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The Jefferson Institute is an independent trans-Atlantic research and education institute.
We are inspired by Thomas Jefferson's challenge to pursue truth, wherever it may lead, and his vision of foreign policy at its best: to prevail through ideas and commerce.
Strategic and institutional analysis of sectors, products, and firms as well as traditional macro economic analysis.
Support decision makers in security sector reforms with innovative research and analysis to better identify strategic priorities, and the practical steps for success in policy and programming.
Exploring the increasing complexity
of international development aid, as public and private agencies seek
out new approaches and partnerships.
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The first in a series of roundtable discussions on practical approaches to alternative energy in Serbia, gathering members of civil society, government and academic experts.
Our discussions looked deeply into the challenges and opportunities of wind power and small hydroplants.
New emblems of the Serbia Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces were presented today by Undersecretary Igor Jovicic, Public Relations Department Navy Captain Petar Boskovic and Major Jovica Milak of the SAF GS. This JI visual identity project was made possible with the generous financial support of the Kingdom of Norway, and is a part of a larger effort to enhance transparency and capacity for open media relations with the Serbia MOD.
The Serbia Ministry of Defense Publishing House Odbrana recognized The Jefferson Institute for its effort in 2009 to support the digitization of the photo archives of the Serbia MOD. 
Maryland State Archivist, Ed Papenfuse, met with archivists from the Military Historical Archive of Serbia and the National Archive of Yugoslavia to learn about their advanced efforts in the digital preservation and access. He also met with Ministry of Defense State Secretary Dusan Spasojevic, where they discussed the importance of sustainable revenue models for archives and also opportunities for sharing Serbia's best practices.
A forum devoted to identifying the educational needs of the military officer of the future - and the challenges and opportunities in adjusting methods and curricula to meet those needs. Distance learning, Basel Standards, synergies in civil and military educational traditions and other themes will be discussed by an elite gathering of top thinkers and policy makers in education from across Europe.
This event was an element of our efforts to support the Strategic Research Institute of the Serbia Ministry of Defense, especially in its efforts to explore best practices and policies in the area of Cybersecurity. 
Ambassador Morrison of Canada, Ambassador Blankenborg of Norway, and Dean Cvetkovic opened a new broadband internet lab for the Faculty of Security Studies in Belgrade, Serbia, concluding a library upgrade project of the Jefferson Institute. Tens of students were lined up outside waiting to use the lab, but we convinced them along with faculty to join us for a small reception.
We honored Thomas Jefferson and the 233rd anniversary of the authoring of the Declaration of Independence this July 4th with a concert and gathering of close friends.
This season a Russian violinist, Alexey Lundin, performed accompanied by Tatiana Fedoseeva.
Nine projects that use crowd sourcing, mobile technology and digital investigative journalism to bring news and information to communities in new ways have been named winners of the 2009 Knight News Challenge.
Robert Orttung, JI Senior Fellow, gave a lecture on “The Development of Russia’s Regions” to the Foreign Service Institute on April 30. His talk analyzed the evolution of center-periphery relations after the collapse of the Soviet Union through the current period.
A gathering of staff and professors from the UK, Norway, and Serbia Military Academies to share experiences, challenges and opportunities as Serbia embarks on a large scale effort to develop a distance learning platform for its Academy.
The conference brought together leaders in US and European digital historical archives to meet in high level but informal setting with their colleagues from Centrala and Eastern Europe archives.
Dr. Robert Orttung, Senior Fellow at Jefferson Institute, gave a public lecture on the Russian energy sector at Oklahoma University to a wide variety of students and professors studying Russia..JPG)
Jack Petri, Jefferson Institute Senior Fellow, gave a presentation to students of the Departments of English and English Literature, at the Philosophy Faculty in the Niksic branch of the University of Montenegro. The presentation, "NATO: Past, Present and Future" was organized by the Director of the Alfa Centar, Aleksander Dedovic, as part of a government program to provide information about NATO to the public. In October, Petri gave a similar presentation to some 90 students in the Civil Defence Faculty in Belgrade, Serbia, organized by Professor Zoran Kekovic.
The civil and military justice systems were unified in Montenegro after decades of existing in separate and parallel forms. Nevertheless, the current unified justice system has not developed sufficiently to address military matters. A joint workshop hosted by the Jefferson Institute and the OSCE presented an opportunity to address these matters as Montenegro begins revising its criminal code and defense-related legislation. 
This program helps train senior officers and civilians in the important matters of international and national security, policy-making and relations with the greater policy community. Dr Orttung gave a lecture at a session dedicated to Russia.
Deputy Minister of Defence, Draško Jovanović, informed high-level guests about the implementation of the Transit Agreement, PfP Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the progress made so far in fulfilling the necessary conditions for obtaining the Security Certification. 
We honored Thomas Jefferson and the 232nd anniversary of the authoring of the Declaration of Independence this July 4th with a concert and gathering of close friends. 
JI Senior Fellow Jack Petri gave a presentation to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Montenegro on the structure and history of NATO and on the evolution and nature of the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program.