Joint RIAC and IIPP Roundtable on the Prospects for Implementing the Eurasian Security Concept in the Balkans

... Russian and Serbian experts on the Balkans. The discussion focused on the emerging structure of Eurasian security—its conceptual foundations, prospects for full-scale implementation, and wider systemic dimensions. Participants compared European and Eurasian security models, assessed their effectiveness, and examined how the initiative advanced by Russia could be applied in Balkan countries. The roundtable also addressed the impact of domestic political challenges and ethnic tensions in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the development of a potential new regional security framework. Participants included: Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Serbia Vladislav Maslennikov, Director of the Department ...