Contemporary Security Challenges and Activities of Security - Intelligence System in Croatia

Ovaj diplomski rad problematizira sigurnosni sektor u Republici Hrvatskoj kroz analizu suvremenih sigurnosnih izazova te analizu najvažnijih strateških dokumenata i zakona koji se odnose na sigurnosne politike kojima se izazovi pokušavaju držati pod kontrolom. Analizom starih i novih strategija daje se slika o dinamici sigurnosnih politika u Republici Hrvatskoj. Istovremeno, kroz povijesni presjek sigurnosno-obavještajnih agencija napravljena je korelacija između teorije, koja je zastupljena u dokumentima, i prakse, ustroja i stvarnog djelovanja sigurnosno-obavještajnih agencija s dostupnim informacijama o njihovom radu. Iako još uvijek pretjerano sekuritiziran, sigurnosni sektor se djelomično demokratizira. Dok Strategija nacionalne sigurnosti i popratni dokumenti odaju dojam već demokratski potpuno razvijenog sigurnosnog sektora, praksa ipak pokazuje suprotno.SUMMARY AND KEY WORDS This graduate thesis discusses security sector in the Republic of Croatia through an analysis of the contemporary security challenges and the analysis of the most important strategic documents and laws related to the security policies that are trying to keep these security challenges under control. An analyssis of old and new strategies gives a picture of the dynamics of security policies in the Republic of Croatia. At the same time, the correlation between the theory represented in the documents and practice, organization and real-life activities of security intelligence agencies with available information on their work was made through the historical cross-section of the security intelligence agencies. Although still highly securitized, the security sector is partially democratized. While the National Security Strategy and accompanying documents give the impression of a fully-developed security sector, the practice still shows the opposite