Tidligere events og webinarer

Two years after a Danish warship was deployed in West Africa to fight piracy, DIIS takes stock of counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Guinea. It focuses on the prospects of using private security to protect international shipping vessels

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

In this webinar, national and regional practitioners of the women, peace and security agenda exchange their experiences in advancing women’s role in peace governance and challenges for policy implementation in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali and beyond

This seminar focuses on the ways structural roots, such as inequality, as well as sudden events like natural catastrophes or conflicts enable and constrain current international migration flows. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of theory and categorisation in how we understand climate change and migration

Hvad er der sket i løbet af de år Taliban har været ved magten i Afghanistan, og hvilke udfordringer står det internationale samfund over for?

Panel debate on current developments in Danish and German foreign, security and defence policy

How do NGOs use algorithms and data-driven tools for predictive analysis in their humanitarian response?

The seminar analyses the institutional architecture of how and where finance for climate change adaptation is spent and which route of transfer it follows from national to local levels

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?

DIIS inviterer til offentligt seminar om kendskabet til de lokale forhold i Afghanistan i de 20 år, Danmark var tilstede. Arrangementet er et led i den igangværende uvildige historiske udredning af Danmarks indsats i Afghanistan 2001 til 2021

I digitaliserede samfund har internetblackouts katastrofale konsekvenser. Det gælder også i Grønland, hvor kun to søkabler forbinder landet. Derfor stiller dette webinar skarpt på, hvordan internet-forsyningssikkerheden kan øges

A retrospective seminar with and for senior researcher Finn Stepputat

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has upended the political constellation of the wider Europe. In the wake of the invasion, The European Political Community (EPC) was launched in October 2022 by 44 European countries, including all 27 EU member states. The EPC's establishment raises new questions about the European security architecture and institutional alignment in light of Russia’s invasion. At this webinar we take a closer look at what this new body can and cannot achieve.

De fleste lande har hidtil været tavse om lovligheden af spionage. Men nu er flere lande begyndt at dele deres syn på, hvordan man kan og bør regulere cyberspionage. Seminaret her stiller skarpt på legaliteten og legitimiteten af cyberspionage.

To understand what future course, Greenland might be setting itself on, DIIS in collaboration with Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland invites for a seminar in Nuuk

For at forstå, hvad det er for en kurs, Grønland måske er ved at vælge, inviterer DIIS i samarbejde med Ilisimatusarfik/Grønlands Universitet til seminar i Nuuk

Autoetnography is emerging as a trend in current research. Come and reflect on the different ways to use personal experience and positionality with four migration scholars

The control of trade and transport is key to statemaking. A new book suggests that this, rather than the control of people and territory, can make or unmake state projects in areas like Somalia. This seminar introduces the ideas behind the book

This seminar will bring together international Myanmar experts to provide critical insights into the dynamics of the armed resistance after the military coup and drawing in a historical perspective

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

Occupying a square to prevent the Sharia-judge from amputating a teenager’s hand, spraying forbidden graffiti at public buildings, secretly listening to nonreligious music at home, or shouting anti-jihadist slogans with hundreds of others at a public protest: these are only a few examples of a much larger range of nonviolent resistance behavior displayed by civilians who have lived under the repressive rule of jihadists

In this seminar, leading international experts take stock of Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy initiative in the shadow of the war in Ukraine, which has exacerbated the tensions between democracy and authoritarianism

Laura Sjoberg introduces the notion of "sex rule" in this talk. Looking at marriage, reproduction, migration and asylum cases, and homonormativity, she argues that sex rules matter in global politics and international security

Danmarks og Vestens indsats i Afghanistan endte brat i 2021. Til dette offentlige møde spørger vi tidligere og nuværende politikere: Hvad har vi lært af Afghanistan, og hvad betyder det for Danmarks fremtidige internationale indsatser?