AnSeS

CONTENTS:

Organisation of the Summer School, resource persons and lectures
Appendixes
Evaluation
List of participants

Organisation of the Summer School, Resource Persons and Lectures

The Twelfth South-East European Summer School for Democracy, entitled Impact of Global Crisis on Stability and Security in the Balkans was held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 13th September till 18th September 2009

Sponsors:

The Anglo-Serbian Society would like to thank the following sponsors of the South-East European Summer School for Democracy 2009:
1.The British Embassy, Belgrade
2. The Hellenic Observatory/LSEE of the London School of Economics
3. The European Fund for the Balkans. A joint initiative of the Robert Bosch Foundation, the Compagnia di San Paolo, the ERSTE Foundation and the King Baudouin Foundation. Hosted by NEF.
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Lecturers and participants:

The School gathered prominent political scientists from Britain, Hungary, and Serbia. Four lecturers came from Britain: Prof. Christopher Coker of the London School of Economics, Prof. Margaret Blunden, professor emeritus at the University of Westminster, Dr. Spyros Economides from the London School of Economics, and Dr. James Ker-Lindsay from the Hellenic Observatory at LSE.

The School had special session on Wednesday, September 16, 2010 on EU prospects of Serbia and the Western Balkans that was opened by the addresses of HE Stephen Wordsworth, Ambassador of the UK to Serbia, Dr. Spyros Economides, Deputy Director of the Hellenic Observatory and Mr. Ivan Vejvoda, Executive Director of the Balkan Trust for Democracy. The special session was covered by all major digital and print media in Serbia and was widely covered in leading quality dailies.

Among twenty-six participants 13 were from Serbia and 9 from the region of SEE (two from Albania, /FYR/ Macedonia, and Romania, one from Moldova, Bulgaria and Bosnia and Herzegovina), and 4 from Western European countries (Germany, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom).

Selection of participants

As a result of the advertising the Anglo-Serbian Society received around 60 applications from South-East Europe and Serbia. Epecially numerous were applications from SEE particularly from Romania and Albania.

The Selection Committee consisting of Prof. Vojislav Stanovcic, Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic and Dr. Slobodan Markovich, reviewed all applications. All the applicants were requested to submit further documents: 1. application/registration form available at web-site of AnSeS (www.anses.rs), 2. letter of motivation, 3. applicant’s CV, and 4. letter of recommendation written by a senior scholar

Selected participants included 4 persons with PhD degrees, 10 had MA degrees, 5 were MA students, and 7 had a BA degree. Eight of them had teaching or research positions and others had background in civil society, media and governmental sector.

The list of lecturers and participants of the School is available in the brochure that has been published by the School and at the web-site of the Anglo-Serbian Society: www.ays.org.yu. It is also enclosed in this report.

School Organisers and Staff

The School was organised by the Anglo-Serbian Society, Belgrade, and the Hellenic Observatory and LSEE of the London School of Economics and Political Science.

In academic terms the School was managed by its Co-Directors, Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade and Dr. Spyros Econmides of the Hellenic Observatory/LSE. In organisational terms the School was managed by Dr. Slobodan Markovich, Executive Director of the School. The Secretary of the School was Ms. Milica Bogdanovic, Programme Co-ordinator at the Anglo-Serbian Society, and Programme Assistant was Ms. Sladjana Gligoric.

The School as a Regional (South-East European) Project

Since its foundation in 1998 the School has persistently endeavoured to gather prominent young specialists from the fields of Political Science, European Integration, Law and Humanities as well as activists in the field of civil society from the region of South-East Europe. Additionally several summer schools were attended by persons from governmental sector such as persons from MoD and MFA. Even under very difficult political circumstances prior to the downfall of the regime of Slobodan Milosevic (in 1998, 1999 and 2000), the School was able to gather young specialists from the region.

Each summer school for democracy gathered between 25 and 30 participants (up to 15 from Serbia and Montenegro, and the equal number from the region of South-East Europe). This means that during the previous eleven years approx. 160 young scholars and activists from the region and the equal number from Serbia and Montenegro participated in the project (altogether a. 320 alumni).

