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Vuk Jeremić Calls for Stronger Eurasian Cooperation in a Multipolar Era

Vuk Jeremić, President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) and Editor-in-Chief of Horizons, addressed a gathering of prominent Chinese scholars and policy experts at the Beijing Club for International Dialogue on July 7, 2026. Speaking at the event titled “Horizons: Eurasian Cooperation in a Multipolar Era,” Jeremić discussed the changing geopolitical […]

Vuk Jeremić Spoke at the World Peace Forum 2026

“Serbia will neither win the World Cup nor join the European Union.” With this piece of dark humour, former Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić summed up his country’s arduous, 17-year-long journey toward EU membership. At the World Peace Forum 2026, Jeremić said that Serbia would not be able to join the European Union under the […]

Jeremić: Multipolar World Must Be Built on Shared Responsibility, Not Rival Blocs

The world has already become multipolar, but the international order has yet to adapt to this new distribution of power, Vuk Jeremić said during a keynote lecture at the University of Hong Kong, warning that growing rivalry between major powers could push the international system towards deeper instability and conflict. Jeremić, President of the Center […]

Why the G7 Must Rethink Its Relationship with the Global South

 Photo: MEAphotogallery, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Jovanović is Vice President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD). He previously served as a Member of Parliament of the Republic of Serbia and as a Country Representative to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The recurring calls from leaders across the Global […]

The End of the Rules Based International Order? A World Historical Perspective

Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 Jongsoo Lee is Senior Managing Director at Brock Securities and Local Affiliate at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. He is also Contributing Editor at The Diplomat. He can be followed on X (Twitter) at @jameslee004. Do the changes in international relations and U.S. foreign policy […]

HORIZONS FORUM: Belgrade Emerges as a Meeting Point for Europe, China and Asia

The first HORIZONS | Sustainability and Connectivity Forum, jointly organized by the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development, CIRSD, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, CCIS, brought together more than 500 participants and over 20 leading global authorities in economics, finance, high technology, artificial intelligence, sustainable development, energy and international affairs at […]

Be part of Horizons Forum!

This June, Belgrade becomes a bridge between China and Europe.We are looking for motivated students and young professionals to join the organizational and media volunteer teams of the Horizons | Sustainability and Connectivity Forum. We welcome volunteers with strong English skills, team spirit, motivation, and an interest in international cooperation, global events, communications, and social […]

Horizons | Sustainability and Connectivity Forum

On June 18–19, Belgrade will become a meeting point for global leaders, investors, technology innovators, and decision-makers from around the world. The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia, is organizing the international Horizons Forum on Sustainability and Connectivity, which will take place at the […]

What Kendo and Nomads Can Teach Us About Learning in the AI Era

By Yerkin Tatishev, Founder of Almaty High Tech Academy, Chairman of Almaty Management University (AlmaU), and Founder of Kusto Group In 1996, IBM’s supercomputer Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov. In 2016, AlphaGo, developed by Google DeepMind, beat South Korea’s Lee Se-dol—not just calculating, but learning from its own mistakes. These milestones revealed […]