Vladimir Bilandzic

Vladimir Bilandzic received a MA in Political Science from McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada and a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Law Faculty in Belgrade. Until 1989 he was a researcher in the Institute of International Politics and Economics in Belgrade and published on matters related to international security, arms control and Southeast European politics. In the period between 1986 and 1991 he served as a member of the delegation of former Yugoslavia at the CSCE conferences in Vienna, and before that he participated in the CSCE conferences and meetings in Geneva, Belgrade, Madrid, Stockholm and Paris. From 1996 until 2001 he lectured on Balkan security and Southeast-European politics at the Interdisciplinary M.A Program on Southeast European Studies at Central European University, Budapest. Since 2001 he is Special Advisor for Confidence and Security Building Measures in the OSCE Mission to Serbia in Belgrade.