finally we get to something more my style, we met with people from the Belgrade Center for Security Policy (http://www.ccmr-bg.org/cms/view.php?id=2). the organization was created in 1997 focusing on raising the issue of why democratic control of armed forces is necessary, and the role of the Yugoslav forces in the conflicts of the 90s. around the turn of the century (again love that i can say that) the organization shifted its focus, and became more heavily involved in the military, helping to organize events with local and NATO forces for training and dialogue purposes.
the organization has seen that as the state structures develop so have military and security matter.
the primary goal of the center is to observe and rate the progress on reforms of the military apparatus, and has partner/sister organizations in all of the ex-Yugoslav states so that they can produce comparable data.
much like the US (though in different capacities)Serbia is having issues with private security forces, because there are no laws or regulations governing that sector.
the organization puts alot of thought into EU accession, worrying that if Serbia is not brought in soon, it will be left "outside" and reforms, will slow down heavily because there seems to be a lack of responsible political elite interested in pushing through the reforms.
sorry i missed out on the blogging for a few days, we got kinda caught up in fun-having and sleep-catching-up, been watching plenty Batman in my free time, and reading and generally wandering around the city, i also noticed, that a very large number of the chairs in this country, are of the exact same design, i took a pic of the one in my room, and ill see if i can get more pictures of that time of chair...leftovers from a command economy?
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