Abstract: At the beginning of the 21st century, a change of global security environment in modern states has given rise to increase of threats, such as proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, international organized crime, human trafficking and illegal trade of goods subject to control, mass migrations, money laundering, etc. These threats produce new challenges with regard to functioning of national security systems, and this naturally reflects on new complexities in establishing valid mechanisms for their control. In such circumstances security and intelligence systems must adjust to new situations to improve their efficiency. This paper deals with the ways for establishing necessary mechanisms for democratic and civil control of security services. info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceProceedings application/pdf 164406 bytes Archibald Reiss Days : thematic conference proceedings of international significance : International Scientific Conference volume: 1 startpage: 419 endpage: 420 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:7899 ISBN: 978-86-7020-378-5 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode 2017 Lazić, Radojica Establishinf of Democratic and Civil Control of Security Services eng Key words: state, democracy, national security, security services, security challenges, civil control