SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Summary/Abstract: The authors of this article, in addition to reviewing the existing intelligence and security structure of the intelligence community of the Republic of Croatia, critically analyze its development, organization, strategic directions and structure of work. They highlight the complex political context in which Croatian intelligence and security services have emerged. They also highlight the fact that certain elements of the Croatian security and intelligence system were founded before the separation of Croatia from the SFRJ, as well as that its entire defense and security system was being created in a non-systemic and, in particular, non-institutional way. The authors also note that serious reforms of the security sector, including secret services, were undertaken after the death of Franjo Tudjman and the victory of the opposition coalition in the 2000 parliamentary elections, when the initial and necessary prerequisites for the beginning of democratic consolidation were created. It is concluded that the last significant changes in the organization of the security and intelligence system of the Republic of Croatia were made in 2006, when, in accordance with Croatia's strategic commitment to rapprochement and accession to the EU and NATO, the aforementioned legal decisions were consistent with EU and NATO standards.

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