Чланак WHAT PROSPECTS FOR EUROPE AND THE SERBIAN WORLD IN THE NEW GEOPOLITICAL CONFIGURATION TRIGGERED BY THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE? – Dr Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann се појављује прво на CENTRE FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL RESEARCH OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA.

As reported by the German magazine Kontraste, in 2005, German Minister of Defense Peter Struck (SPD [Translator’s note: Social Democratic Party of Germany]) banned one aviation unit from bearing Mölders’ name following public criticism that had arisen earlier.

Two years later, Christian Schmidt launched an initiative to rehabilitate this pilot of the Luftwaffe (wartime air force of the Nazi Wehrmacht).

According to the German magazine Kontraste, Mölders was a well-known figure of the “Third Reich”, thanks in part to his close ties with Hermann Göring, the commander-in-chief of the Nazi air force and one of Hitler’s earliest associates.

According to Kontraste, Mölders fought on the side of the Nazis in World War II, as well as earlier in the Spanish Civil War as a volunteer. He was a member of the infamous Condor Legion, during whose bombings thousands of civilians were killed. Hitler himself awarded him the highest honors, and after his death, Mölders was declared a “hero of National Socialism”.

Photo 1: Hitler decorates Mölders

Despite all of this, Schmidt came to the defense of the Nazi hero Mölders, stating on television that the Nazi pilot “bore no brown stains on his jacket”. The German public reacted strongly at the time, reminding that the Condor Legion, which Mölders had been a member of, was also involved in crimes.

By advocating for the Nazi hero Mölders, Schmidt, as reported by Kontraste magazine, violated a resolution passed by the Bundestag, which stated that members of the Condor Legion should not be awarded honors.

Among others, historian Detlef Bald also reacted, pointing out that Mölders had built his career as a trusted link in the National Socialist chain and had participated as a pilot in Nazi bombings of London and Dunkirk.

Schmidt claimed that the Nazi hero Mölders had no connection to Nazi ideology, a claim refuted by historian Bald, who stated that Schmidt’s assertions were false and highly dangerous. According to Bald, Mölders was an active proponent of National Socialism and never distanced himself from the project of Jewish extermination.

The magazine Kontraste then reminded of Mölders’ excitement upon seeing the town of Dunkirk burning, as well as his views that it was a “wonderful feeling for Germans to fight in [this] war”.

This German media outlet at the time considered it highly dangerous that Schmidt, on behalf of the Ministry of Defense, was attempting to rehabilitate the Nazi hero, pilot Mölders, who had become an icon for right-wing extremists within the Bundeswehr.

Earlier this year (in March 2023), German state television ZDF aired a critical report on Christian Schmidt, with a particular focus on his affinity for Nazi heritage. In this program, a video was shown depicting Schmidt laying wreaths for Nazi soldiers of the Wehrmacht who were members of the 1^st Mountain Division. The uniforms worn on this occasion were from the time of Nazi Germany. Video link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsU4-USVI08

Mölders was the first pilot in the history of aviation to record 100 aerial victories. There is no information indicating his participation in the bombing of Yugoslavia.

Photo 2: Schmidt lays wreaths for soldiers of the Nazi Wehrmacht in Mittenwald

CHRISTIAN SCHMIDT – MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF VETERANS OF THE MOUNTAIN DIVISION OF THE NAZI WEHRMACHT

German MP Gregor Gysi, along with a group of MPs from the political party “Der Linke”, addressed the German parliament in 2006 with a letter and questions regarding Christian Schmidt and his defense of the Nazi hero Werner Mölders. Among other arguments, the letter mentioned that Christian Schmidt is a member of the “Kameradenkreises der Gebirgstruppe”, loosely translated as the “Circle of Comrades of the Mountain Troops”, whose leader was the Nazi SS General Hubert Lanz. This organization has not distanced itself from Hubert Lanz even to this day. Nazi SS General Hubert Lanz served as the honorary president of this “Circle of Comrades of the Mountain Troops” until his death on August 12, 1982, in Munich. Link to Gregor Gysi’s address in German: https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/16/067/1606724.pdf

Photo 4: General Hubert Lanz

In October 1940, Hubert Lanz assumed command of the 1^st Mountain Division, which was planned to carry out Operation Felix, an attack on Gibraltar. However, this operation was canceled, and the division was transferred eastward in order to participate in the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941!!!

