Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 18/06/2025The aesthetics and poetics of protest and tango: a very special street milonga in Belgrade this Monday. 050
Reposted by Marko KovačevićGEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 27/05/2025We 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 142
Reposted by Marko KovačevićGEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 22/05/2025📢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 011
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Congratulations dr Tijana Rečević Krstić! 030
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 17/05/2025New 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...link.springer.comStagnation in Western Balkans’ Security Regionalization: The Problem of Competing Regional Cultures of AnarchyThe 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 ... 031
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Glad 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. 010
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 30/04/2025I 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...palgrave.comAbout / Editorial Board | Journal of International Relations and Development | palgrave 020
Reposted by Marko KovačevićEric Gordy @ericgordy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Police say there are 107K people at the protest in Belgrade but the number is certainly much higher than that. 1112
Reposted by Marko KovačevićLe Monde @lemonde.fr · 15/03/2025Serbie : plus de cent mille personnes défilent à Belgrade contre la corruptionlemonde.frSerbie : plus de cent mille personnes défilent à Belgrade contre la corruptionLa 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. 215439
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Amazing, 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. 030
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Any IR colleagues studying realism and know the historical context of Spanish-Portuguese relations? 000
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Journal 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... 000
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 04/03/2025"What's wrong with global governance? Opening new directions" panel at #ISA2025. 031
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The return of geopolitics? Foreign powers and the post-Yugoslav states panel at #ISA2025. 021
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Day 2 at #ISA2025: interesting panels and engaging discussion on the politics of UN Security Council and role change in foreign policy. 020
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 02/03/2025#ISA2025, atmosphere after the second panel of day 1. 010
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Looking 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). 020
Reposted by Marko KovačevićJournal of Regional Security @jrnlregsec.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Do 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 021
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 07/02/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comSerbia’s students are showing the world how to restore democratic hope | Adriana ZaharijevićAn authoritarian regime has been rocked by an anti-corruption movement generating society-wide anger and indignation, says philosopher Adriana Zaharijević 041
Reposted by Marko KovačevićJournal of Regional Security @jrnlregsec.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Meet the editorial team of the Journal of Regional Security: cis-fpn.rs/team/cis-fpn.rsTeam - Centre for International SecurityTeam - Journal of Regional Security - Co-Editors-in-Chief - Filip Ejdus - Nemanja Džuverović - Managing Editors - Book Review Editor 021
Reposted by Marko KovačevićAlex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Hello 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, 35317
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 02/02/2025www.rferl.org/a/serbian-st...rferl.orgTens Of Thousands Of Serbian Student Protesters Block 3 Bridges In Novi SadTens 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 ... 000
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 02/02/2025balkaninsight.com/2025/02/01/m...balkaninsight.comMass Protest Grips Serbia’s Second City, Danube Bridges BlockadedTens 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... 000
Reposted by Marko KovačevićCircle U. @circleu.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Circle 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 0147
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 29/01/2025www.circle-u.eu/news/2025/ci...circle-u.euCircle 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 ... 000
Reposted by Marko KovačevićFilip Ejdus @filipejdus.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Another 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 0197
Reposted by Marko KovačevićJournal of Regional Security @jrnlregsec.bsky.social · 07/01/2025We 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. 043
Reposted by Marko KovačevićAndrej Cvetić @andrejcvetic.bsky.social · 31/12/2024I 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... 1174
Reposted by Marko KovačevićFilip Ejdus @filipejdus.bsky.social · 24/12/2024With 100,000 protesters, the student-led demonstration against corruption held on Sunday in downtown Belgrade was one the largest rallies in Serbian history. The future’s in the air! 0247
Reposted by Marko KovačevićEuropean Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 23/12/2024📣 #EISS2025 | Save the date! The 8th edition of the #EISS Annual Conference will take place on 26-27 June 2025 at University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki! ⏰Submit your proposals for panels, poster presentations, or papers by 17 February 2025 eiss-europa.com/2025.html 189