In this way the School has been able to create a network of young specialists dealing with the problems of democratisation of the region and to establish mutual links between them. A practical result of the School is that there are many web-groups created by School’s alumni enabling constant contact between scholars from the region. Alumni stay in touch and continue to co-operate and invite other alumni to the conferences that they organise.

An important aspect of the School is that it serves as a forum where young scholars from the region are able to exchange their views and learn to view social problems through regional perspectives. In this way the School offers its contribution to the democratisation of the region and to overcoming national preconceptions and stereotypes. For this sole purpose afternoon workshops were introduced in 2003. and special sessions aimed at overcoming national stereotypes were added in 2007.

Publication of the Proceedings of Summer School for Democracy and the South Slav Journal

The Anglo-Serbian Society published two Proceedings of the Summer School in the previous years: Challenges to New Democracies in the Balkans in 2004, and Problems of Identities in the Balkans in 2006. Since 2009, AnSeS co-edits a well knwon London based journal the South Slav Journal that has been published in London since 1978. This Journal will since its vol. 29 be also open for papers of School’s alumni. Editor of the South-Slav Journal is School’s alumnus and an honorary member of AnSeS Mr. Eric Becket Weaver, DPhil (Oxon), and Journal’s deputy editor is Dr. Slobodan G. Markovich, Secretary-General of AnSeS.

School's Programme

The School lasted five days Each of the five working days had two morning lectures, one afternoon lecture, and an additional session dedicated to Afternoon Discussions. Detailed review of the School has been provided by one of the participants of this year’s summer school Mr. Zeljko Mirkov. It has been published in the leading Serbian journal for international affairs Medjunarodna politika and it is enclosed in this report. At sessions of afternoon discussions country reports were presented on the impact of global crisis on economy and polity of these countries.

Resource Persons

Prof. Margaret Blunden, Formerly Provost at the University of Westminster
Prof. Christopher Coker, London School of Economics and Political Science
Dr. Spyros Economides, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Dr. James Ker-Lindsay, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Dr. Slobodan G. Markovich, Institute for European Studies and the University of Belgrade
Mr. Vladimir Medjak, Serbian European Integration Office
Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic, Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade
Ivan Vejvoda, Balkan Trust for Democracy
Dr. Eric Beckett Weaver, editor of the South Slav Journal

Co-ordinator of afternoon workshops was Dr. Eric Beckett Weaver, editor of the South Slav Journal, and his assistant was Ms. Milica Bogdanovic.

Special Evening of Documentaries on Extreme Right in Serbia and Hungary

Additionally a special session of documentaries “Extreme Right in Your Yard” was organised in co-operation with the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence. Two documentaries were screened on September 14: “Hot Blood”, a documentary on extreme right groups in Serbia and “Rocking the Nation”, a Hungarian documentary on the culture of a very popular extreme right pop group in Hungary. Invitations for this event were sent to the alumni of the Summer School for Democracy who live in Serbia and also to alumni of the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence. The session began by address of Ms. Sonja Licht, president of BFPE.

Special guests at this session were Ms. Bori Kriza director of the Hungarian documentary, and alumna of the School (she also directed an excellent documentary on the memories of the Holocaust in Western Hungarian town of Koszeg) and Mr. Lazar Lalic, director of Hot Blood. Lively discussion and Q&A session followed and was chaired by Dr. Slobodan G. Markovich with the participation of Ms. Bori Kriza, Mr. Lazar Lalic and Prof. Vladimir Vuletic, Belgrade sociologist from the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade. This evening demonstrated striking similarity of extreme right groups in Serbia and Hungary in terms of their methods, ideas and aspirations, the only obvious difference is in who are “others” and who are those to be blamed for own “national disasters”.

