Proceedings of the 4th International Scientific Conference “Contemporary Security Challenges and Threats”, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 28 March 2024.

The international scientific conference titled “Contemporary Security Challenges and Threats”, organized by the Faculty of Security Sciences of the University of Banja Luka, held for the fourth time, has shown—based on experience from previous years—that each successive conference is more extensive and richer compared to the previous one. This is reflected in the number of submitted papers (over 50), the number of authors and co-authors, as well as the diversity of countries from which the authors come. The conference brought together presenters from six countries (Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia, and the Republic of Srpska), who delivered their presentations in Serbian, Russian, and English.

A wide range of topics was covered: civil protection mechanisms and European security, contemporary threats to national security, protection of critical infrastructure, terrorism, police affairs, topics related to migration, risk management of modern weapons, cyber threats, as well as issues related to physical preparedness and physical condition of members of security services, among others.

Due to the large number of scientific papers and presenters, the work was organized into two sessions. Presenters delivered their papers orally, while others had the opportunity to present their topics via an online platform. The conference was held on 28 March, in the same month when the Faculty of Security Sciences, as the youngest member of the University, celebrated its seventh anniversary.