After the war, Lanz was tried for war crimes and convicted in the Southeast Case, specifically for multiple crimes committed by units under his command in the Balkans. This convicted war criminal was released in 1951.

From July 18, 1947, to February 18, 1948, the most significant trial for Yugoslavia took place. It involved a group of 12 accused German commanders who had served in the Balkans for a period. They were Wilhelm List and Maximilian von Weichs, Commanders-in-Chief Southeast , Lothar Rendulić, Commander of the 2^nd Panzer Army, Walter Kuntze, Deputy Commander Southeast, Hermann Foertsch, Chief of Staff of the Southeast, Franz Böhme, Nazi commander in occupied Serbia responsible for barbaric massacres of thousands of civilians, Hellmuth Felmy, Commander of the 68^th Army Corps, Hubert Lanz, Ernst Dehner, Commander of the 69^th Army Corps, Ernst von Leyser, Commander of the 15^th Mountain Army Corps, Wilhelm Speidel, and Kurt von Geitner, Chief of Staff and Military Administrative Commander of the Southeast. The trial lasted for 117 days, during which 1,025 documents were read, 678 witnesses were heard, and a transcript of 9,556 pages was compiled. The Nazi war criminal Böhme committed suicide to avoid extradition to Yugoslavia by the Allies.

The Nazi Hubert Lanz himself testified about the genocide in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), which had taken place during his stay there from December 1943 to March 1944, as follows: “Battalions of local Muslims fight on our side, burning with the desire for revenge against the communists for crimes of murders and arson, which they, out of sheer fanaticism, committed against them in their own settlements. Images of great horror emerge, beyond the comprehension of civilized people…” This is what the “Independent” (!!) ”State” (!!!) of “Croatia” looked like in the midst of its brief existence.

MITTENWALD

Ever since 1945, the epicenter for fostering the cult of the mentioned mountain troops, renowned for their “unique mentality”, and a place that served as a launching point for their reintegration into various parts of the world, has been Mittenwald. It has been a historical, spiritual, and political hub of the German mountain troops. For over half a century, a distinct military practice and tradition have been evolving there. The ties of this cultic location still reach the upper echelons of political and military authorities in Germany to this day.

Nazi Hero General Eduard Dietl

On July 1, 1944, Adolf Hitler conducted a state ceremony at the Klessheim Palace to honor General Eduard Dietl of the Mountain Infantry, who had perished in an aircraft crash. Eduard Dietl, a soldier of the Wehrmacht, had previously aligned himself with the precursor to the Nazi Party, known as the DAP [t/n: German Workers’ Party], in Munich back in January 1919. During the 1923 coup attempt led by Hitler, Dietl stood by the National Socialist Rifle Regiment, a unit he commanded. Due to extensive Nazi propaganda efforts, General Eduard Dietl became one of the most celebrated figures within the Wehrmacht, alongside Rommel.

Photo 5: Hitler at the funeral of Nazi General Eduard Dietl

The “Circle of Comrades of the Mountain Troops”, founded officially in late 1951 and early 1952, in its initial magazine publications, commemorated Nazi General Eduard Dietl. In 1964, under Federal Minister of Defense von Hasel’s leadership, a choice was made to designate the Bundeswehr estate in Füssen as the “General Dietl Barracks”. As per traditional guidelines, military facilities were eligible to be named after “individuals who exhibited outstanding character and achievements”.

It took three decades and mounting protests against pro-Nazi commemorations, fueled further by the renewed planning of mountain infantry troop deployments in former Yugoslavia during the 1990s, to finally trigger change. As a result, the “General Dietl Barracks” in Füssen and the “General Ludwig Kübler Barracks” in Mittenwald were closed and renamed in late 1995[1]. Regarding this development, General of Mountain Infantry Troops Rainer Jung remarked, “One cannot accuse Dietl of anything but his unwavering loyalty to Hitler” (Die Welt, June 8, 1995).