This session was recorded by Ms. Snezana Bicanin, editor of a very respected radio show Agora (Radio Belgrade 2) and this radio show was dedicated to the topic of extreme right in Serbia and Hungary on September 26. During the radio show excerpts from the session were aired.
Photo 1: L. Lalic, V. Vuletic, S. Markovich and B. Kriza

Special Session on EU prospects of Serbia and the Western Balkans and Media Coverage

The special session of EU prospects of Serbia and the Western Balkans with participation of the UK Ambassador Mr. Wordsworth, Mr. Vejvoda and Dr. Economides had an excellent media coverage. On the same day it was covered by Channel 1 of the Radio Television of Serbia, the leading broadcaster in Serbia, by Radio Free Europe in Serbian, by E-novine and was transmitted by leading news agency TANJUG and Beta. Participant of the School Dr. Zorica Karanovic, journalist of the leading Serbian quality daily Politika, published a detailed account in Politika and the copy of it is enclosed in English translation. Discussions from this sessions were echoed in a prominent Belgrade weekly Standard. Finally it was enclosed in the review of the School published in Medjunarodna Politika.

Photo 2: S. Markovich, S. Wordsworth and S. Economides

APPENDIXES:

Review of the Programme of the Twelfth South-East European Summer School for Democracy (SEESSD)

The Anglo-Serbian Society (AnSeS) and the Hellenic Observatory of the London School of Economics and Political Science organised in Belgrade from 14th till 18th September 2009 the Summer School for Democracy. This was the twelfth consecutive annual Summer School for Democracy. This year the topic was “Impact of Global Crisis on Stability and Security in the Balkans.” Eminent experts from the Republic of Serbia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland delivered lectures at the School. Participants had opportunity to attend their lectures but also to prepare and present an essay (a case study) on their own country in the context of current economic crisis. Participants were from Serbia, from the region and from other countries of Europe.

Introductory session was held by Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic, President of the Anglo-Serbian Society and Dr. Slobodan Markovich, Secretary-General of AnSeS. They spoke on previous activities of AnSeS and SEESSD. The first lecture was held by Mr. Vladimir Medjak, advisor at Serbian European Integration Office. He discussed influence of global crisis on EU prospects of the countries of the Western Balkans. The crisis has alleviated already existing obstacles and this fact will prolong process of accommodation of the Western Balkans to the system of the EU. The closest country to meet EU conditions is Croatia followed by (FYR) Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. Kosovo may not obtain a feasibility study since five EU countries have not recognised its independence.

The same afternoon, in collaboration with the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, two documentaries were screened: one on the extreme right in Serbia (Hot Blood) and the other on the extreme right culture in Hungary (Rocking the Nation).

On the second day of the School, Dr. Slobodan G. Markovich from the Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade spoke on EU involvement in the Western Balkans in the context of the global crisis. Dr. Markovich spoke on the Wars for Yugoslav Succession in 1990s during which around 135.000 people lost their lives. This lecture has offered important analytical insights into contemporary relations in the Balkans, and relation of the EU towards this part of Europe. Political involvement of the EU and the United States in the region is strong and is most clearly expressed through protectorates in Kosovo and Bosnia. Parallel societies co-exist in the region and the conclusion was that it was much easier to impose a peace than to build states.

On the same day (September 15) Dr. Spyros Economides, lecturer at the Hellenic Observatory delivered two lectures. The first dealt with the EU assistance in state-building in the Western Balkans and EU prospect during the crisis. EU power to build states in the WB leads to its transformative capacities, but the key question is how far can this power go? Isolation of former Yugoslavia was a key EU response to its dissolution. It was during the isolation that the EU was formed and that it adopted common foreign and security policy exactly it order to address such crises. Current financial crisis that emerged in the developed part of the world spilled over to other countries strengthening the gap between developed and under-developed countries. This has been used by both extreme right wing and extreme left wing parties. Backstage offered by the financial crisis has been welcomed by those who were not sincere in giving promises. EU enlargement is to be postponed due to the fact that inter-country relations within the EU are now more important.

At a special session on the third day of the School guests of honour were UK ambassador to Serbia H.E. Stephen Wordsworth, Executive Director of the Balkan Trust for Democracy, Ivan Vejvoda, and Dr. Spyros Economides, Deputy Director of the Hellenic Observatory. They all spoke about EU prospects of the countries of the Western Balkans. British Ambassador stressed that submission of the Serbian application for candidate status would not be successful unless the implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement had previously begun. Process of association with the EU has its stages and it is advisable for Serbia to go step by step. On the other hand Mr. Vejvoda was an optimist believing that Serbia should submit its application by the end of the year. Finally Dr. Economides concluded that the EU had made it clear that the Western Balkans had EU perspectives, however even if all the stages have been achieved there would be no guarantee that the countries of this region would be accepted to the EU.

