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De globale klimaforandringer har medført en uforudset hurtig afsmeltning af iskappen i polarområdet.
01-12-2011 | Sudan og Sydsudan: Perspektiver for fjendskab, fællesskab og fremtid i verdens nye stat
2011 blev året, hvor Sydsudans langvarige løsrivelseskamp fra regeringen i Khartoum bar frugt.
24-11-2011 | The Geopolitical Disaster of the 20th Century? Causes and Implications of the End of the Soviet Union
Twenty years ago at the beginning of December, a very secret meeting took place in a hunting lodge, Belovezhskaya Puschcha in the Brest area.
Roger N. McDermott has recently published the book Russian Armed Forces: The Reform of Russia’s Conventional Armed Forces: Problems, Challenges and Policy Implications (The Jamestown Foundation, 2011).
09-06-2011 | Divided Government in the United States
Divided government is a product of the separation of powers which is a key institution in the American political system and is designed to create conflict between the executive and legislative branches of government.
02-05-2011 | After NATO’s New Strategic Concept
The Atlantic Alliance has a new strategic concept that will guide it into the 21st century.
14-12-2010 | How UN Ideas Change the World
Ideas and concepts are a main driving force in human progress, and they are arguably the most important contribution of the United Nations.
17-11-2010 | Sino-Indian Relations in Strategic Asia
The Sino-Indian relations have become an inclusive phenomenon. As the global economic integration deepens and the economies of both China and India develop rapidly, new conditions are being created for reshaping Sino-Indian relations.
Forsvarsministeriet oplyser, at partierne bag forsvarsforliget vil nedsætte en arbejdsgruppe, der skal udarbejde forslag til en officiel dansk veteranpolitik.
30-09-2010 | The International Response to Darfur
The Darfur conflict lingers on. Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has been charged by the International Criminal Court with war crimes, crimes against humanity and of genocide in the country’s western region.
17-09-2010 | What is the Responsibility to Protect?
The seminar is held to mark the five-year anniversary for the Follow-up to the Millennium Summit. In two paragraphs of the 2005 World Summit Outcome, the UN gave formal expression to the norm of responsibility to protect (R2P).
15-09-2010 | The Nuclear Future 150910
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Debatten om det danske engagement i Afghanistan er for tiden domineret af filmen Armadillo, der grundlæggende skildrer hvordan soldaterhåndværket gennemføres i praksis – professionelt, men også råt.
31-05-2010 | Vi slår ihjel - og lever med det
Som bekendt er Danmark i krig i Afghanistan. Det er ikke, fordi det præger vores hverdag, men jævnligt bliver vi mindet om det, når det meddeles, at en eller flere danske soldater er blevet dræbt eller såret af vejsidebomber eller i direkte kamphandlinger med fjenden, talebanerne.
28-05-2010 | NATO and the Effect of Afghanistan
It has dramatically (and perhaps unwisely) been said that NATO’s survival as an alliance depends on its success in Afghanistan.
Do we need a new security architecture in Europe after the end of the Cold War, the re-unification of Germany, and the collapse of the Soviet Union?
10-05-2010 | The Rise of China and Liberal World Order
The rise of China within global society and politics constitutes a development that is likely to have major repercussions both for China and for the established world order, and may well turn out to be one of the most significant world-order changes in the 21st century.
28-04-2010 | Forsvarschefen om forsvarets udfordringer
Danmark er i krig i Afghanistan, en krig, der har vist sig i alle henseender at være langt mere ressourcekrævende, end den politiske og militære ledelse havde forestillet sig.
FN’s rolle som det naturlige centrum for globalt samarbejde er til debat. G8 er blevet til G20 – et handlekraftigt og overskueligt forum, der samler 85 procent af verdens økonomi omkring ét mødebord.
10-12-2009 | Obama’s World: Promising or Illusory?
