Filip Ejdus
@filipejdus.bsky.social
Professor of security studies at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade. Spare time democracy activist. www.filipejdus.com
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Rarely does a story so perfectly encapsulate authoritarianism, crony capitalism, Trump’s greed and garishness, destruction of cultural heritage and calls for national rebirth after collective victimhood. Definitive article on this is by @filipejdus.bsky.social
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Serbian Lawmakers Approve Luxury Trump Hotel on Historic Bombing Site
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Rarely does a story so perfectly encapsulate authoritarianism, crony capitalism, Trump’s greed and garishness, destruction of cultural heritage and calls for national rebirth after collective victimhood. Definitive article on this is by @filipejdus.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Latest poll: 44% for the student list, 32% for Vučić-led block.
The regime lost majority despite almost total control of the media and the misuse of all the public resources to discredit, repress, intimidate and silence critics.
crta.rs/en/majority-...
The regime lost majority despite almost total control of the media and the misuse of all the public resources to discredit, repress, intimidate and silence critics.
crta.rs/en/majority-...
Majority for Elections, Majority for Change - CRTA
According to new research conducted by CRTA, nearly two-thirds of citizens see the calling of early elections as a way out of the crisis.
crta.rs
October 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Latest poll: 44% for the student list, 32% for Vučić-led block.
The regime lost majority despite almost total control of the media and the misuse of all the public resources to discredit, repress, intimidate and silence critics.
crta.rs/en/majority-...
The regime lost majority despite almost total control of the media and the misuse of all the public resources to discredit, repress, intimidate and silence critics.
crta.rs/en/majority-...
Vučić now calls student protestors “satanists” obviously in an attempt to pit them against the religious people. The regime seems to be running out of labels to discredit the movement, as all the others have worn out: terrorists, foreign agents, self-haters, traitors etc vreme.com/vesti/vucic-...
Vučić: „Satanisti“ u Novom Sadu 1. novembra - Vreme
Predsednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić je one koji hoće da prisustvuju komemorativnom skupu u Novom Sadu 1. novembra nazvao „satanistima“.
vreme.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Vučić now calls student protestors “satanists” obviously in an attempt to pit them against the religious people. The regime seems to be running out of labels to discredit the movement, as all the others have worn out: terrorists, foreign agents, self-haters, traitors etc vreme.com/vesti/vucic-...
Youth protests in Serbia, and lessons for the U.S. by @timothysnyder.bsky.social snyder.substack.com/p/youth-prot...
Youth Protest in Serbia
And some thoughts for America
snyder.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Youth protests in Serbia, and lessons for the U.S. by @timothysnyder.bsky.social snyder.substack.com/p/youth-prot...
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📢 How do citizens in the Western Balkans & Associated Trio see global actors, their partners, and their own future?The #GEOPOWEREU project shares fresh results from a Public Opinion Survey across 🇦🇱🇧🇦🇽🇰🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇸🇺🇦🇲🇩🇬🇪
A short🧵⤵️
A short🧵⤵️
September 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📢 How do citizens in the Western Balkans & Associated Trio see global actors, their partners, and their own future?The #GEOPOWEREU project shares fresh results from a Public Opinion Survey across 🇦🇱🇧🇦🇽🇰🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇸🇺🇦🇲🇩🇬🇪
A short🧵⤵️
A short🧵⤵️
If you want an update on the protests in Serbia, listen to Lazar Popović (student), Irena Joveva (MEP), and me in a panel organised by the Henry Jackson Society on 26 August. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9k0...
Serbia Student Protests – What Next?
YouTube video by HenryJacksonSoc
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August 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If you want an update on the protests in Serbia, listen to Lazar Popović (student), Irena Joveva (MEP), and me in a panel organised by the Henry Jackson Society on 26 August. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9k0...
It’s high time indeed! archive.ph/2025.08.18-1...
archive.ph
August 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It’s high time indeed! archive.ph/2025.08.18-1...
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Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity: The case of Serbia’s attachment to Kosovo by @filipejdus.bsky.social and Marina Vulovic.
2/6
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2/6
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Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity: The case of Serbia’s attachment to Kosovo | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity: The case of Serbia’s attachment to Kosovo
www.cambridge.org
August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity: The case of Serbia’s attachment to Kosovo by @filipejdus.bsky.social and Marina Vulovic.
2/6
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2/6
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Regime-driven disinformation level up! Ana Brnabić, the speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, now propels a conspiracy theory that the canopy in Novi Sad killing 16 people was a “diversion” organized to start a “color revolution”.
www.021.rs/story/Novi-S...
www.021.rs/story/Novi-S...