Dr. James Kerr-Lindsay of the Hellenic Observatory delivered a lecture that dealt with the debate of the management of international conflicts. Unipolar world became liberal and interventionist. There was no hesitation regarding Kosovo and therefore there is a justifiable concern that Realpolitik of the 19th century might re-emerge in spite of the claim that it was a sui generis case. There is no implementing body of the international public law and therefore a kind of the return of sphere of influence could happen. The question arises as to how has Kosovo under UNMIK achieved de facto independence? Once an intervention has been made there is no possibility to return back to previous conditions or to withdraw. Humanitarian needs pose an ethical question, for example, should sovereignty be respected when a hurricane devastates a land and authorities do not permit access to others. Ker-Lindsay offered important insights into the development of events in Cyprus from 1960 till today. On the example of Cyprus the EU demonstrated its soft power based on attraction of EU membership and its ability of being a manager of international conflicts which was the topic of the second lecture of this expert for the Cypriot question.

On the fourth day of the School, Dr. Margaret Blunden, Prof. Emeritus of the University of Westminster spoke during her first lecture on the security of the West and on balance of power, with special reference to economy and to financial crisis. She analysed changing trends of personal savings and protections of wealth from the WW2 onwards, and the shift from gold ingots to US dollars which experiences a crisis while there is no sufficiently strong competitive currency. At her second lecture Prof. Blunden emphasised both European integration and disintegration at the time of global crisis.

The same day in the afternoon, editor-in-chief of the South-Slav Journal, Dr. Eric Beckett Weaver spoke on extremism as a potential source of conflicts and international engagement in the region. Sources of extremism are based on human dissatisfaction. Dissatisfaction of ethnic groups, substantial percentage of whom live outside of their home countries, is evident in this region. In his other address Dr. Weaver presented publications of the Anglo-Serbian Society and he announced publication of new issues of The South-Slav Journal.

On the last day of the School Prof. Christopher Coker of the London School of Economics held a lecture entitled “Russia: a Partner or Adversary?” Russia was perceived as an enemy during the Cold War. The view of Russia was westernized during Clinton’s tenure as president of the USA, during Bush’s tenure she was ignored, and in Obama’s era she has a chance for partnership. No one likes to be ignored and events in Georgia were a good occasion for Moscow to say: “We have come back!” Russia is not lost for the West because it did not belong there. This transcontinental empire will not become a new global power, but is has Euro-Asian ambitions. Eltsin broke off with communism, Putin distinguished himself by his economic activity towards the West, and if Medvedev wishes to bring Russia among democracies he will have a substantial job to do.

“The Future of Democracy” was the topic of the second lecture by Prof. Coker. Democracy represents an agreement that we do not agree about certain issues. Similarly to truth, democracy is a questionable concept. It does not measure attitudes, but rather counts votes in elections. Still, freedom, justice and human rights must be the basis of any responsible government. Peace may be taken as an absolute value. Foreign policy should have as its guiding idea human dignity that may not be negotiable, but this concept is not convincing since there is such a small quantity of human dignity in the world. League of democracies that would not include Russia and China would be a sort of association with this aim. America is not only a country but also an idea of values and difference, and Barack Obama is now in a position to pass it globally.

The International Summer School offered insights on current concerns both in the region and globally. The future of democracy is important in this region that should not be forgotten due to financial crisis.

