Sarajevo – ESI at Sarajevo Security Conference

Kristof Bender. Photo: Res Publica Foundation

ESI senior analyst Adnan Ćerimagić took part in the Sarajevo Security Conference 2025, held from 26 to 28 September at Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The conference gathered leading policy makers, diplomats, security and defence experts, and representatives of NATO and the EU to discuss global and regional security challenges.

Adnan was a panelist in the session “Anchoring the Western Balkans: Germany’s Role in a Shifting European Landscape,” alongside Michael Reiffenstuel, director for South-Eastern Europe, Turkey, EFTA States, OSCE and Council of Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office; Boris Mijatović, member of the Bundestag; and Marina Vulović, researcher and lecturer at the University of Potsdam. The discussion was moderated by Manuel Sarrazin, president of the Southeast Europe Association and former special representative for the Western Balkans of the German government.

Adnan used the opportunity to engage with senior officials and experts from the EU, NATO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the wider region, contributing ESI’s perspective on European integration and security.

• ESI proposal: “Preventing violence – transform Kosovo dialogue”
• ESI background: “Scoreboard - The true state of accession - What the Commission assessments reveal”
• ESI proposal: “End the turtle race How the EU can address the crisis of the accession process”
• ESI proposal: “Offer the four freedoms to the Balkans, Ukraine, and Moldova For a merit-based EU accession process with a credible goal”
• ESI proposal: “47 again? Russia out, Kosovo in Support Kosovo’s membership in the Council of Europe”
• ESI proposal: “Abandon clichés about Bosnia: Push EU-related reforms instead of arbitrary conditions”
• ESI proposal: “No partition: Why Kosovo and Serbia must not discuss territory”
• ESI report: “Anti-Corruption Report for the West Balkans: Measure corruption in order to fight it”