10 December, President Obama receives the Nobel Peace Prize 2009. The Nobel Committee emphasises President Obama’s “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”. The seminar will focus on President Obama’s visions, his principles and policy goals
Liberalism and imperial practices have historically been closely related and based on an implicit assumption of a hierarchical order.
30-09-2009 | Natural Resources and the Return of Geopolitics?
Increased demand for natural resources over the past twenty years caused by population growth, depletion of known reserves, massive economic growth in India and China, Western consumerism and, not least, climate change has once again put geopolitical issues at the top of the list of security concerns
11-09-2009 | The Crisis of Liberal Internationalism
Is Liberal Internationalism in Crisis? The question is prompted by recent events in the international system such as the Financial Crisis, the Fight Against Terror
10-08-2009 | Arctic Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
The rapid shrinking of the Arctic’s polar ice will not only produce rising ocean levels in the region and globally, but will also open Arctic waters to new shipping lanes and exploration of the Arctic seabed previously prevented by an impenetrable ice cap.
During the 20th century, the international environment was characterised by great power conflict and ideological competition. By contrast, international stability and national security today are increasingly challenged by weak and failing states.
Change in American administrations is an occasion which offers opportunities for a basic rethinking and reevaluation of American foreign policy.
The Obama Administration has announced a new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
29-05-2009 | Mapping a Liberal World Order
Liberal ideas have always played a major role in the field of international relations – both from a practical and a philosophical perspective.
19-05-2009 | Japan’s UN Diplomacy in International Peace and Security: The Role of the UN Peacebuilding Commission and Beyond
Japan places great importance on efforts to ensure international stability by participating in global peacebuilding efforts and extending help to those who are trapped in a vicious spiral of conflict, as such efforts contribute to Japan’s own security and prosperity.
15-05-2009 | Zimbabwe in Ruins or Zimbabwe Resurgent?
The recently negotiated government of national unity in Zimbabwe is the product of a long drawn-out negotiation process in which South Africa along with other countries in the so-called SADC region played major roles in finding a solution to the crisis.
Security today involves a variety of issues besides the conventional military ones: Organized crime, weapons proliferation, piracy, global warming, energy security, pandemics, terrorism and cyber-security are just some of the issues that currently warrant the attention of politicians and policy-makers.
24-04-2009 | Civil-militær samtænkning. De næste fem år?
På baggrund af danske og internationale erfaringer fra de sidste fem år vil seminaret gøre status og kigge fremad for at diskutere hvordan den danske civil-militære indsats kan udvikles.
22-04-2009 | Eurussia: Is Pan-European Security Possible?
On the outlook for a new pan-European security architecture.
NATO is approaching its 60th anniversary. Such an event calls for celebration, but also presents an opportunity for reflecting upon past achievements and setbacks, as well as for anticipating the future of the Atlantic Alliance.
03-03-2009 | The Obama Administration – Strengths and Challenges
The hopes and expectations for the Obama Administration are extreme. However, it is important to realize that Obama faces enormous challenges, primarily a deep economic crisis and America’s involvement in two wars.
09-02-2009 | China’s Role in Regional Cooperation
What role does China play in regional cooperation, and what are the prospects for the future of international relations of the Asia-Pacific?
17-11-2008 | 2009 – Time for Détente and Disarmament?
Calls for the complete disarmament of nuclear weapons have taken on an unprecedented, renewed drive. Current and former leaders and high-level government officials from around the world are forwarding the call for a more secure world; one where stepping out from under the nuclear umbrella will strengthen international security. With Hans Blix, Chair of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission.
13-11-2008 | Energy Security: Charting New Strategic Challenges
The strategic importance of hydrocarbons has helped shape states’ foreign policy for the past century. With changing global consumption patterns, a tightness of supply that appears to continue and new political fault lines taking shape, the question of how to achieve energy security looms larger than ever.
04-11-2008 | The Role of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions in the Fight against Terrorism
One of the biggest new threats that we face is the combination of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism. Since the Biological Weapons Convention (1975) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (1997) entered into force, new security challenges have emerged, including the possible use of toxic chemicals and disease as weapons by terrorists.
