ANATOLIJ MILOVANOVIĆ'S MONOGRAPH SHEDS LIGHT ON TERRORISM IN BiH

BELGRADE, NOVEMBER 10 /SRNA/ – A monograph titled "Terrorism in BiH - Forms and Psychosocial Characteristics", authored by Anatolij Milovanović, was presented in Novi Sad, offering a scientific insight into the issue and pointing out that terrorist groups and individuals in BiH are religious fanatics with psychosocial personality disorders.

The monograph was presented at the Mayak Serbian-Russian Centre, whose director, Vladimir Prebiračević, told SRNA that the event had launched a discussion that the institution would continue to promote throughout Serbia and the region.

He stressed that the subject was, unfortunately, extremely important, as the threat of terrorism was real and could materialise in the near future, particularly given the identity of those who had worked against Serbian interests in the Balkans for centuries and decades.

"Unfortunately, nothing is changing in this regard, and this monograph can only help raise people's awareness and provide them with more information so that they can take action to counter and prevent such phenomena in the Balkans," he said.

Author Anatolij Milovanović said that he had drawn on sources from numerous Western intelligence operatives in writing the monograph, including current US envoy in the Russia-Ukraine negotiations Steve Witkoff. He added that an empirical study had also been conducted within the Republika Srpska Ministry of the Interior, using a battery of tests with the assistance of military psychologists from Serbia.

"The events from the `Islamic Declaration` onwards have been examined. A particular focus was placed on a case study of the terrorist attack at Tuzla's Kapija, for which the Serb side was blamed. Numerous pieces of evidence have been presented, including forensic, ballistic and forensic medical evidence," Milovanović noted.

The 2015 terrorist attack on the police station in Zvornik was also examined in particular detail.

Milovanović noted that the monograph, published by the Balkan Association of Agricultural Economists, was already being translated at the Moscow State Law University and that arrangements were under way for promotional events with municipal veterans' organizations in Republika Srpska.

Dušica Kovačević, a research associate at the Institute of Social Sciences in Belgrade, said that Milovanović's monograph was important primarily because very few authors had addressed terrorism in BiH, while those who had done so had not been strictly objective and had instead contributed to a relatively flexible interpretation of the term.

"Dr Anatolij Milovanović has addressed this issue clearly and objectively in his monograph, making it easy for readers who choose to read this scholarly work to understand the language in which it is written. This, in turn, broadens knowledge of terrorism in general, and particularly of terrorism in BiH," she said.

Kovačević identified the empirical study involving 345 members of the Republika Srpska Ministry of the Interior as the most important part of the monograph, describing it as unique and unprecedented.

"The expert contribution of this empirical research lies in the possibility of applying scientific findings through public policies or by establishing a legal framework for certain rules governing the security sector and its subsystems, including the potential formulation of preventive or, where appropriate, repressive measures in line with the research findings," she concluded.