MEASURING THE EXTENT OF SECURITY SECTOR REFORM IN SERBIA - FRAMING THE PROBLEM
MEASURING THE EXTENT OF SECURITY SECTOR REFORM IN SERBIA - FRAMING THE PROBLEM

Summary/Abstract: Assessment of the security sector reform in Serbia will become possible only after the resolution of a number of theoretical and methodological problems. In terms of methodology, the first problem is constituted in the lack of conducts and instruments for a reliable measuring of the accomplishment of the security sector reform. Also problematic is to detect the exact moment in time from which our measuring should begin. Finally, there is the need to choose a point of reference. In terms of theory, the questions that need to be answered are: has the accomplishment of security sector reform in countries observed below been pre-determined by the effects of wars in former Yugoslavia? If the answer is “yes”, in what manner and to what extent is this pre-determination present? In addition to this, we have to initiate a revision of the set of reasons (excuses) being used for explanation and/or justification of the weak results of SSR in Serbia. Finally, before we start the process of measuring, one difficult task remains. We have to determine the meanings and contents of the qualification “lack of political will”, as it has been used as a common excuse for the slow pace of SSR in Serbia.

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