MONTENEGRO INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AND ITS REFORMS
MONTENEGRO INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AND ITS REFORMS

Author(s): Nenad Koprivica, Emir Kalač, Dženita Brčvak
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense, Secret Service / Secret Police
Published by: CEDEM Centar za Demokratiju i Ljudska Prava
Keywords: intelligence services; Montenegro
Summary/Abstract: Studies of the intelligence services are not common in Montenegro. In those cases where the authors decide to explore these issues, the focus is mainly on the way in which intelligence in Montenegro fights against terrorism. Further, intelligence issues are being analyzed from the perspective of good governance. This paper brings together both the academic and the policy approach, by analysing the reform of the intelligence system in Montenegro and accountability of the intelligence services towards different mechanisms of control and oversight. In addition, the paper explains the transformation of the intelligence sector, through inter-institutional dynamics, public debate and respect for international standards. Research platform is based on relevant academic sources, as well as numerous studies published within the long-term monitoring of the reform of the security sector. Domestic literature is mostly unavailable, so the authors relied on those sources that are self-published, studies of other local authors, as well as international sources which include standards in the field of democratic control and oversight of the security sector, with a primary focus on intelligence. Projected contribution to the academic community to this study is lacking. The findings are factually supported by the use of media articles and information about this area, which is still considered to be closed towards the general public. First of all, the thesis about closure of the intelligence services, so as their relationship with the political elites (i.e. ideological and political partiality), is confirmed. The special value of this work is a comprehensive approach to the intelligence sector; in addition to the central intelligence agency, recent changes in the field of financial intelligence and anti-terrorism, as well as the establishment of special units for military intelligence, were presented. No less important, the paper provides an insight into the critical-minded segments of society - the opposition, the media and the civil sector.

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