Vesko Gar\u010devi\u0107 served as the Ambassador of Montenegro in Brussels (NATO) and Vienna (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe \u2013 OSCE and other International Organizations). He was a Montenegrin Ambassador to Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. During his diplomatic career he held important positions at the challenging political time of the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and democratic transition of Montenegro. After Montenegro regained independence in 2006, he served as the first Montenegrin Ambassador to Austria and the OSCE. He has outstanding knowledge of multilateral issues, especially in the field of European Security.<\/p>\n
Ambassador Gar\u010devi\u0107 participated in prestigious international conferences on security such as German Marshall Fund\u2019s Brussels Forum, Munich Security Conference and Halifax International Security Forum. With his qualifications he contributed as the panelist to many conferences and seminars about European security, security of South East Europe and Western Balkans. He also participated in many high-level meetings, including NATO Summits, UN General Assembly meetings and ministerial conferences. He was interviewed or quoted by numerous internationally renowned media outlets such as BBC, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Voice of America etc. He participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program in 2004 and was awarded Honorary Citizen Certificate by the State of Texas.<\/p>\n
His article \u2018Montenegro and the OSCE\u2019 was published at the Institute for Peace and Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg, Yearbook 2007.<\/p>\n
He wrote a book chapter about small states diplomacy\u00a0Small States: From Intuitive to Smart Diplomacy<\/a>published in\u00a0ThePalgrave Handbook of Diplomatic Reform and Innovation<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0In the book, 40 scholars and practitioners from 30 countries critically analyzed current practices of diplomacy and proposed practical steps that might make diplomacy and innovation more effective.<\/p>\n