Filip Ejdus is Assistant Professor of Security Studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade. His training is in International Relations at the Belgrade University, Sciences Po Paris and London School of Economics and Political Science. He is closely involved with policy community as a board member of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, academic coordinator at the Belgrade Security Forum and the co-chair of the Regional Stability in South East Europe Study Group at the PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes.