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Marko Kovačević

@markodkovacevic.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Science. IR theory and critical security studies. Research on small states and the UN, post-YU/SEE/CEE, comparative regionalism. Co-Editor of Journal of Regional Security

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The aesthetics and poetics of protest and tango: a very special street milonga in Belgrade this Monday.

18.06.2025 12:17 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We are at the Europe House🇷🇸for our joint conference w/ @reunir.bsky.social!
@filipejdus.bsky.social opened the event by noting 🇷🇸 is at a crossroads after 6+ months of political crisis, emphasizing that if #EU🇪🇺 enlargement struggles in the Union's immediate neighborhood, it may struggle elsewhere too

27.05.2025 06:06 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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📢Don't miss this 🆕 book chapter by Dr Marko Kovačević (University of Belgrade & GEO-POWER-EU) & Dr Ana B. Fenko where they explore why security regionalization in the Western Balkans remains stalled.
Find more ℹ️ here: shorturl.at/weSES
#EU #WesternBalkans #enlargement

22.05.2025 13:41 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations dr Tijana Rečević Krstić!

21.05.2025 21:06 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations to my dear colleagues dr Tijana Rečević Krstić and professor Filip Ejdus!

21.05.2025 21:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stagnation in Western Balkans’ Security Regionalization: The Problem of Competing Regional Cultures of Anarchy The problem in Western Balkans’ unstable and growingly challenged security provision is identified by scholars and practitioners in too many actors with diverse (regional) interests and lack of ...

New publication: I am happy to see Ana Bojinović Fenko's and my chapter on security regionalization and competing regional cultures of anarchy published in the edited volume Western Balkans and the Future of Europe: Between an Enlargement and a Commitment Fatigue: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

17.05.2025 16:13 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Glad to be in Ljubljana this week for the Fifth Student Conference on International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Looking forward to interesting IR research presentations and discussions with friends and colleagues.

08.05.2025 09:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
About / Editorial Board | Journal of International Relations and Development | palgrave

I am honored and proud to have been invited to join the International Advisory Board of the Journal of International Relations and Development (@jird-jour.bsky.social), and to be among a distinguished group of IR scholars: www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/4...

30.04.2025 18:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Police say there are 107K people at the protest in Belgrade but the number is certainly much higher than that.

15.03.2025 17:52 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Serbie : plus de cent mille personnes défilent à Belgrade contre la corruption La manifestation prévue samedi dans la capitale serbe – où des dizaines de milliers de personnes venues de tout le pays sont attendues – marque une nouvelle étape dans la mobilisation contre la corruption, plus de quatre mois après l’effondrement meurtrier de l’auvent de la gare de Novi Sad.

Serbie : plus de cent mille personnes défilent à Belgrade contre la corruption

15.03.2025 17:55 — 👍 155    🔁 40    💬 2    📌 4
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Amazing, historical scenes on the streets of Belgrade today, as thousands of people from various directions walk to the city center with and in support of students and their demands.

15.03.2025 17:17 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Any IR colleagues studying realism and know the historical context of Spanish-Portuguese relations?

06.03.2025 03:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Journal of Regional Security editors Filip Ejdus, Nemanja Džuverović and Marko Kovačević are attending #ISA2025 this week. Do let us know if you have a conference paper that covers regional security and are interested in potentially submitting a manuscript: scindeks.ceon.rs/journalDetai...

04.03.2025 20:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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"What's wrong with global governance? Opening new directions" panel at #ISA2025.

04.03.2025 20:06 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The return of geopolitics? Foreign powers and the post-Yugoslav states panel at #ISA2025.

04.03.2025 17:46 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Day 2 at #ISA2025: interesting panels and engaging discussion on the politics of UN Security Council and role change in foreign policy.

03.03.2025 17:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#ISA2025, atmosphere after the second panel of day 1.

02.03.2025 18:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Looking forward to attending #ISA2025 in Chicago, (re)connecting with IR colleagues and presenting my research paper on small state strategies and UN candidacies within the panel Smart foreign policy strategies of small states (2 March from 1,45 pm to 3,30 pm).

27.02.2025 18:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

UNGA in the focus these days.

24.02.2025 14:42 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Do you have a state of the art paper on the key theories, concepts and debates in regional security? We are particularly welcoming the papers engaging with contemporary debates and historical development of regional security. Send us your queries/abstracts at jrs@fpn.bg.ac.rs #Int-rel #IR #IRTheory

09.02.2025 13:44 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Serbia’s students are showing the world how to restore democratic hope | Adriana Zaharijević An authoritarian regime has been rocked by an anti-corruption movement generating society-wide anger and indignation, says philosopher Adriana Zaharijević

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

07.02.2025 18:04 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Team - Centre for International Security Team - Journal of Regional Security - Co-Editors-in-Chief - Filip Ejdus - Nemanja Džuverović - Managing Editors - Book Review Editor

Meet the editorial team of the Journal of Regional Security: cis-fpn.rs/team/

06.02.2025 23:17 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Hello International Relations/Politics/Security people.

This is your periodic reminder that there’s an IR feed here and these are the hashtags it picks up:

#Int-rel, #IR, #IRTheory,
#internationalrelations, #IPE, #worldpolitics, #intaffairs,

02.02.2025 09:54 — 👍 53    🔁 17    💬 3    📌 0
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Tens Of Thousands Of Serbian Student Protesters Block 3 Bridges In Novi Sad Tens of thousands of student protesters blocked three bridges in the Serbian city of Novi Sad on February 1. The students are demanding that the authorities take criminal and political responsibility ...

www.rferl.org/a/serbian-st...

02.02.2025 13:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mass Protest Grips Serbia’s Second City, Danube Bridges Blockaded Tens of thousands joined student-led protesters to block three bridges over the River Danube in the Serbian city of Novi Sad on Saturday, as demonstrations sparked by November’s deadly railway station...

balkaninsight.com/2025/02/01/m...

02.02.2025 13:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Circle U. stands with the students and academic community of the University of Belgrade. We strongly support their engagement and the protection of academic freedom and institutional autonomy. Any attempt to undermine these principles is unacceptable.

Read our statement here 👉 tinyurl.com/27ds26br

29.01.2025 14:32 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 2
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Circle U. stands with the students and academic community of the University of Belgrade - Circle U. The Rectors and Presidents of Circle U. and the Circle U. Student Union have been following with great attention the developments at the University of Belgrade and in other universities and faculties ...

www.circle-u.eu/news/2025/ci...

29.01.2025 15:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Autokomanda 24h blockade

Autokomanda 24h blockade

Another massive 24h-long student gathering is under way in Autokomanda junction in Belgrade. More about the student protests in Serbia and how to help: podrzistudente.org?lang=en

28.01.2025 05:12 — 👍 19    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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We are happy to share with you the latest Journal of Regional Security Vol. 19, No. 2 (2024): scindeks.ceon.rs/issue.aspx?i.... All articles are available in #openaccess.

07.01.2025 11:51 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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I wrote a small piece for University Times, giving an overview of #protests and #blockades in #Serbia

Two months since the railway station collapse in Novi Sad and more than a month of #students giving #hope for accountability and democracy in #Serbia

universitytimes.ie/2024/12/stud...

31.12.2024 11:39 — 👍 17    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

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