Fragile states
In many areas of the world, the state has only a limited presence. In cities as well as in the countryside, different forms of armed groups and non-state actors challenge the authority of the state, trying to uphold an alternative order.
Research and activites
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Journal Article2022Mona Kanwal Sheikh
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DIIS Report2022Unpacking 'new climate wars'Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Boubacar Ba
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Journal Article2022Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Boubacar Ba
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Journal Article2022The Challenges Faced by al-Qaeda and IS in South AsiaDino Krause
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Report2022Somali diaspora practices and their effectsNauja Kleist & Masud Abdi
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Journal Article2022The case of al-Qaeda in the Arabian PeninsulaMaria-Louise Clausen
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Journal Article2022Policing Freetown's war-peace transitionPeter Albrecht & Maya Mynster Christensen
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Book2022the Origins of Violence in Central AfricaPeer Schouten
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Photo/illustration by Göran Höglund (Kartläsarn) via Flickr.com copyright licenseJournal Article2021The Anti-politics of Deportation from North Africa to MaliAlmamy Sylla & Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde
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Report2021The political economy of checkpoints in South Sudan, ten years after independencePeer Schouten, Ken Matthysen & Thomas Muller
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Journal Article2021Ambiguous rural infrastructure and slippery stabilization in eastern DR CongoPeer Schouten, Judith Verweijen, Saidi Kubuya Batundi & Janvier Murairi
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Journal Article2021from statebuilding to stabilizationMaria-Louise Clausen & Peter Albrecht
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Journal Article2021Armed checkpoints along key trade routes—not natural resources—are the key to financing rebel groups and insurgencies around the world.Peer Schouten
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Journal Article2021Everyday Resistance within European Border Control Initiatives in MaliSigne Marie Cold-Ravnkilde
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Journal Article2021Sierra Leone’s Path In and Out of PeacekeepingPeter Albrecht & Cathy Haenlein
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DIIS Report2021Kwesi Aning explainsKwesi Emmanuel Aning, Peter Albrecht & Anne Blaabjerg Nielsen
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Report2021Between violence, fear, and desertionsNyan Corridor & Helene Maria Kyed
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Photo/illustration by Vladimir Lysenko/Wikimedia Commons copyright licenseWeb Article2021Some methodological considerationsNauja Kleist
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Report2021Rakhine and Paletwa People’s Perceptions of the 2021 Military CoupNyan Corridor & Helene Maria Kyed
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Journal Article2021Helene Maria Kyed
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Book Chapter2021the Complex Relationships Between State/Non-state Armed Actors in Syria’s WarHelle Malmvig
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Book2021The Pushback against Chinese Global AmbitionsLuke Patey
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DIIS Working Paper2021New approaches to fragility in the Horn of Africa and SahelPeer Schouten
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Journal Article2021contested and plural authorities in a Karen village after the ceasefireHelene Maria Kyed
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Report2021Results of Consultation with transboundary herders, semi-settled herders and settled communities in Ouham Pendé and Western OuhamGuillaume de Brier, Peer Schouten, Peter Mardsen & Dirk Gillebert
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Comment2020Abdirahman Edle Ali, Ahmed Musa, Mohamed Aden Hassan, Nauja Kleist & Mark Bradbury
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Policy Brief2020Re-integration efforts must put vulnerabilities at the centreAdam Moe Fejerskov & Meron Zeleke
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS policy brief2020climate-cattle-conflictSigne Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Peer Schouten
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Policy Brief2020Local actors and foreign powers are scrabbling for influence in Iraq and SyriaHelle Malmvig & Jakob Dreyer
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Policy Brief2019A tool of coercion or public securityMaria-Louise Clausen
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS policy brief2019From migrants to drugs, gold, and rare animalsHans Lucht & Luca Raineri
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Comment2019Dino Krause
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DIIS Policy Brief2019Lise Philipsen
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseBrief2019A ‘Traffic Jam’ of Military InterventionsSigne Marie Cold-Ravnkilde
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license
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DIIS policy brief2019Maria-Louise Clausen
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Policy Brief2019Political technologies threaten developing countriesAdam Moe Fejerskov & Flemming Splidsboel Hansen
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DIIS Policy Brief2019Local and globalist foreign fightersMaja Touzari Greenwood
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DIIS Policy Brief2019The Many Implications of UN PeacekeepingFestus Aubyn, Kwesi Aning, Emma Birikorang, Fiifi Edu-Afful, Maya Mynster Christensen & Peter Albrecht
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DIIS Policy Brief2019After Sixty years of UN PeacekeepingFiifi Edu-Afful, Kwesi Aning, Emma Birikorang, Maya Mynster Christensen, Naila Salihu & Peter Albrecht
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DIIS Policy Brief2018The Peace and Stabilisation FundJessica Larsen & Christine Nissen
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DIIS Policy Brief2018International support of the G5 Sahel Joint ForceSigne Marie Cold-Ravnkilde
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DIIS Policy Brief2018The question of Nordic UN peacekeepingChristine Nissen & Peter Albrecht
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Comment2018The Peace and Stabilisation Fund as ‘the good example’?Jessica Larsen & Christine Nissen
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DIIS Policy Brief2018Danish security and defence cooperation in a changing worldSigne Marie Cold-Ravnkilde, Christine Nissen & Adam Moe Fejerskov
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DIIS Policy Brief2018Converging stabilisation efforts by Denmark, Norway and SwedenChristine Nissen & Peter Albrecht
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DIIS Policy Brief2018CSDP in a changed security environmentChristine Nissen
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DIIS Policy Brief2018Denmark should facilitate European and North African collaborationRasmus Alenius Boserup & Luis Martinez
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DIIS Policy Brief2018Elections in 2018Peter Albrecht
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DIIS Policy Brief2018Security Sector ReformLouise Riis Andersen & Helle Malmvig
Experts
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Photo/illustration by Lynggaardhansenfoto.dkSustainable development and governanceSenior Researcher+45 3269 8779
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Photo/illustration by Lynggaardhansenfoto.dk