Role of the Serbian Armed Forces in counterterror and counterinsurgent operations

Abstract

The current terrorist threat to national security of the Republic of Serbia, the possibility for its escalation into armed insurgency and thus provoking the foreign interference, are facts that indicate the need for constant optimum capability of antiterrorist system to effectively eliminate and suppress this specific threat. The Serbian Armed Forces play a great role in the complex and uncertain counterterrorist struggle, and the efficiency and effectiveness of that struggle are in multiple correlation with the involvement of other forces and actors of the state and the society. Supreme state management plays a crucial role in this complex process.

Keywords

• terrorism
• armed insurgency
• security of serbia
• the serbian armed forces
• counterterror operations
• counterinsurgent operations
• national security posture