Ukraine at the UN. www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

Do you have a state of the art paper on the key theories, concepts and debates in regional security? We are particularly welcoming the papers engaging with contemporary debates and historical development of regional security. Send us your queries/abstracts at jrs@fpn.bg.ac.rs #Int-rel #IR #IRTheory

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Serbia’s students are showing the world how to restore democratic hope | Adriana Zaharijević

An authoritarian regime has been rocked by an anti-corruption movement generating society-wide anger and indignation, says philosopher Adriana Zaharijević

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Meet the editorial team of the Journal of Regional Security: cis-fpn.rs/team/

Team - Centre for International Security

Team - Journal of Regional Security - Co-Editors-in-Chief - Filip Ejdus - Nemanja Džuverović - Managing Editors - Book Review Editor

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Hello International Relations/Politics/Security people. This is your periodic reminder that there’s an IR feed here and these are the hashtags it picks up: #Int-rel, #IR, #IRTheory, #internationalrelations, #IPE, #worldpolitics, #intaffairs,

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Tens Of Thousands Of Serbian Student Protesters Block 3 Bridges In Novi Sad

Tens of thousands of student protesters blocked three bridges in the Serbian city of Novi Sad on February 1. The students are demanding that the authorities take criminal and political responsibility ...

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Mass Protest Grips Serbia’s Second City, Danube Bridges Blockaded

Tens of thousands joined student-led protesters to block three bridges over the River Danube in the Serbian city of Novi Sad on Saturday, as demonstrations sparked by November’s deadly railway station...

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Circle U. stands with the students and academic community of the University of Belgrade. We strongly support their engagement and the protection of academic freedom and institutional autonomy. Any attempt to undermine these principles is unacceptable. Read our statement here 👉 tinyurl.com/27ds26br

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Circle U. stands with the students and academic community of the University of Belgrade - Circle U.

The Rectors and Presidents of Circle U. and the Circle U. Student Union have been following with great attention the developments at the University of Belgrade and in other universities and faculties ...

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Another massive 24h-long student gathering is under way in Autokomanda junction in Belgrade. More about the student protests in Serbia and how to help: podrzistudente.org?lang=en

We are happy to share with you the latest Journal of Regional Security Vol. 19, No. 2 (2024): scindeks.ceon.rs/issue.aspx?i.... All articles are available in #openaccess.

I wrote a small piece for University Times, giving an overview of #protests and #blockades in #Serbia Two months since the railway station collapse in Novi Sad and more than a month of #students giving #hope for accountability and democracy in #Serbia universitytimes.ie/2024/12/stud...

With 100,000 protesters, the student-led demonstration against corruption held on Sunday in downtown Belgrade was one the largest rallies in Serbian history. The future’s in the air!