State capture and security intelligence agencies in Serbia

Security intelligence agencies play a central role in state capture. Due to the very nature of how they are organised and operate, security first become targets these processes, before becoming their principal agents. Indeed, political elites natural partners this endeavour, with process capture coming resemble complex operation. Even though experiences many countries bear out, attempts research systematic theoretically grounded manner remain rare. By using recent theoretical approaches defining as deliberate undertaking, main goal which is acquisition unrestricted power that turn enables unhindered unsanctioned pursuit narrow interests detriment public good, study aims determine factors, conditions mechanisms facilitate rapid services further use capturing state. This will be explored through example Serbia - country that, two decades on from start its democratic transformation, now captured sliding towards autocracy.