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.
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.
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. [more]
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. [more]
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. [more]
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.
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The Civil Protection System in Serbia
Report about the present conditions in the civil protection system in Serbia, with a brief historical perspective and policy recommendations.