(written by Zeljko Mirkov)

Wordsworth: Step by Step to Europe
Politika, Thursday, September 17, 2009
We understand the aim of Serbia to join the European Union and we understand frustration caused by this ongoing process, but joining the EU should go step by step in order not to increase the risk of rejecting candidacy status – said Stephen Wordsworth, ambassador of the United Kingdom to Serbia at panel discussion organised at the Twelfth International Summer School for Democracy.
Although, according to all announcements from Brussels, since 2010 the citizens of Serbia will travel without visas to the EU, they will have to wait for similar liberalisation regarding Great Britain till 2011, since governmental agency assessing possibilities of particular countries for visa liberalisation reports every four years. Final decision on placing our country to this list may, however, be brought only after British elections that will be held in the following year.
Ivan Vejvoda, Executive Director of the Balkan Trust for Democracy said that dilemma on should Serbia submit its application for candidate status by the end of this year could be resolved this very day „if we are informed that Ratko Mladic had been arrested”.
– After it has signed Stabilisation and Association Agreement now 26 EU countries support Serbia’s further path towards European integration. There is a possibility that the Agreement is implemented and that application for candidacy is submitted by the end of the year which has recently been announced by Vuk Jeremic, Serbian Foreign Minister, Vejvoda said adding that it is very important that all steps should be undertaken in agreement with the EU.
Professor Spyros Economidcs, Deputy Director of the Hellenic Centre, thinks that a process of slowing down of further EU enlargement has become obvious and that European perspective of certain countries does not necessarily mean that each of them will become an EU member. In his opinion it is important that the countries of the Western Balkans should be aware that they are in the same region and that they should not make problems to one another but should mutually co-operate.
Z.Karanović
School of Democracy [framed text]
The School of Democracy is a result of long-term co-operation between the Anglo-Serbian Society and British universities and we are particularly honoured that this year we have co-organised it with a centre that is a part of the famous London School of Economics and Political Science. Up to now more than 300 participants from 25 countries attended the School. Half of them came from Serbia - says Slobodan Markovich, Executive Director of the Summer School and Professor at the Faculty of Political Science in Belgrade.

Published on September 17, 2009

EVALUATION 2009

All 26 participants filled in questionnaires and evaluated all the lecturers and other elements on September 18, 2009. Lecturers were evaluated by using five criteria: 1. Preparedness, 2. Clarity, 3. Inter-Activity, 4. Interest, 5. General Impression. Marks were between 1 (the lowest mark), and 5 (the highest mark). Written evaluation was followed by a session of oral evaluation where each participant had an opportunity to assess the School.

Participants in 2009. have had rather solid educational backgrounds: four have been with PhD degrees, 10 with MA/MSc/LLM degrees, 5 have been MA candidates and 7 have been with BA degrees.

In terms of gender composition the Summer School had a balanced ratio: 11 participants were females (42.3%) and 15 were males (57.7%).

The results of evaluation by lecturers using five different criteria (general impression, preparedness, clarity, inter-activity and interest) are given below:

General Impression
Coker		4.82
Economides		4.68
Markovich		4.58
Medjak		4.5
Ker-Lindsay		4.5
Blunden		4.4
Weaver		4.2

Preparedness
Coker		4.82
Economides		4.69
Markovich		4.68
Ker-Lindsay		4.63
Blunden		4.6
Medjak		4.45
Weaver		3.9

Clarity
Coker		4.82
Markovich		4.56
Economides		4.5
Ker-Lindsay		4.38
Blunden		4.36
Medjak		4.23
Weaver		4.08

Interactivity
Coker		4.5
Weaver		4.43
Markovich		4.36
Ker-Lindsay		4.17
Economides		4.07
Blunden		4.04
Medjak		4

Interest
Coker		4.73
Markovich		4.48
Economides		4.42
Ker-Lindsay		4.38
Weaver		4.26
Blunden		4.25
Medjak		4.23

The participants also evaluated afternoon discussions where participants presented problems of global crisis in political and economic terms in their native countries. However, afternoon discussions proved to be the least successful part this year.

Afternoon discussions

Preparedness	3.96
Usefulness	3.57
General Impression	3.87

Comparison of the average marks for the last five summer schools demonstrates that the Summer School 2009 has maintained the high level that was achieved during the previous summer schools. Actually averages in 2009 in terms of general impression are the highest in School’s history which should be primarily attributed to excellent lecturers from the London School of Economics.

AVERAGE FOR ALL LECTURERS (including comparison with the previous four years)
	Belgrade 2009	Belgrade 2008	Belgrade 2007	Belgrade 2006	Budva 2005

Preparedness	4.54	4.54	4.51	4.41	4.53
Clarity	4.42	4.50	4.45	4.26	4.31
Interactive Approach	4.22	4.24	4.18	4.03	3.97
Interest	4.39	4.40	4.40	4.20	4.20
General Impression	4.53	4.44	4.34	4.20	4.25

Organisation of the School has traditionally been one of the best evaluated aspects of the School and this year has kept high average. One can say that in the last two years the organisation has maintained a very positive evaluation.

