Second Conference on Human Security, Terrorism & Organised Crime in the Western Balkans: Realities, Risks and Responses

Thematic Bloc 1: The Rise and Demise of Transnational Terrorist and Criminal Organizations

• The emergence and proliferation of transnational terrorist and criminal organzations
• The role of external actors in the Balkan region
• Political and economic agendas of non-state violent actors: Greed, grievance, or both?
• Deconstructing and reconstructing designations: "terrorism", "organized crime", "legality", and "human security"

Thematic Bloc 2: Conflict and the Transformation of State and Society

• Public and private responses to political violence and the Security Sector reform
• The strategic interactions of networks, international and local actors, and the role of borderlands in post-conflict societies
• Peacekeeping, peacebuilding and conflicting agendas in counter-terrorism and counter-crime policies
• Legitimacy, efficiency, and implementation gaps in post-conflict capacity building

Thematic Bloc 3: Strategies of Repoliticization and Reintegration of Conflict Actors

• Mechanisms of actors´ transformation during and after conflict settlement
• Incentives to prevent conflict actors from becoming spoilers to the peacebuiding process
• The dynamics of institutional inclusion and exclusion of conflict actors
• Unintended Consequences of counter-crime and counter-terror strategies.

Coordinators and Partners