<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Study Group Regional Stability in South East Europe</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Western Balkan Countries in the Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Policy Recommendations</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connections: The Quarterly Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Albania</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bosnia and Herzegovina</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">COVID-19</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kosovo</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Montenegro</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">North Macednia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">policy recommendations</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Serbia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">situation analysis</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">19</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">125-131</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">These policy recommendations reflect the findings of the First Virtual Meeting on “The Western Balkan Countries in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic,” convened by the PfP Consortium Study Group “Regional Stability in Southeast Europe,” 28 May 2020. The article includes a number of tangible suggestions for Western Balkan governments, as well as for the EU, EU member states and NATO decision-makers on how to confront the coronavirus and security-related challenges in Southeast Europe.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">125</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plamen P. Penev</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Peacemakers: American Leadership and the End of Genocide in the Balkans (book review)</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connections: The Quarterly Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bosnia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dayton Agreement</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kosovo</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Macedonia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Serbia</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Winter 2018</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">77-83</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;In a review of Ambassador James W. Pardew&amp;#39;s book &lt;em&gt;Peacemakers: American Leadership and the End of Genocide in the Balkans&lt;/em&gt; (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2018), the author highlights the spectrum of diplomatic, enforcement, and preventive measures taken throughout the Balkans in the 1990s and the beginning of this century, the role of personalities, and the interplay of EU-NATO-Russia relations.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">77</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nebojsa Nikolic</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Serbian Security Perceptions: Motivations to Serve</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Active Reserve</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">manning</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Military organisation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">motiva¬tion</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ranking</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">recruitment</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">security</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Serbia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">South-Eastern Europe</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">33</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">122-137</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">An empirical study was conducted to find out the level of propensity to serve in the Active Reserve of the Serbian armed forces and Ministry of Defence according to a newly established concept of manning. The concept of Active Reserve corresponds to similar concepts in other countries and is of growing importance and actuality, particularly in countries which have recently abandoned their military conscription system aiming to create professional military forces that citizens can join voluntarily. The concept of Active Reserve assumes that a citizen signs a contract with the Ministry of Defence, confirming his or her willingness and readiness to serve in the military on call, while in the meantime living and working on their own. Active Reserve offers mutual benefits: it relaxes temporary problems related to manning of military units and is a source of additional money for individuals engaged in it. One of the main questions related to the Active Reserve is the level of propensity to serve in it, while equally interesting is the investigation of motivational factors which stand behind the willingness to serve. The results show a very high propensity of population to serve in the country and a significant level of readiness to participate in peace missions abroad. The structure of motivational factors to join the Active Reserve indicated a meaningful level of a security awareness of the population. These findings are in concordance with some novel results about security perceptions in the South-Eastern Europe, including Serbia.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue></record></records></xml>