Contemporary Macedonian Defence

Open access policy
The journal “Contemporary Macedonian Defence” is available in accordance with the open access principles. It is published in both print and digital form. The articles are free to download from the site and distribute for academic and other purposes. The journal provides free access to all its contents, without subscription and without any associated costs. The materials may be used without requiring special permission, provided the original document is referenced.

Licensing
“Contemporary Macedonian Defence” is a fully open access journal, meaning that all journal content is available online for free. Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the content and may modify, redesign or adapt or use it in other lawful ways, provided they properly credit the source, in accordance with CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Cooperation with university centres
The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of North Macedonia has established fruitful cooperation with the university centres in the country. By signing memoranda of cooperation, the basic forms of cooperation have been established, inter alia, the cooperation in the publishing activity, and more specifically, participation of university professors in the International Editorial Board of “Contemporary Macedonian Defence” has been agreed, as well as publication of scientific papers of the teaching staff and the students.

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

Editorial Board

Prof. d-r Marina MITREVSKA
Editor-in-Chief, University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje, North Macedonia

Prof. d-r Nano RUŽIN
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Professor Emeritus, North Macedonia

INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD

Prof. d-r. Bekim MAKSUTI
University of Tetovo, Faculty of Law, North Macedonia

Prof. d-r. Toni MILEVSKI
University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje,
North Macedonia

Prof. d-r. Muhamet RACAJ
University of Tetovo, Faculty of Law, North Macedonia

Prof. d-r. Mitko BOGDANOSKI
Gotse Delchev University, Military Academy, North Macedonia

Prof. d-r. Qebir AVZIU
University of Tetovo, Faculty of Law, North Macedonia

Prof. d-r. Elenior NIKOLOV
Gotse Delchev University, Military Academy, North Macedonia

Prof. d-r. Nikolina KENNING
University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje,
North Macedonia

Prof. d-r. Anna CHUPESKA
University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Faculty of Law, Skopje, North Macedonia

Prof. d-r. Alexandra DEANOSKA TRENDAFILOVA
University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Faculty of Law, Skopje, North Macedonia

Prof. d-r. Nikola DUJOVSKI
Kliment Ohridski University, Faculty of Security, North Macedonia

Prof. d-r. Natasa PELIVANOVA
Kliment Ohridski University, Faculty of Security, North Macedonia

Ass. prof. Janet RISTOSKA
Ministry of Defense, North Macedonia

Ass. prof. Mende SOLUNCHEVSKI
Ministry of Defense, North Macedonia

D-r. Jelal NEZIRI
University of Southeast Europe, Tetovo, North Macedonia

Prof. d-r. Anton GRISOLD
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Slovenia

Prof. d-r. Ljubica JELUSIĆ
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Slovenia

Prof. d-r. Sinisa TATALOVIC
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Sciences, Croatia

Prof. d-r. Robert MIKAC
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Science, Croatia

Prof. d-r. Zoran KEKOVIC
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Security, Serbia

Prof. d-r. Svetlana STANAREVIC
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Security, Serbia

Prof. Dr. Yantsislav Yanakiev
Bulgarian Defence Institute “Professor Tsvetan Lazarov”, Bulgaria

Prof. d-r. Mirza SMAJIC
University of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Faculty of Political Sciences,
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Prof. Dr. Eike Albrecht, Head of Deparment at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg,
Germany

Prof. d-r Olivera Injac
University Donja Gorica, Podgorica, Montenegro

Prof. d-r Ari Darmastuti, Social and Political Science, University of Warmadewa, Indonesia

Secretary: Zhanet RISTOSKA
Proofreading and Editing: Rozi GROZDANOVSKA, Martina KIMOVSKA

