Potreba postojanja nove generacije specijalista za bezbednost Beogradska škola za studije bezbednosti
In the Need for New Generation of Security Specialists: Belgrade School of Security Studies

Summary/Abstract: The civilians’ right to control the armed forces in a democratic society is widely discussed in the literature on democratic governance of security sector. The civilians’ lack of expertise, understanding and interest in security matters is sometimes recognized as an obstacle but the scope of the knowledge needed and the responsibility for providing the appropriate education have been neglected research issues. This paper argues that the level of the knowledge needed depends on the role a civilian might have – as a professional, a member of legislature or “an ordinary citizen”, i.e. a member of civil society. The need for a new generation of security specialists in the postcommunist countries is discussed in the first part of the paper. The second part describes the way in which a Serbian civil society organisation addressed this need. The research management in the initial phase of Belgrade School of Security Studies is presented.

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