Brnabić u teorijama zavere: Pad nadstrešnice je bio diverzija za početak obojene revolucije
Predsednica Skupštine Ana Brnabić izjavila je da inicijativa za savetodavni referendum za opoziv predsednika Aleksandra Vučića u Narodnoj skupštini i da bi poslanici lako, za sat vremena, mogli da ini...
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August 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Regime-driven disinformation level up! Ana Brnabić, the speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, now propels a conspiracy theory that the canopy in Novi Sad killing 16 people was a “diversion” organized to start a “color revolution”.
www.021.rs/story/Novi-S...
www.021.rs/story/Novi-S...
Surprise, surprise! The Russian MFA endorses the Vučić regime’s police brutality against pro-democracy protesters. mid.ru/en/foreign_p...
mid.ru
August 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Surprise, surprise! The Russian MFA endorses the Vučić regime’s police brutality against pro-democracy protesters. mid.ru/en/foreign_p...
Vučić is going full Lukashenko as his regime escalates violence and repression against pro-democracy protesters. Serbia is rapidly descending into the abyss of a naked dictatorship of fear. balkaninsight.com/2025/08/15/s...
Serbia Clashes Escalate as Ruling Party Loyalists and Police Battle Protesters
As political confrontation continued in cities across Serbia, ruling party supporters clashed violently with student-led protesters and tried to attack journalists, while police used batons and tear g...
balkaninsight.com
August 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Vučić is going full Lukashenko as his regime escalates violence and repression against pro-democracy protesters. Serbia is rapidly descending into the abyss of a naked dictatorship of fear. balkaninsight.com/2025/08/15/s...
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New @risjnl.bsky.social #OpenAccess article by @filipejdus.bsky.social and Marina Vulović out now! 🌟
Entitled: 'Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 📚
Key arguments 👉 buff.ly/4cteZu7
Full article 👉 buff.ly/aBzcLeT
Entitled: 'Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 📚
Key arguments 👉 buff.ly/4cteZu7
Full article 👉 buff.ly/aBzcLeT
Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity
Filip Ejdus and Marina Vulović discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
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August 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
New @risjnl.bsky.social #OpenAccess article by @filipejdus.bsky.social and Marina Vulović out now! 🌟
Entitled: 'Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 📚
Key arguments 👉 buff.ly/4cteZu7
Full article 👉 buff.ly/aBzcLeT
Entitled: 'Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 📚
Key arguments 👉 buff.ly/4cteZu7
Full article 👉 buff.ly/aBzcLeT
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But wait! There's more. @filipejdus.bsky.social and Marina Vulovic explore how a proposed land swap between Serbia and Kosovo resulted in the recovery of Helen of Anjou's heritage to construct Northern Kosovo as a space of Serbian heritage and attachment
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Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity: The case of Serbia’s attachment to Kosovo | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity: The case of Serbia’s attachment to Kosovo
www.cambridge.org
July 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
But wait! There's more. @filipejdus.bsky.social and Marina Vulovic explore how a proposed land swap between Serbia and Kosovo resulted in the recovery of Helen of Anjou's heritage to construct Northern Kosovo as a space of Serbian heritage and attachment
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
If elections were held now in Serbia, students and the opposition would win by a landslide (+12%) according to the latest poll. To win, Vučić would have to go beyond irregular and unfair practices into the realm of unfree and stolen elections. www.danas.rs/vesti/politi...
Da su sutra izbori, studenti bi „pokosili“ Vučića: Ko je najpoželjniji kandidat na studentskoj listi?
Da se danas održavaju izbori, u scenariju u kojem na izbore izlaze samo studentska lista (lista profesora, radnika, poljoprivrednika, stručnjaka, podržanih od strane studenata), pokret na čelu sa Alek...
www.danas.rs
July 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
If elections were held now in Serbia, students and the opposition would win by a landslide (+12%) according to the latest poll. To win, Vučić would have to go beyond irregular and unfair practices into the realm of unfree and stolen elections. www.danas.rs/vesti/politi...
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🇷🇸 At our joint mid-term conference with GEO-POWER-EU in #Belgrade earlier this week, Prof. Filip Ejdus opened with powerful remarks
Serbia stands at a crossroads —between deepening authoritarianism and the path to EU integration.
@tepsa.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social
@bezbednost.bsky.social
Serbia stands at a crossroads —between deepening authoritarianism and the path to EU integration.
@tepsa.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social
@bezbednost.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🇷🇸 At our joint mid-term conference with GEO-POWER-EU in #Belgrade earlier this week, Prof. Filip Ejdus opened with powerful remarks
Serbia stands at a crossroads —between deepening authoritarianism and the path to EU integration.