Food has been evaluated with better average then in the previous two years in terms of dinners (only for foreign participants who stayed at Hotel Majestic), and with excellent average of 4.71 for lunches that this year have been available to all participants. Accommodation at Hotel Majestic got quite favourable score (4.45). Finally facilities at Leonardo Centre also got favourable evaluation.

	Belgrade 2009	Belgrade 2008	Belgrade 2007	Belgrade 2006	Budva 2005

Organisation	4.6	4.69	4.34	4.52	4.76
Accommodation	4.45	4.2	4.80	4.44	2.67
Food	3.95 4.71	3.35	3.75	4.04	4.43
Facilities	4.69	4.56	4.58	4.35	n/a

Another question was asked on how much the School contributed to improving regional contacts. In this regard participants demonstrated quite high satisfaction by giving an average mark of 4,41 just slightly below 2008 average of 4,52.

All participants were asked on whether they would recommend the school to other potential participants. Five replies were offered:

Would highly recommend
Would recommend
I am not sure
Would not recommend
Would not recommend at all

Majority of participants 73% (compared to 57,1% in 2008) noted that they would highly recommend the School, while 27% said they would recommend the School. Not a single respondent replied they he/she was not sure or would not recommend the School. This is a very good result and the second best in School’s history.

	SEESSD 2009	SSESSD 2008	ISSD 2007	ISSD 2006	ISSD 2005	ISSD 2004

Would highly recommend	73%	69.6%	57,1%	70,00%	90.5%	50%
Would recommend	27%	30.4%	42,9%	30.00%	9.5%	45%
I am not sure	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%
Would not recommend	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Would not recommend at all	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

In order to improve advertisement of the School the participants were asked to respond on how they found out about the School.

Four answers were offered:

Through alumni of the School
Through one of the mailing lists
Through one of the organizers
Through web-site of the Anglo-Serbian Society

Almost one half of participants (44%) found out about the School from mailing lists in particular “Balkan Academic News”. One sixth (16%) found out about it from alumni. Organisers (AnSeS and CSD) and previous lecturers were the source for 28% of participants. The remaining 12% found out from e-mails of their friends or from specialised web-sites, in particular www.beostud.com

	SEESSD 2009	SEESSD 2008	ISSD 2007	ISSD 2006	ISSD 2005	ISSD 2004

Mailing lists	35%	16%	40%	42.9%	60.0%	50%
Alumni	31%	44%	6,7%	14.3%	20.0%	45%
Organisers	12%	28%	40%	32.1%	10,0%	5%
Lecturers	12%	0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
In other way	12%	12%	13,3%	10.7%	10,0%	0%

Conclusions of the Evaluation

Evaluation of the Twelfth South-East European Summer School for Democracy 2009 demonstrates that the participants were quite satisfied with the quality of the School and its lecturers. The organisation has also received very high average mark and the readiness to recommend the School is rather high. Accommodation was assessed with high marks while food got good marks.

Oral evaluation indicated that participants were very satisfied about the School and compared it very favourably with other similar experiences emphasising knowledge that have obtained. What was especially appreciated by participants was the quality of lectures. Oral evaluation demonstrated that participants evaluated very highly the possibility of having regional contacts. Some thought that the programme was very demanding and they felt a bit exhausted at the end. They also gave preference to lectures with practical examples and only several of them showed much appreciation for theoretical approaches. The lack of extracurricular activities due to time constraint was noticed by many participants with regret.

Participants from other countries than Serbia and outside of Belgrade liked the fact that the School was held in Belgrade while participants from Belgrade preferred some other location in Serbia.

Overall evaluation indicates that the International Summer School for Democracy 2009 has been successfully conducted and organised both in academic and logistical terms, and that is has provided very good regional contacts.

All participants were informed that impact analysis questionnaire would be sent to them in February and were kindly asked to fill them in.