Renewal of Spirit, Attitude, and Uniqueness

On May 19, 1957, a ceremony was held in Mittenwald to commemorate the recruitment of the first soldiers since World War II. Franz Josef Strauss (a member of the CSU [t/n: Christian Social Union] party, the party Christian Schmidt is also a member of), who had just assumed the role of German Minister of Defense, took the opportunity to celebrate the swearing-in of the inaugural recruits. These recruits, belonging to the 1^st Mountain Division, became the vanguard of the Bundeswehr, marking the first solemn oath-taking in the new army.

The then Commander of the 1^st Mountain Division, Hans Buchner, addressed the audience, “A significant number of soldiers who are familiar with each other from their service in the wartime (Nazi － transl. note) mountain divisions” are “especially pleased”. This is because “each of these veteran mountain troop members” contributes to “reviving, through this new 1^st Mountain Division, the spirit, the attitude, and the uniqueness that characterized the mountain divisions of the Wehrmacht. It is gratifying to witness that our young volunteers are on the right path to inherit and carry forward this valuable tradition.”

Even after his removal from the position of Minister of Defense, Strauss continued to shield the members of the Nazi 1^st Mountain Division. He played an active role, alongside General Gehlen of the BND (German Intelligence Service), in ensuring that the criminal investigations initiated in the 1960s against approximately 300 members of the mountain division, based on massacres in Kommeno and Kefalonia during World War II, would not result in any trials. In 1986, Strauss referred to himself as the “father of the 1^st Mountain Division”. He did not shy away from overt Nazi references, expressing that “for the German mountain troops, General Ludwig Kübler (a war criminal executed in Yugoslavia, after whom the barracks in Mittenwald were named) was a role model in terms of both character and military service. Even today, the army owes him a great deal.” In his memoirs, published posthumously, Strauss dedicated several pages to his role in restoring and enhancing the mountain troops.

RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME

After the reunification of Germany, there was a need to restore and enhance the mountain infantry units stationed at the Mittenwald military center. This applied to both political and logistical aspects. In late 1991, Chancellor Helmut Kohl personally reassured the “Circle of Comrades of the Mountain Troops” that these “mountain troops would hold a prominent position within the new structure of the Bundeswehr (German Army) (…)”. According to Kohl, this presented “an opportunity (…) to continue with established traditions and uphold the spirit of the mountain troops”. Reflecting on the past decade, it is worth noting that the mountain infantry units have consistently been among the first operational units deployed by the German federal government in various new military operations. Their deployments have ranged from Somalia and Afghanistan to Yugoslavia.

During the NATO aggression against Serbia, German mountain infantry units were deployed on Serbian soil once again, particularly in Kosovo and Metohija. “This was the first time since World War II that a German soldier issued an order (specifically, in Prizren). ‘Open fire on individual in combat,’” as reported by the magazine Der Spiegel. The soldiers were members of the 571^st Mountain Infantry Battalion from Schneeberg, Saxony, a unit established by officers from Mittenwald after the reunification.

[1] Source: https://taz.de/Kasernen-umbenannt/!1484933/

Photo 6. The killing of  Žarko Andrijević and Slavko Veselinović in Prizren at whom 200 rounds were fired by the German soldiers from the 571^st Mountain Infantry Battalion.

The conflict in Kosovo and Metohija also brought new honors for another soldier of the mountain division. General Klaus Reinhard, who originated from Mittenwald, assumed command of NATO forces in the Balkans. During this time, he addressed an audience of 6,000 at Hoher Brendten. When questioned about the consistent presence of “mountain troops in foreign missions conducted by the German army”, he underscored the significance of these troops, stating that the “mountain troops of the Bundeswehr (…) were shaped and spiritually guided by individuals who, in their roles as commanders, company leaders, and company sergeants (on one hand), personally endured the harrowing ordeals of war and dictatorship,” and “(on the other hand) we have illustrated enduring military values such as duty, loyalty, courage, and comradeship.” Reinhard continued by emphasizing that “these individuals were our role models, representing an entire generation of Wehrmacht soldiers who transmitted the moral compass of their value system to the subsequent generation, ultimately earning our respect.” He credited the “Veterans Group of Comrades of the Mountain Troops” as an “instrumental organization in preserving this tradition and passing it on to future generations.”

