Every serious conversation about Serbia’s economic future eventually collapses into one unavoidable truth: everything depends on people. Not incentives, not infrastructure, not policies, not negotiati
National strength or borrowed growth? The strategic balance Serbia must get right (2026–2030)
Few countries in Europe have relied as successfully on foreign direct investment as Serbia. Over the last decade, foreign factories, foreign capital, foreign technology, foreign logistics giants and f
Knowledge as infrastructure: Why Serbia needs an industrial intelligence system (2026–2030)
Infrastructure is usually understood as concrete, rail, bridges, power plants and highways. But in modern economies, knowledge is infrastructure. Countries no longer compete only with ports and factor
From tools to technology systems: The rise of Serbia’s advanced machinery potential (2026–2030)
Machinery has always been the invisible backbone of industrial economies. Nations do not merely build products; they build the machines that make products possible. In that sense, advanced machinery m
Energy as industrial policy: The strategic core of Serbia’s next growth model (2026–2030)
Energy is no longer just a utility question for Serbia. It is the architecture on which the entire economic future rests. The past few years revealed something that economists had long understood but
From passing through to staying: Turning logistics into Serbian economic advantage (2026–2030)
Serbia has spent most of its modern economic narrative proudly positioning itself as a crossroads — a country people pass through, goods pass through, investments pass through and history repeatedly p
From tools to tech: Why Serbia needs electronics to secure industrial sovereignty (2026–2030)
If automotive defines Serbia’s industrial identity and manufacturing shapes its economic weight, electronics will determine whether Serbia controls its future or remains dependent on others to define
Manufacturing 4.0 in Serbia: Ambition, reality and the road between them (2026–2030)
Serbia has rebuilt its economy on the back of factories. Industrial parks, production halls, logistics zones and foreign-owned manufacturing footprints became the architecture of growth narratives. It
From suppliers to system designers: How Serbia can climb the automotive value chain (2026–2030)
For nearly two decades, Serbia built much of its modern industrial credibility on mobility and automotive manufacturing. Assembly plants, supplier hubs, logistics clusters and component manufacturing
Serbia as Europe’s industrial second layer: From peripheral economy to strategic processing partner 2035
Europe is entering a new industrial era in which power is no longer defined primarily by who owns natural resources, but by who controls processing. Sovereignty today lies not in mines, but in metallu