Defence and security
Threats such as inter-state conflict appear to be declining in frequency whilst new and different threats are emerging. The new threats are different because the actors may no longer just be states and the issues may often have little or nothing to do with traditional power.
At the same time it appears that the institutional framework and political bargains which have underpinned the international order since the end of the Second World War are challenged in numerous ways.
Our observations give rise to a number of questions related to the character, current status and effect of both the new threats and the so-called Liberal Order. We investigate the new threats on the international security and defence agenda and the claim of a crisis in the liberal order.
Our focus will especially be on the transatlantic relationship as well as relations between the United States and new and old partners in Asia and emerging ones in Africa. We are concerned with how the absence of a common threat and the emergence of new, often very differently perceived threats, impact on international security and on the conceptual and institutional foundations of the Liberal Order. Consequently our research is staged within the following themes:
Karsten Jakob Møller, Head of the Research Unit |
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