Over 150 security sector specialists gathered at the Sava Center in Belgrade for the Security and Society Forum: ‘Terrorism and Religious Extremism’ to discuss the importance of networking to combat terrorism, web-based terrorism and perspectives of religious terrorism in Southeast Europe. Mr. James Roberts, US Deputy Director, Marshall Center and Professor Katharina von Knop, Adjunct Professor, Program on Terrorism and Security Studies, Marshall Center were guest speakers along with Dr. Zoran Dragisic and M.A. Darko Trifunovic, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Security. Participants included Marshall Center alumni, University of Belgrade students and faculty, the National Defense School, foreign embassy officials as well as officials from the security sector of Serbia. The alumni used the Forum to present the Marshall Center Paper No. 7 in Serbian. In addition, two Alumni Association commercial books, translated into Serbian, were offered to participants.

While in Belgrade Mr. Roberts and Professor von Knop took the time to speak to the students from the Faculty of Security and presented a lecture on the following day to the National Defense School. Mr. Roberts spoke about the development and evolution of suicide bombers and Professor von Knop presented a comparative analysis of suicide bombings.

This Forum, the sixth in the forum series organized by the Marshall Center Alumni Association – Serbia, will be followed by the last Forum for 2006 in December. For more information contact: LTC Milan Tepsic.

Click to enlarge Participants register for the Forum.	Click to enlarge Moderator LTC Bojan Zrnic (LC 2003-7), opens the Forum.	Click to enlarge Dr. James Roberts, Marshall Center US Deputy Director, addresses the assembled audience.
Click to enlarge Professor Katharina von Knop begins her presentation with a quote from Napoleon Bonaparte.	Click to enlarge Participants look over the publications on offer in Serbian.	Click to enlarge Serbian graduates gather for a group photo with the US Embassy officials and Marshall Center presenters and staff.
Click to enlarge Dr. Zoran Dragisic, University of Belgrade, speaks about terrorism issues in Southeast Europe.	Click to enlarge Darko Trifunovic lectures on the various connections of Islamic terrorists in the region.	Click to enlarge Mr. Roberts and Professor von Knop meet with students from the University of Belgrade.
Click to enlarge General Kovacevic (center), Head of the Military Academy, opens the Marshall Center lectures at the National Defense School.	Click to enlarge Mr. Roberts discusses the evolution of suicide bombers.	Click to enlarge Professor von Knop illustrates the difficulty in identifying a suicide bomber.