Christian Schmidt, a member of the CSU (a German political party), represents the interests of the “Circle of Comrades of the Mountain Troops” and its associates in the Bundestag. In late May 2006, as the Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense, he responded on behalf of the federal government to an inquiry made by [Ulla] Jelpke, an MP of the  PDS [t/n: Party of Democratic Socialism], regarding the relationship between the Bundeswehr (German military) and this organization. Schmidt’s response was clear and direct, “The ‘Circle of Comrades of the Mountain Troops’ upholds the fundamental political principles aligned with the values and objectives of our constitutional order. There is no dispute concerning the collaboration between the Bundeswehr and the ‘Circle of Comrades of the Mountain Troops’, including the participation of Bundeswehr soldiers in the so-called ‘Brendten celebration’.” Notably, Christian Schmidt, a Bundeswehr soldier and a former member of the 1^st Mountain Division himself, is also a member of the “Circle of Comrades of the Mountain Troops”. Annually, during the organization’s traditional gathering held in Mittenwald, they solemnly commemorate their fallen comrades, and Bundeswehr personnel participate in uniformed attendance. Yet, this organization and its members do not observe any commemorations related to the killing of 5,000 disarmed Italian prisoners of war by German mountain troops on Kefalonia, which was a clear violation of international law. Furthermore, they do not hold any commemorations for the killings that occurred in Kommeno and numerous other communities in northern Italy and Greece.

Moreover, the then State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense, Christian Schmidt (a member of the CSU and the “Circle of Comrades of the Mountain Troops”), provided inaccurate responses when questioned by Bundestag MPs about the Wehrmacht tradition celebrated in honor of the mountain troops. He claimed, “Mountain troops have no criminal history.” Accordingly, law enforcement and the judiciary do not take action against highly incriminated veterans of the Wehrmacht but instead target representatives of traditional victim organizations, specifically the Association of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime – Federation of Antifascists.

In 2007, Bavarian Minister of Science Thomas Goppel (CSU) and State Secretary Christian Schmidt, who is a member of the organization “Circle of Comrades of the Mountain Troops”, attended a commemorative event in Mittenwald alongside convicted war criminal Josef Schwammberger, a former commander of the German Mountain Infantry Battalion. In September 2006, Josef Schwammberger, a Nazi war criminal, had been sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment by a military court in La Spezia for his role in the Falcone di Cortona massacre in Italy. His unit had sealed 15 civilians inside a village house and detonated it, resulting in the deaths of everyone in the house except a 15-year-old boy. In 2009, the life sentence was upheld.

CONCLUSION

Christian Schmidt, a former member of the mentioned mountain division and former State Secretary, who later became a member of the “Circle of Comrades of the Mountain Troops,” an organization that openly, persistently, and systematically promotes Nazi “distinguished” heroes, has consistently represented the interests of the same division and ardently defended it. Schmidt appears to have a similar role to his party colleague Minister Strauss in the past. In accordance with his background, Christian Schmidt, in his political activities, initiated the process of rehabilitating the “distinguished” Nazi hero Werner Mölders, a pilot of the Wehrmacht decorated by Hitler.

In essence, Christian Schmidt’s ideological and political discourse revolves around preserving the Nazi traditions of the Wehrmacht, engaging in coordinated and systematic political efforts with admirers of Nazi criminals, and attempting to rehabilitate individuals whom Hitler and Nazi Germany celebrated as their greatest heroes.

The activities conducted by Christian Schmidt in Bosnia and Herzegovina are deeply problematic and contradictory on multiple levels, and they, as such, cannot be viewed independently of the historical context outlined above, which has a historical continuity and sheds light on direct connections to Nazi military units celebrated by Schmidt and known for committing genocide and crimes against humanity against the Serb people!

Чланак Christian Schmidt – Ghosts of Debts Past се појављује прво на CENTRE FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL RESEARCH OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA.