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The ethical policy of “Contemporary Macedonian Defence” is based on references from various international boards. For this purpose, a Code of Ethics for the editors and authors has been developed.
The editors are solely responsible for accepting or rejecting the submitted paper. The submitted paper may be rejected by the editors before peer review, if: the paper has an inappropriate topic or visibly poor quality, when the essential and formal criteria specified in the journal’s editorial policy are not observed, it has already been published before, there is non-compliance with the journal’s ethical principles, etc.
The papers that have been accepted by the Editorial Board are those that have passed the so-called “blind review”.
The editors ensure that the quality of the papers is in accordance with the internationally accepted scientific and ethical publication guidelines.
Once the first “blind review” has been completed, the editor-in-chief, in a meeting together with the deputy editor-in-chief and the members of the Editorial Board, and in accordance with the copyright and plagiarism regulations, decide whether to accept the received papers for review.
For papers that have passed the “blind review” and are in accordance with the copyright and plagiarism regulations, the Editorial Board designates two independent reviewers. Then, a double blind review is made, that is, the reviewers must not know the names of the authors, and the authors must not know the identity of the reviewers.
The Editorial Board decides on the selection of reviewers based on the competencies for the topic analyzed in the paper.
The editors have an obligation to take into account the anonymity of both reviewers and authors. The editors guarantee the quality of the papers and the integrity of the academic record, take care to clarify the need for corrections to the article and apologize, if necessary.

Reporting standards
The authors of original research papers (scientific research) should present an objective discussion of the meaning of the analysis, the data should be presented precisely and clearly, and the discussion of the research results should be precise and clear, objective of its meaning. Basic data should be presented accurately. The paper should contain references for reproducibility. Inaccurate data constitutes unethical behavior and is unjustified and unacceptable to the Editorial Board.
Review and professional papers should be equally accurate and objective.
After the paper receives two independent positive reviews and the Editorial Board accepts them, the copyright belongs to the publisher of the journal – the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of North Macedonia.
If the paper is not accepted for publication by the Editorial Board, all rights will be retained by the author.
When a paper is accepted for publication, the publisher, the Ministry of Defence, is granted the right to reproduce and distribute the manuscript in print (paper) and electronic form.

Disclaimer
The views expressed in the published paper/article do not represent the views of the Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editor-in-Chief and all members of the International Editorial Board. All authors have legal and moral responsibility for everything written in the paper. The publisher has no responsibility in case of submission of any claims for compensation of potential damages.

all to authors
We invite all interested persons, with a Master’s degree or higher, who wish to publish their scientific and professional papers in the field of defence, security and peace to submit them no later than 31 March for the June edition of the journal, i.e. 30 September for the December issue of the journal. Papers should be prepared in accordance with the code of ethics and guidelines for authors and should be submitted together with the Author’s Statement. We note that the paper should not exceed 5000 words. Each submitted paper can have a maximum of two authors. All papers that not prepared in accordance with the “Guidelines for Authors” will be returned to their authors to be prepared in accordance with the technical procedures outlined in the guidelines.

Manuscript submission
The papers for the journal “Contemporary Macedonian Defence” are submitted via e-mail to the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Marina Mitrevska marinamitrevska@yahoo.com, the secretary of the journal, Assoc. Dr. Zhanet Ristoska, zanet.ristovska@mod.gov.mk and to the Executive Editor, Igor Damjanoski, M.Sc igor.damjanoski@mod.gov.mk.
The papers for the two issues that are published in one calendar year are submitted by 31 March and for the second issue by 30 September.
Papers that have already been published in any form, or are in the process of being published in any other publication, will not be accepted for publication. For this purpose, the author should notify the Board when registering the paper.
Each author of a paper warrants that the manuscript is his or her original work. The submitted paper should provide sufficient detail and relevant references to allow reviewers and readers to verify the claims and analysis presented. Presenting false claims in the manuscript is a violation of the ethical standards.

Authors are solely responsible for the content of their manuscripts.

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Secretary
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Editor-in-Chief
Proff.Dr. Marina Mitrevska
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Executive editor
Igor Damjanoski
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