@tepsa.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social
@bezbednost.bsky.social
Serbia stands at a crossroads —between deepening authoritarianism and the path to EU integration.
@tepsa.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social
@bezbednost.bsky.social
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That’s a wrap!
A full house today at our joint conference w/ @reunir.bsky.social in 🇷🇸 — featuring the launch of the GEO-POWER-EU Interdependence Database (shorturl.at/cYbbJ) & insights from both projects! Thank you to all speakers, participants & partners for a great event! @horizoneu.bsky.social
A full house today at our joint conference w/ @reunir.bsky.social in 🇷🇸 — featuring the launch of the GEO-POWER-EU Interdependence Database (shorturl.at/cYbbJ) & insights from both projects! Thank you to all speakers, participants & partners for a great event! @horizoneu.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
That’s a wrap!
A full house today at our joint conference w/ @reunir.bsky.social in 🇷🇸 — featuring the launch of the GEO-POWER-EU Interdependence Database (shorturl.at/cYbbJ) & insights from both projects! Thank you to all speakers, participants & partners for a great event! @horizoneu.bsky.social
A full house today at our joint conference w/ @reunir.bsky.social in 🇷🇸 — featuring the launch of the GEO-POWER-EU Interdependence Database (shorturl.at/cYbbJ) & insights from both projects! Thank you to all speakers, participants & partners for a great event! @horizoneu.bsky.social
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M. Delević, Director at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development,emphasized in her closing remarks:
“After the war in Ukraine, things changed, enlargement gained new momentum and became more geopolitical and we were all reminded that the core purpose of🇪🇺integration is #peace and #stability.”
“After the war in Ukraine, things changed, enlargement gained new momentum and became more geopolitical and we were all reminded that the core purpose of🇪🇺integration is #peace and #stability.”
May 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
M. Delević, Director at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development,emphasized in her closing remarks:
“After the war in Ukraine, things changed, enlargement gained new momentum and became more geopolitical and we were all reminded that the core purpose of🇪🇺integration is #peace and #stability.”
“After the war in Ukraine, things changed, enlargement gained new momentum and became more geopolitical and we were all reminded that the core purpose of🇪🇺integration is #peace and #stability.”
Constellation of consortia met yesterday in Belgrade to discuss the role of the EU in the Western Balkans in the Eastern Neighbourhood. @GEOPOWER_EU @REUNIR_Horizon #InvigorateEU @HorizonEU
It was a pleasure to host this important meeting ! @bezbednost_org @FPN_Beograd
It was a pleasure to host this important meeting ! @bezbednost_org @FPN_Beograd
May 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Constellation of consortia met yesterday in Belgrade to discuss the role of the EU in the Western Balkans in the Eastern Neighbourhood. @GEOPOWER_EU @REUNIR_Horizon #InvigorateEU @HorizonEU
It was a pleasure to host this important meeting ! @bezbednost_org @FPN_Beograd
It was a pleasure to host this important meeting ! @bezbednost_org @FPN_Beograd
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We 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
@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
May 27, 2025 at 6:07 AM
We 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
@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
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If the enlargement of #EU fails in its immediate neighbourhood, its actorness and influence in the world will be in the question. @filipejdus.bsky.social at the opening of @geopower-eu.bsky.social conference in Belgrade
May 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
If the enlargement of #EU fails in its immediate neighbourhood, its actorness and influence in the world will be in the question. @filipejdus.bsky.social at the opening of @geopower-eu.bsky.social conference in Belgrade
From yesterday’s viva of Tijana Rečević, who successfully defended her PhD thesis on public opinion and common sense in foreign and security policy. Many thanks to the committee members, Professors Kovačević, Đukanović, and Mitzen, for their insightful contributions. Proud to be her supervisor!
May 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
From yesterday’s viva of Tijana Rečević, who successfully defended her PhD thesis on public opinion and common sense in foreign and security policy. Many thanks to the committee members, Professors Kovačević, Đukanović, and Mitzen, for their insightful contributions. Proud to be her supervisor!
Hey 🇪🇺! Serbian students are fighting for democracy, accountability, and the rule of law — the very values you stand for. They keep knocking on your door. It’s high time to walk the talk and back them with action! apnews.com/article/serb... @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @martakos.ec.europa.eu
April 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hey 🇪🇺! Serbian students are fighting for democracy, accountability, and the rule of law — the very values you stand for. They keep knocking on your door. It’s high time to walk the talk and back them with action! apnews.com/article/serb... @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @martakos.ec.europa.eu