The generations of our ancestors who forged Serbian lands in the 19th and 20th centuries were well aware that true and authentic freedom must always be attained through great sacrifice. They not only taught us but also made it our duty, through their sacrifices, never to forget that every “freedom” given as a gift invariably masks varying degrees of dependency or even servitude.

Today, it is vital that we recognize that this hard-earned freedom, for which countless generations of our ancestors sacrificed their lives, must be protected at all costs. The essential requirement for preserving freedom in our present circumstances lies in the deliberate cultivation of unity and the unwavering pursuit of truth.

In this regard, all attacks on the institutions of the Republic of Srpska and the legitimately elected representatives within these institutions can be perceived as strategic attacks, albeit executed through various tactical means, aimed at the dismantling of Serbian states and our people. In light of these circumstances, an appropriate response is warranted: elevating awareness of the necessity of further cultivating and preserving the unity of all Serbs in the Republic of Srpska and Serbian territories, as well as safeguarding our identity, liberation traditions, and the legacy of eminent figures within these traditions.

The significance of all the aforementioned elements in the present circumstances is underscored by a concise overview prepared by the associates of the Center, which we are providing as an attachment.

Dušan Pavlović

Director of the Public Institution Centre for Socio-Political Research

of the Republic of Srpska
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Чланак Statement from the Director of the Center Regarding Current Events се појављује прво на CENTRE FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL RESEARCH OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA.

Чланак Genocide against Serbs committed by the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) – the Day of Remembrance се појављује прво на CENTRE FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL RESEARCH OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA.

On this twenty second day of April, we commemorate the 78 th anniversary of the breakout of the last surviving inmates from the Jasenovac death camp. This heroic act of self-liberation by those who were determined to turn the tide against the evil that had engulfed them will be etched in our collective memory forever. The emergence of the Republic of Srpska echoed the resounding message of NEVER AGAIN in response to any acts of genocide committed against Serbs and attempts to degrade and destroy the Serbian people as a whole. Today, the
Republic of Srpska serves as a guarantor of our survival, both biological and otherwise. The phrase NEVER AGAIN signifies a staunch stance and unwavering awareness, and when spoken in Donja Gradina , it becomes an impregnable shield protecting the core of our ancestral identity.

As a nation, it is imperative that we nurture a culture of vigilance that transcends our institutionalised national culture of remembrance to ensure the survival and growth of our homeland, the Republic of Srpska.

Let us come together in Donja Gradina on April 23rd and stand vigilant for the future of our nation. We must never forget that our very existence and freedom are now illuminated by the halos of martyrs and heroes.

Our testimony at Donja Gradina serves as a solemn warning of the sinister forces that linger. It is also a vow to our holy martyrs and heroes that we shall persist in our efforts to ensure the survival, progress, and freedom of our nation. So, let us come together in vigilance and unity, and defend the Republic of Srpska as a guarantor of the security and prosperity of all its citizens.

Чланак Statement by Dušan Pavlović, Director of the Centre for Socio-Political Research of the Republic of Srpska, on the occasion of April 22 – the Day of Remembrance of the Breakthrough of Jasenovac Inmates and Victims of the Genocide against Serbs committed by the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) се појављује прво на CENTRE FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL RESEARCH OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA.

At the forum, the attendees had the opportunity to hear from a diverse range of scholars who shared their perspectives on the topic at hand.

