The Balkan and Global Security: What do we have in common, what sets us apart?

Conference venue: Belgrade (Serbia)
Period: Sep. 14 - 16, 2011
Deadline for submitting abstracts: Jul. 20, 2011

The organizers will cover travel and accommodation expenses for all the participants who are expected to present their papers in oral and written form during the academic sessions and take part in the rest of the Belgrade Security Forum according to their interest.

Young scholars (PhD students and recent PhDs) are invited to submit proposal papers to be delivered at the Belgrade Security Forum (BSF), regional security conference which will gather several hundred top level policy and decision makers, NGO leaders, experts, academics and journalists to be held on September 13-16 2011 in Belgrade. Accepted papers will be presented during the academic sessions (September 13-14) of the Belgrade Security Forum. The aim of the academic sessions is to foster academic discussion about security in South East Europe, connect young scholars interested in the subject and feed scholarly insights into the policy sessions of the Belgrade Security Forum (September 14-16).
 
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The organizers will welcome papers which are offering challenging, innovative and policy oriented ideas on how to better understand and improve Balkan and European security. We are particularly looking for papers dealing with lessons learned in security community building and security sector reform in the Western Balkans and their relevance for other regions on the road to democracy such as the Middle East and the Caucasus.
 
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All submissions are required to contain the applicant's CV attached to his/her paper proposal which should not exceed 500 words. Submissions should be made electronically to Filip Ejdus at filip.ejdus@fpn.bg.ac.rs. The deadline for submissions is 20 July 2011. All successful candidates will be contacted by 1 August at the latest.

Filip Ejdus
Belgrade Security Forum
e-mail: filip.ejdus@fpn.bg.ac.rs
website: http://www.belgradeforum.org/