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The politics of great and emerging powers

New powers stake their claim in global politics. Will they preserve global order, work towards modifications that better suit their norms and values - or reject it altogether? Domestic politics of established and rising powers also provides important clues to what takes place in the global arena.

Research and activites

  • Soldater i Vestafrika
    Photo/illustration by Joerg Boethling / Alamy Stock Photo
    Livestreaming

    West Africa now

    DIIS Auditorium
    This seminar sheds light on the myriad challenges shaping West Africa and discusses the recent political upheavals, the growing influence of Russia, and the complex web of migration patterns intersecting the region and beyond
  • Illustration of William Pitt and Napoleon Bonaparte cutting the world
    Photo/illustration by James Gillray, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    Livestreaming

    Geopolitics and international relations (1899-2024) in Europe and beyond

    DIIS Auditorium
    Past, present and future
  • People in Taiwan
    Photo/illustration by Daniel Shih/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
    Livestreaming

    A partner in dire straits? A European perspective on Taiwan

    DIIS, auditorium
    This DIIS seminar takes a closer look at recent developments in Cross-Strait relations and the wider Taiwan conflict as seen from a European perspective
  • Big Loop of Saar River near Orscholz, Mettlach, Saarland, Germany, Europe
    Photo/illustration by Hans-Peter Merten / robertharding / Alamy Stock Photo

    Power, practice and theory in international relations

    DIIS Auditorium
    Power, theory and practice are each inescapable for understanding international relations. In the case of all three, Stefano Guzzini's contributions have been core to advancing scholarship
  • South China sea disputes, water cannon against Philippines
    Photo/illustration by China Coast Guard/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
    Livestreaming

    Deeply immersed: Taking stock of South China Sea developments

    DIIS, Auditorium
    Viewed as an important strategic waterway from a regional and global perspective, the South China Sea has long constituted a critical arena for various maritime and territorial disputes that are now resurfacing.
  • Children in Uummannaq
    Photo/illustration by Leiff Josefsen

    'Free Association' in Greenland? Caribbean and Pacific experiences

    DIIS, auditorium
    To understand what future course, Greenland might be setting itself on, DIIS invites for a seminar with professor Rafael Cox Alomar, expert in comparative constitutional law in the context of decolonization.
  • Zelensky speaking at United Nations headquaters
    Photo/illustration by ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo

    Reimagining the United Nations - past, present, and future

    DIIS Auditorium
    Thant Myint-U, internationally recognized historian, grandson of former UN General Secretary U Thant, and former UN diplomat, will discuss his recent research on the "recovered history" of the UN. He will explore what this means for Denmark as a potential member of the Security Council 2025 - 2026 and how the UN can address regional conflicts, like Myanmar
  • US-China tech
    Photo/illustration by Quality Stock Arts / Shutterstock
    Livestreaming

    China's next act and the US-China tech war

    DIIS Auditorium
    From climate change to artificial intelligence, China will need to play an important role if the world is to meet its mounting ecological and technological challenges. But how should we balance cooperation and competition with an assertive China?
  • Putin and Xi meeting Moscow
    Photo/illustration by Sergei Karpukhin/TASS/Ritzau Scanpix
    Livestreaming

    Seminar: Status and equality make rising powers more cooperative

    Researcher explains why great powers like China and India challenge international order.
  • Livestreaming

    The world to come: Multipolarity, interdependence, and the challenge of ordering diversity

    At this seminar former member of the US National Security Council under the Clinton and Obama Administrations, Professor Charles Kupchan presents the grand strategic challenges to come
  • Tank, Krigen i Ukraine
    Photo/illustration by Anatolii Stepanov/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
    Livestreaming

    Russia's war in Ukraine: What does it mean for international order and the UN system

    DIIS Auditorium
    The seminar explores the underlying causes of Russia’s war in Ukraine and discusses its implications for international order, with a special focus on the UN system
  • President of Russia Vladimir Putin gives a speech at the Valdai International Discussion Club meeting, in Moscow Oblast, Russia.
    Photo/illustration by www.kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons, copyright license
    Livestreaming

    Putin’s wartime discourse and the analysis of Russian political culture

    DIIS Auditorium
    At least two positions are taking shape around the ongoing war in Ukraine. One states that the world is facing the same old Russia, and so any change can come as a result of its defeat on the battlefield. The other is detecting important changes in Russian foreign policy articulations and political culture generally. The seminar will focus on the analytical tools required for deciding between these two positions
  • City in China with beautiful sky
    Photo/illustration by Tracy ben / Shutterstock
    Livestreaming

    Which world order does China want?