• Professor Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann is a distinguished expert in geopolitics, holding professorial positions at the University of Lyon III Jean Moulin and ISSEP in Lyon, France. He is also the founder and president of the international association EUROCONTINENT, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. At the core of his scholarly research lies the reform of the European project, achieved through astute geopolitical analysis and the identification of shared interests among nations and peoples both at the European and Eurasian levels.
• Professor Alexander Lvov is a philosophy professor at the University of St. Petersburg, Russia. He is an expert in the fields of philosophical anthropology, philosophy of culture, and the history of philosophy, and has authored over fifty papers in these areas. Currently, he serves as the deputy head of the philosophy department at the Institute of Philosophy within the University of St. Petersburg
• Professor Peter Mantello is a distinguished scholar in the fields of media, ethics, and technology. He currently holds a professorship at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan, where he shares his expertise on contemporary media technologies, artificial intelligence, and the related issue of modern-day terrorism. With a keen interest in geopolitics and media manipulation, Professor Mantello is also the author of several influential monographs on these subjects.
• Professor Douglas Mark Ponton is an associate professor of English language and translation at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Catania. His research interests include the analysis of political discourse, ecolinguistics, and pragmatics. He has held professorial and research positions at the universities of Catania, Messina, and Pisa. Professor Ponton is a member of the editorial board of the Russian Linguistic Journal, a linguistic consultant for Vernon Press, and a reviewer for numerous domestic and international journals.

Bogdana Koljević Griffith, Phd, assumed the role of keynote speaker and moderator for this event.

At the event, the President of the Republic of Srpska Mr. Milorad Dodik, and the Minister of Science and Technology Development, Higher Education, and Information Society Prof. Željko Budimir were present as active participants in the discussion.

The attendance and active involvement of representatives from educational, scientific, and social institutions, as well as media and university students from Banja Luka and East Sarajevo, demonstrate the relevance and importance of the topics discussed and the content presented at the event. The materials produced during the event and the issues addressed therein have a significant bearing on some of the most pressing socio-political questions in Republika Srpska and beyond.

The video recordings from the event will soon be made available to the public through the Centre’s website and YouTube channel.

Чланак Geopolitical Transformations and the Republic of Srpska се појављује прво на CENTRE FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL RESEARCH OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA.

15 participants presented their topics at the academic conference. The topics that will be represented in the conference proceedings are from different fields: history, law, political science, demography, security sciences, economics, philology and philosophy. Mr. Darko Mladic was also a guest at the academic conference, who shared some of his experiences from the period of the creation of the Republic of Srpska, when he participated as a translator in negotiations at the highest level. Video recordings of individual presentations, as well as a video recording of the entire event, is available on the Center’s YouTube channel.

Чланак The academic conference THIRTY YEARS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA 1992‒2022: PAST EXPERIENCES AND FUTURE се појављује прво на CENTRE FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL RESEARCH OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA.

ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
THIRTY YEARS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA 1992‒2022: PAST EXPERIENCES AND FUTURE CHALLENGES

Banja Luka, Administrative Centre of the Government of the Republic of Srpska
Tuesday, 15 th November, 2022

ACADEMIC CONFERENCE PROGRAM

8.30 am Registration of participants in the hall of the Administrative Centre of the Government of the
Republic of Srpska

8.30 am Statements to the media

Working Presidency:
Prof Dr Goran Latinovic, Prof Dr Draga Mastilovic and Assoc Dr Zeljko Budimir

9.00 am Ceremonial opening of the conference and welcome speeches
– Conference officials address
– Dusan Pavlovic, director of the Centre for Socio-Political Research of the Republic of Srpska

Plenary presentation:
9.20 am ‒ 9.50 am Zeljko Budimir, Geopolitical position of the Republic of Srpska from its foundation to the New Cold War

Presentations of the conference participants:
9.50 am ‒ 10.05 am Nikola Ozegovic, Press coverage of the proclamation of the Republic of the Serbian People of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 9 th January, 1992

10.05 am ‒ 10.20 am Boris Radakovic, Abuse of the Holocaust in the Muslim War propaganda: Case Study Prijedor 1992

10.20 am ‒ 10.35 am Goran Latinovic, Loss of territory in 1995 in reports and analyses of the Republic of Srpska Army

10.35 am ‒ 10.50 am Predrag Lozo, Herzegovina in the military and political priorities of the Republic of Srpska during the Defence Patriotic War

10.50 am ‒ 11.05 am Nemanja Devic, World War II and national reconciliation in the Republic of Srpska: experiences, perspectives, problems

11.05 am ‒ 11.20 am Branko Lukic, The Hague Tribunal (ICTY): roads and detours

11.20 am ‒ 11.35 am Milorad Kojic, Judicial institutions at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina – processing war crimes cases