Reposted by Marko KovačevićJournal of Regional Security @jrnlregsec.bsky.social · 19/12/2024A quick preview of the forthcoming Journal of Regional Security Vol. 19, No. 2 cover page - stay tuned for the full content in #openaccess. 011
Reposted by Marko KovačevićAudrey Alejandro @audreyalejandro.bsky.social · 20/11/2024A starter pack for people interested in discourse in World Politics / International Relations. Please let me know if you would like to be added and don't hesitate to recommend underrepresented scholars and scholars from the "global south" 💫 go.bsky.app/ALZb66Q 194318
Reposted by Marko KovačevićReview of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · 03/12/2024We had a fantastic turnout today at our webinar with CEEISA on writing and publishing in international relations. Thank you to the nearly 100 participants! @mybisa.bsky.social @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social 083
Reposted by Marko KovačevićBISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 29/11/2024🚨LAST CHANCE Register for @risjnl.bsky.social & CEEISA's new publishing webinar! 'Writing International Relations' is aimed at PhD students & early career academics in CEE 3 Dec (9:00 GMT) Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/events/writi... Feat: @therealisthom.bsky.social @filipejdus.bsky.social 068
Reposted by Marko KovačevićKarl Gustafsson @profgustafsson.bsky.social · 29/11/2024I have an issue. Or, more specifically, this article I published together with Linus Hagström now has an issue! It is now out (open access) in the latest issue of European Political Science. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comThe insecurity of doing research and the ‘so what question’ in political science: how to develop more compelling research problems by facing anxiety - European Political ScienceResearch problems are crucial in the sense that they provide new research with purpose and justification. So why, despite the abundance of guidance available from an extensive methods literature, do g... 22310
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 26/11/2024What a week - it is good to see many IR friends and colleagues are joining Bluesky, including the Journal of Regional Security: bsky.app/profile/jrnl...bsky.app 000
Reposted by Marko KovačevićAntje Wiener @antjewiener.bsky.social · 23/11/2024go.bsky.app/DNNMmc1 Dear Blues, Please be invited to join the Starter Pack on IR Constructivism. I am mindful of a number of key players not yet having signed up to Bluesky: P Katzenstein, F Kratochwil, N Onuf, M Finnemore, A Wendt, V Pouliot, KE Joergensen, KM Fierke, Th Risse among others. 7276
Reposted by Marko KovačevićReview of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Are you an ECR looking to publish your work in RIS? Are you based in Central and Eastern Europe? Please join us for a meet-the-editors panel on December 3 at 9:00AM UTC! Sign up here ➡️ buff.ly/414NfdT 024
Reposted by Marko KovačevićSrdjan Vucetic @srdj.bsky.social · 19/11/2024JOhn Ikenberry with a capsule review of our book www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/two-...foreignaffairs.comTwo Books on Autocracy, Dictatorship, and TyrannyTwo studies offer fascinating portraits of the increasingly sophisticated and networked world of autocracy, dictatorship, and tyranny. 193
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 22/11/2024"Competent performance of vulnerability" matters for small states. 011
Reposted by Marko KovačevićInternational Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Call for Abstracts International Theory ISA 2025 Pre-Conference Workshop - A day-long workshop in advance of #ISA2025 for early-career and underrepresented scholars who work on international theory. Find out more - cup.org/4dX9x3R Deadline: 15 December 2024 0118
Reposted by Marko KovačevićEuropean International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 12/11/2024📣 Applications are now open for postdoctoral bridge grants, supporting recently graduated or final-year PhD students who have not yet secured an academic contract or fellowship 💸 EISA will award up to 3 grants of €3,500 each 🗓️ Application deadline: 28 February 2025 146
Reposted by Marko KovačevićGregorio Bettiza @gregoriobettiza.bsky.social · 30/11/2023Interesting, star-studded, Millennium forum on multiplicity and 'the international' "Multiplicity and ‘The International’ as Critique – A Forum" Justin Rosenberg, Ole Wæver, Viacheslav Morozov, Charlotte Epstein, R.B.J. Walker, Arlene B Tickner, Milja Kurki journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....journals.sagepub.comMultiplicity and ‘The International’ as Critique – A Forum - Justin Rosenberg, Ole Wæver, Via...This forum reconsiders the standing of ‘the international’ in relation to ‘critique’. Is this relation best understood in ways reminiscent of the ‘Fourth Great ... 032
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Recently in my Critical Security Studies class we did Critical Theory, and the inevitable discussion was about theory-practice nexus and emancipation as security. However, what happens with critical theory (and CSS) when there is not one coherent object of emancipation? 120
Marko Kovačević @markodkovacevic.bsky.social · 21/11/2024On connecting the dots of (post)Yugoslav IR, and a chance to revisit this article co-authored inJournal of International Relations and Development with @filipejdus.bsky.social: link.springer.com/epdf/10.1057...link.springer.comInternational relations (IR) in Yugoslavia and post-Yugoslav states 084