    Beijing’s position on the war in Ukraine and their building of strong partnerships in Central Asia can give us some of the answer
  • Nuclear disarmament demonstration
    Photo/illustration by RobertoBarcellona / Shutterstock
    Livestreaming

    Nuclear war and the future prospects of nuclear disarmament

    Five prominent international experts offer their reflections on the threat of nuclear war and the prospects of nuclear arms reductions
  • UN Security Council - Norway
    Photo/illustration by Norwegian Mission to the UN, Norway UN (New York), UN Photo/Mark Garten/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, copyright license
    Livestreaming

    A conflict-prone UN Security Council?

    DIIS, Auditorium
    How small states can navigate the UNSC in the new era of great power rivalry
  • Mining machinery in Greenland
    Photo/illustration by Raelene Goddard / Alamy Stock Photo
    Webinar

    Chinese involvement in the Arctic minerals sector

    What motivates Chinese companies - and their Western counterparts?
  • woman gets help from military to evacuate in the war in Ukraine
    Photo/illustration by Aris Messinis/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
    Livestreaming

    The Ukraine War: Background and Implications

    Auditorium, DIIS
    Ukraine seminar part 1: The Prospect of Nuclear War, our dependency of Russian Oil and the refugees are important consequences of the War. But the role of China and the European and American far right and their connections to Russia are other issues worth a discussion in this first part of DIIS’s seminar on Russia’s war in Ukraine.
  • Bilateral meeting between NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US Vice President Joe Biden
    Photo/illustration by Nato
    Webinar

    NATO and transatlantic relations

    From Trump to Biden
  • book How China Loses by Luke Patey
    Interview

    China’s global challenges

    Al Jazeera (Arabic) interviewed DIIS senior researcher Luke Patey about his new book, "How China Loses: The Pushback against Chinese Global Ambitions", and China’s relations across the world
  • US and china tech battle
    Photo/illustration by Shutterstock
    Webinar

    US-China tech competition and Europe's democracies

    This webinar brings together two of Europe’s leading experts on China and technology to discuss the US-China tech race and the consequences for Europe
  • tyrkey demonstration with flags and a book cover
    Photo/illustration by Background picture: Faruk Melik Cevik, IVtIBhjftaE from Unsplash
    Livestreaming

    A sultan in autumn

    DIIS Auditorium
    Presentation of Soner Cagaptay’s new book “A Sultan in Autumn: Erdogan Faces the Uncontainable Forces of Turkey” and a discussion on the mounting challenges to President Erdogan’s rule
  • Webinar

    China’s role in Afghanistan and strategy to protect interests abroad

    Via Zoom
    Webinar with Niva Yau from the OSCE Academy and Dr. Andrea Ghiselli, assistant professor at Fudan University
  • Narsaq, Greenland. Photo: Andrew Testa/Ate03040grn/Ritzau Scanpix
    Photo/illustration by Andrew Testa/Ate03040grn/Ritzau Scanpix
    Webinar

    Greenland’s minerals and China’s green energy dominance

    A discussion based on the new Policy Brief 'Greenland’s minerals to consolidate China’s rare earth dominance?'
  • Livestreaming

    What next for Europe and China?

    Auditorium
    Trade and technology, diplomacy and defense, and the decade ahead
  • Pexels. Jens Mahnke.
    Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

    Denmark’s military engagements in the Sahel

    DIIS and CMS facilitate policy seminar on international interventions in the region

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