{"id":554,"date":"2022-11-06T17:37:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T17:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalproblems.rs\/editorial-team\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:43:00","slug":"editorial-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/internationalproblems.rs\/en\/editorial-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<link href=\"https:\/\/internationalproblems.rs\/wp-content\/plugins\/impp\/js\/lib\/jquery-ui-1.13.2\/jquery-ui.min.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\/>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/internationalproblems.rs\/wp-content\/plugins\/impp\/js\/lib\/jquery-ui-1.13.2\/jquery-ui.min.js\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script>\r\n jQuery(document).ready( function($) {\r\n    var icons = {\r\n      header: \"ui-icon-circle-plus\",\r\n      activeHeader: \"ui-icon-circle-minus\"\r\n    };\r\n    $( \".im_accordcv\" ).accordion({collapsible: true, active: false,\r\n    animate: 500,\r\nicons: icons});\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Dr. Neboj\u0161a Vukovi\u0107<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-constrained wp-block-group im_accordcv\">\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"im_para has-medium-font-size\">Dr. Neboj\u0161a Vukovi\u0107 is a Research Fellow at the Institute of International Politics and Economics, where he has been employed since August 2016. His main areas of academic interests are geopolitics, geostrategy, political geography, American global strategy, conflicts in the Balkans, foreign policy of the Russian Federation. Vukovi\u0107 obtained his doctor\u2019s degree at the Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, in 2011 with focus on theoretical directions in Russian geopolitical thought. Neboj\u0161a earned his Master\u2019s degree at the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade, in 2006, with thesis on theoretical work of Nicholas Spykman. He graduated from the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad in 1998. He worked as a Philosophy teacher in secondary schools until 2016. Neboj\u0161a Vukovi\u0107 authored monographic study \u201cThe Logic of an Empire: Nicholas Spykman and contemporary American Geopolitics\u201d and a dozen of research papers in the fields mentioned above.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:nebojsa@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs\">nebojsa@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9692-9062\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9692-9062<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Nebojsa-Vukovic\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Nebojsa-Vukovic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=zo1YPCgAAAAJ&amp;hl=sr\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=zo1YPCgAAAAJ&amp;hl=sr<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deputy Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">dr Ivona La\u0111evac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-constrained wp-block-group im_accordcv\">\r\n  <div><a href=\"#\"><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"im_para has-medium-font-size\">Dr Ivona La\u0111evac is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of International Politics and Economics and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the journal \u201cInternational Problems\u201d. She graduated and earned her MSc Degree at the Faculty of Political Sciences Belgrade University (department for International Relations), while her Ph.D. got at the Faculty of Security Studies with thesis on \u201cStrategic Partnership of Russian Federation and People\u2019s Republic of China within global security context\u201d. Dr La\u0111evac also completed specialization in European studies and attended seminars on strengthening capacity of public administration, labor migrations in the Balkans, strengthening capacity of the cross-border cooperation, preparing project proposals for EU funded projects, as well the United Nations summer school about challenges to international peace and security in new millennium.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<p class=\"im_para has-medium-font-size\">She has participated in many international conferences and authored numerous scientific papers, including two monographs, editor and coeditor of several thematic and international conference proceedings. Her main research areas are contemporary international relations, focused to relations between China and Russia, the Belt and the Road Initiative as well to cooperation between China and CEEC\u2019s. Fluent in English, possess good knowledge of French and studying Chinese language.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<p>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:ivona@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs\">ivona@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4052-4426\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4052-4426<\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Ivona-Ladevac\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Ivona-Ladevac<\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=KURksOAAAAAJ&#038;hl=en\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=KURksOAAAAAJ&#038;hl=en<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Secretary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Msr Milan Veselica<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-constrained wp-block-group im_accordcv\">\r\n  <div><a href=\"#\"><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\r\n<p class=\"im_para has-medium-font-size\">Milan Veselica, MA, is a Research Assistant at the Institute of International Politics and Economics, \u0430nd a PhD student at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade. At the same Faculty, he earned BA degree in International Studies (Module: International Politics) and MA degree in Political Science \u2013 Politics and Religion. He is a Secretary of the scientific journal \u201cInternational Problems\/ Me\u0111unarodni problemi\u201d. Additionally, he is working as a research assistant on the Religion and State Project (RAS), conducted by Prof. Jonathan Fox and Dr. Ariel Zellman from the Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. The main area of Milan\u2019s academic interest is the relationship between religion and politics in the modern world, with a special emphasis on the Roman Catholic Church as a transnational religious actor, ecumenical and religious-political relations in Europe, and religious identity. The overview of his published research is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Milan-Veselica-4\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t<p>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:milan.veselica@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs\">milan.veselica@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enauka.gov.rs\/browse?type=author&#038;authority=rp33139&#038;authority_lang=en_US\">https:\/\/enauka.gov.rs\/browse?type=author&#038;authority=rp33139&#038;authority_lang=en_US<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Milan-Veselica-4 \">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Milan-Veselica-4 <\/a><\/p>\r\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-1608-3678 \">https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-1608-3678<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=sr&#038;user=qsHJ_98AAAAJ\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=sr&#038;user=qsHJ_98AAAAJ<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceeol.com\/search\/search-result?f=%7B%22SearchText%22%3A%22Milan%20Veselica%22%2C%22SearchInOption%22%3A%221%22%7D\">https:\/\/www.ceeol.com\/search\/search-result?f=%7B%22SearchText%22%3A%22Milan%20Veselica%22%2C%22SearchInOption%22%3A%221%22%7D<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Contact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"mailto:ip@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs\">ip@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor-in-Chief Dr. Neboj\u0161a Vukovi\u0107 &nbsp; Dr. Neboj\u0161a Vukovi\u0107 is a Research Fellow at the Institute of International Politics and Economics, where he has been employed since August 2016. His main areas of academic interests are geopolitics, geostrategy, political geography, American global strategy, conflicts in the Balkans, foreign policy of the Russian Federation. 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