In the new episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srđan Cvijić welcomed Sofija Mandić, a lawyer and human rights activist who recently joined the Executive Board of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy. They discussed whistleblowing in Serbia, focusing on when one becomes a whistleblower, how whistleblowers can seek protection, and current practices in this field…

In the new episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srđan Cvijić hosted Hiroyuki Akita, a commentator of Nikkei, one of the major Japanese media outlets. They talked about the stability of Indo-Pacific region, Japan relations with the USA, China, Russia and EU, as well as Japanese policy towards Europe and the Western Balkans region. … U novoj…

In the new episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srdjan Cvijić hosted Andrey Gnyot, director, journalist and political activist from Belarus. Andrey spent seven months in prison in Belgrade before being transferred to house arrest in June 2024. He talked about the reasons for his arrest in Serbia, his experience in the Central Prison in Belgrade,…

In the new episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srđan Cvijić hosted Thomas Countryman, a US career diplomat who in the past served as United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation. Today, Thomas Countryman is a board member of two organisations that are actively supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign: National Security…

In the new episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srđan Cvijić hosted Thomas Countryman, a US career diplomat who in the past served as United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation. Today, Thomas Countryman is a board member of two organisations that are actively supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign: National Security…

In the new episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srđan Cvijić hosted Senna Šimek, Executive Director of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Croatia, and Sofija Todorović, Program Director of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights Serbia. They discussed young people’s views towards reconciliation and cooperation in the Balkans, the rise of nationalism among youth,…

U novoj epizodi podkasta Lighthouse razgovarali smo sa dr Stajnerom Brinom koji je u proteklih 20 godina vodio seminare međuetničkog dijaloga na Zapadnom Balkanu. On je govorio o značaju dijaloga, izazovima i naučenim lekcijama o procesu pomirenja. In the new Lighthouse podcast episode, we talked to Dr Steinar Bryn who has facilitated inter-ethnic dialogue seminars…

In the new episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srđan Cvijić hosted Wojciech Przybylski, political analyst, Editor-in-Chief of Visegrad Insight, and President of the Res Publica Foundation. He discussed the change of government in Poland and the beginning of state de-capture process, but also, he shared his predictions about the upcoming elections for European Parliament, talked…

In a new episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srđan Cvijić spoke with Gjorgji Lazarevski, a whistleblower who, as a member of the Macedonian security service, together with a colleague, exposed the illegal wiretapping of political opponents of the Macedonian Prime Minister at the time, Nikola Gruevski. He talked about his whistleblowing experience and all the…

In the new episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srđan Cvijić hosted Adriana Zaharijević, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, and Ana Petrović from Da Se Zna! organisation.  The main topic of this episode was anti-gender discourse and the so-called „gender ideology“. The guests also discussed how this…