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS:

Name and Surname	Educational background	Country e-mail	Organisation /Institution
Balint Balogh	MA in PP CEU (Budapest), MSc in PA, Twente U.	Romania lord_von_rotschild @yahoo.com
Bojana Bogojevic	LLB, BU	Serbia bogojevic_bg @yahoo.com	“Petar Petrovic Njegos” school , Belgrade
Filip Brkovic	MA in Pol. Anal., UB	Serbia filipbrkovic@yahoo.co.uk	Mphil c. in DS (Cantab)
Dr. Diana Cucos	PhD in ILaw, Moldova St.U.	Romania/Moldova dicucos@yahoo.com	Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of Moldova
Igor Dimitrovski	BA in Law, MA c. in PS (Skopje)	(FYR) Macedonia dimitrovskii2000 @yahoo.com	Eufor Althea, B&H
Emanuela Dimova	MA in ES, Bonn	(FYR) Macedonia emanuela@doctor.com
Stefano Giantin	E.MA in HRD (Venice) and MA in IHRP (Rome)	Italy stefano.giantin @saputnik.net	“Il Piccolo” newspaper
Jack Gordon Harris	BSc in P. and Soc. (U. of Bristlol)	United Kingdom jackgordonharris @hotmail.co.uk	MA c. in MIREES, U of Bologna
Dr. Zorica Karanovic	PhD Alfa U. (Belgrade)	Serbia zorica.karanovic @politika.rs	"Politika" newspaper
Genci Kojdheli	LLM in ILlHR (Utrecht)	Albania genci.kojhdeli@gmail.com	University Marin Barleti
Milan Kondic	BS in Int. Business (LA, USA)	Bosnia & Herzegovina milan_kondich @yahoo.com	Hansard Graduate Research Scholar at LSE
Viktor Kotsev	MA in PS, U. of Notre Dame	Bulgaria vkotsev@nd.edu
Florian Kuechler	MSc in IR	Germany mail@florian-kuechler.de	Faculty of PS, "Vest" University Timisoara
Jelena Loncar	MA c. in PS, BU	Serbia jelena.loncar @fpn.bg.ac.rs	Faculty of Political Sciences, BU
Boris Mandic	BA in PS, BU	Serbia borismndc@gmail.com	MA c. in PS, BU
Dr. Viorella Manolace	PhD in Hist. (Buch.)	Romania vio_s13@yahoo.com	Institute of Political Science and International Relations (Romanian Academy)
Milica Matijevic	E.MA in HRD (Venice, Copenhagen)	Serbia milicavmatijevic @yahoo.com	Institute for Comparative Law
Dragana Matovic	BA, Faculty of Security Studies, UB	Serbia matovic.dragana @gmail.com	MA c. in Security Studies, BU
Zeljko Mirkov	BA in IR, UB	Serbia posaovss@yahoo.com	MS c. in National and Global Security, UB
Dr. Goran Nikolic	PhD in Econ.	Serbia goranvnikolic@gmail.com	Researcher, Institute for European Studies
Miguel Nunes Silva	BA in IR (Lisboa)	Portugal mignunsil@gmail.com	Institute of National Defense
Ana Pantelic	MA in IR (Boston U, USA)	Serbia anapantelic@gmail.com
Tatjana Popovic	BA in Eng, U. of Pristina	Serbia tatjanapop@yahoo.com	Nansen Dialogue Centre
Sava Sajko	BA in Art History, BU	Serbia sava.sajko@gmail.com	TV FOX, Belgrade
Vanja Savic	MA in Cont. Eur. St. (Bath, Berlin)	Serbia vanja.savic.17 @gmail.com
Ornela Uzuni	BA in PS (U. of Tirana)	Albania oriuzuni@yahoo.com	MoD of the Republic of Albania

Abbreviations: s – student, c – candidate, U – University, UB – University of Belgrade,
PS – political science, ES – european studies, IR – international relations.

Belgrade,
January 10, 2010
Dr. Slobodan G. Markovich,
Secretary-General of the Anglo-Serbian Society

Published in: Medjunarodna Politika (Intenational Politics), No. 1136 (October-December 2009), pp. 166-168.