Marina Kostić is the Specialist in International Politics and PhD candidate of International and European Studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade. She holds OSCE and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung scholarships. Her area of special interest is world order and security. Besides, Marina published several research papers on European Union enlargement policy, bilateral relations of the Western Balkan states, Serbian military neutrality and the role and nature of international institutions in the world order creation.

In 2015, she finished the CSDP Training Program, organized by the European Security and Defense College. Parallel with her academic engagement, Marina was working in several institutions including Belgrade Chamber of Commerce (International Economic Relations), the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (Council for Relations with Serbs outside Serbia) and the Ministry of Defense (International Military Cooperation Department).

Favorite quotes: Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen (W. Churchill)

Nothing makes us that powerful as the ideas we believe in, neither that weak as when we realize that we are deceived (D. Ćosić)