11.35 am ‒ 12.00 pm Coffee break

12.00 pm ‒ 12.15 pm Predrag Ceranic, Pressures on the Republic of Srpska – thirty years later

12.15 pm ‒ 12.30 pm Matej Savic, The role of the National Assembly in international cooperation and representation of the Republic of Srpska abroad

12.30 pm ‒ 12.45 pm Drasko Marinkovic, State and perspectives of the demographic development of the Republic of Srpska

12:45 pm ‒ 01:00 pm Srdjan Lalic, Economic development of the Republic of Srpska in the thirty-year challenge of the globalization phenomenon

01.00 pm ‒ 01.15 pm Filip Matic, The importance of Sarajevo Serbs in the construction and development of the Republic of Srpska

1:15 pm ‒1:30 pm Draga Mastilovic, Thirty years of the University of East Sarajevo

01.30 pm ‒ 01.45 pm Oleg Soldat, Geometry of Philosophical Consciousness in the Republic of Srpska (1992‒2022)

01.45 pm ‒ 02.00 pm Aleksandra Savic, Linguistic analysis of the speeches of the newly elected president of the Republic of Srpska

02.00 pm ‒ 02.15 pm Vladana Sekara, Jelena Guskovas views on the Yugoslav crisis and the creation of the Republic of Srpska

02.15 pm ‒ 02.45 pm Discussion and closing of the conference

Чланак ACADEMIC CONFERENCE THIRTY YEARS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA 1992‒2022: PAST EXPERIENCES AND FUTURE CHALLENGES се појављује прво на CENTRE FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL RESEARCH OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA.

The forum will be held on Wednesday, 26th October 2022 in Banja Luka, in the premises of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska, starting at 1:00 p.m.

The presenters during the forum will be:

Prof Dr Predrag Ceranic, Dean of the Faculty of Security Sciences of the University of Banja Luka

Djuro Bilbija, journalist and publicist, chief editor of the info-portal “Fakti” (The Facts)

Aleksandar Pavic, political scientist and analyst of geopolitical issues.

Чланак FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT “COLORED REVOLUTIONS – MOTIVES, METHODS AND CONSEQUENCES” се појављује прво на CENTRE FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL RESEARCH OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA.

The presenters during the forum were:

Robert – Bob McEwen, USA, Executive director of the Council for National Policy (CNP) Former congressman for six terms and today one of the most respected Republicans in the United States of America.

Ljiljana Smajlovic, Long-time editor and correspondent of several reputable newspaper Member of the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom since 2015 President of the Court of Honour of the Journalists’ Association of Serbia from 2017 to 2021;

Obrad Kesic, Director of the Republic of Srpska Office for Cooperation, Trade and Investment in the United States of America and political analyst of international relations and foreign policy of the United States of America.

Чланак A Forum “THREATS TO DEMOCRACY IN THE WEST: LIBERALS, CONSERVATIVES AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER”, се појављује прво на CENTRE FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL RESEARCH OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA.

“The Issue of European Integration in the Light of the Ukrainian Crisis”

Centre for Socio-Political Research of the Republic of Srpska

September, 2022

“The Ukrainian Crisis, European Integration and the End of the Western Domination of the International Order”

Obrad Kesic

Director of the Republika Srpska Office for Cooperation, Trade and Investment in Washington, D.C.

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Чланак “The Ukrainian Crisis, European Integration and the End of the Western Domination of the International Order” Obrad Kesic се појављује прво на CENTRE FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL RESEARCH OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA.

“The Issue of European Integration in the Light of the Ukrainian Crisis”

Centre for Socio-Political Research of the Republic of Srpska

September, 2022

“The European Union in the Jaws of Geopolitical Reality: From Dismembered Strategic Autonomy
to Stuck Enlargement Policy”

Dr. Aleksandar Mitic, research associate

Institute for International Politics and Economy, Belgrade

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Чланак “The European Union in the Jaws of Geopolitical Reality: From Dismembered Strategic Autonomy to Stuck Enlargement Policy” Aleksandar Mitic се појављује прво на CENTRE FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL RESEARCH OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA.