%0 Journal Article
%T Serbia’s National Security Strategy – from where, through what and where to go
%A Mitrovic, Miroslav
%J Wschodnioznawstwo (Eastern Studies)
%V 2021
%R 10.4467/20827695WSC.21.008.14715
%N Volume 15
%P 161-182
%K national security, Republic of Serbia, soft power, strategic communication, national identity
%@ 2082-7695
%D 2021
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/wschodnioznawstwo/article/serbias-national-security-strategy-from-where-through-what-and-where-to-go
%X 
	The National Security Strategy is one of the state’s critical documents, which sublimates the knowledge of the security environment, possible forms of endangerment, and the proposed guidelines for ensuring the security of a nation. Dynamic processes in the geopolitical global, and regional environment, globalization of forms and content of possible security breaches, continuous arms race, and the dominant changed hybrid physiognomy of war are dominant vectors of influence on a national security strategy of every nation. In 2019, the Republic of Serbia adopted its recent National Security Strategy. The paper analyzes the declared foreign policy determinants of Serbia’s national security strategies, intending to critically oppose them with current threats to Serbia’s s national security. Based on the comparative method and analysis of current documents, with respecting the political and economic reality, the paper provokes the proposed priorities with possible development trends while respecting internal and external entities’ influence on developing the national security system and state of the Republic of Serbia. The paper critically exploring the declared determinants of foreign policy in Serbia’s national security strategies by means of analysis of current documents and comparative methods.