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Why Europe Is Spending Billions on Defence, and Is It Enough? The Euro-Atlantic Council of Slovenia invites you to a panel discussion at SIDEC 2026 on Thursday, 12 November 2026, from 11:00 to 12:30 in Conference Hall L1 at Celje…

Situation Room 2.0 Analytical Report Serbia at a Political Crossroads: The 2026 Parliamentary Elections Author: Miriam Medved Date: 26 October 2026 The early parliamentary elections held on 25 October 2026 ended in defeat for the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), which…

Matic Kosirnik, President of YATA Slovenia, and Maša Omahen, Vice-President for International Affairs and Cooperation, attended the 16th 2BS (To Be Secure) Forum in Budva, Montenegro, on 23 October 2026. Organised by the Atlantic Council of Montenegro, the Forum addressed…

Matic Kosirnik, President of YATA Slovenia, attended the Warsaw Security Forum on 12–13 October 2026. Ahead of the Forum, he spoke at an official side event on 11 October about societal resilience, international cooperation and shared responsibility for security. On…

Situation Room 2.0 Monthly Security Overview The Middle East: Iran Period: September 2026 Author: Aleksander Grm Region: Middle East September’s developments in the Middle East could be described by the title of the 1929 novel All Quiet on the Western…

Situation Room 2.0 Monthly Security Overview The Western Balkans Period: September 2026 Author: Azra Kerić Region: The Western Balkans In Serbia, Ratko Mladić, a former commander of the Army of Republika Srpska, who was convicted of war crimes by the…

Situation Room 2.0 Monthly Security Overview Eastern Europe Period: September 2026 Author: Miriam Medved Region: Eastern Europe In September, the security situation in Eastern Europe was marked by Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy…

Situation Room 2.0 Monthly Security Overview Wars without borders: Ethiopia, Sudan and the Sahel Period: September 2026 Author: Joshua W. Moolman Region: Africa In Ethiopia, a new alliance of seven armed groups announced on 20 September that it aims to…

Energy security has long been central to national survival, economic development, and military capability. As Harold Lasswell famously suggested, international politics often reduces to the question of “who gets what oil, when and how.” Throughout the twentieth century, access to…

Ljubljana, 20 September 2026 – YATA Slovenia, the Youth Section of the Euro-Atlantic Council of Slovenia, has published the Young Euro-Atlantic Resilience Strategy 2035, a strategic document that merges young perspectives on the future of the Euro-Atlantic order and the…