Rusland er tilbage som stormagt. For 17 år siden brød det sovjetiske imperium endegyldigt sammen. Rusland blev kastet ud i en dramatisk omstillingsproces fra kommunistisk planøkonomi til markedsøkonomi og kapitalisme. Afholdes i anledning af udgivelsen af Karsten Jakob Møllers nye bog af samme navn, der udkommer på mandag den 3. november.
After the Russian-Georgian war of 2008, the question of Ukraine’s future relationship with the European Union and NATO has become of crucial importance. Borys Tarasyuk, one Ukraine’s leading politicians and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, will give his assessment of Ukraine’s new position.
After a period of chaos and recession in the 1990s, Russia is now proclaimed to be back among the worlds leading powers. The main reason for this apparent success has been a remarkable economic growth, driven to a large extent by the booming energy prices.
23-10-2008 | America between the Wars – From 11/9 to 9/11
Although it cannot be disputed that 9/11 is an important historical date, it is the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November (11/9) rather than the events of 11 September, that is defining America’s role in the world today.
The African continent may be about to escape the marginalisation from world politics in which the end of the Cold War landed it. Both the Western powers and China seem to be re-engaging with the continent, both economically and politically, driven by humanitarian concerns, concerns for their own security as well economic motives.
24-09-2008 | Dansk udenrigspolitik og Mellemøsten
Efter Den Kolde Krig ændrede vilkårene for dansk udenrigs- og sikkerhedspolitik sig markant: De nære strategiske trusler var væk, Danmark engagerede sig stærkere i NATO, og deltog i de humanitære militære interventioner på Balkan.
18-09-2008 | Forging a World of Liberty under Law
American foreign policy under the Bush administration has been controversial both at home and abroad. Many will agree that change is needed, which can produce a bipartisan consensus within America, and which may heal some of the wounds inflicted on the transatlantic relationship and America’s standing in the wider world.
22-08-2008 | Afghanistan – udfordringer og løsninger
Danmarks ambassadør til Afghanistan, Franz-Michael S. Mellbin, analyserer udfordringer og løsninger på situationen i Afghanistan.
26-06-2008 | Udenrigspolitiske udfordringer i det 21. århundrede
Udenrigsminister Per Stig Møller debatterer det 21. århundredes udenrigs- og sikkerhedspolitiske udfordringer med et panel af fire yngre forskere, samt forskere og studerende blandt publikum
Anton Baaré, who was adviser to the team which mediated the peace agreement between the Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army, will provide an insider's view on the mediation process, its trade-ffs, tactics, strategies and results
27-05-2008 | Good International Environmental Citizenship
Warming up to the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, which is to be held in Copenhagen, Lorraine Elliot will attempt to shed light on the question of when a country can claim it is a good environmental citizen, and whether is it possible to use the label to assume international leadership?
26-05-2008 | Kina i verden – problemer, paradokser og potentialer
Mandag d. 26. maj udkommer Den Ny Verden med et temanummer om ”Kina i verden”. Nummeret er blevet til i et nært samarbejde mellem Institut for Menneskerettigheder (IMR) og Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier (DIIS) og manifesterer, at det i dette forår er fem år siden, at de to institutter indgik i Dansk Center for Internationale Studier og Menneskerettigheder (DCISM).
The American presidential election of 2008, scheduled for 4 November, will mark an exciting first-ever in American history and politics no matter who of the three remaining candidates of the two major parties elected.
19-05-2008 | Turkey between Europe and the Middle East
Turkey is placed at a crossroads between Europe and the Middle East. Only a minor part of Turkish territory is placed in Europe, and the crucial issue is political: Should Turkey be considered a European country which should become member of the European Union?
13-05-2008 | Warlordism and Human Rights in Afghanistan
The causes for the low level of security in Afghanistan are numerous, but many scholars point to the inclusion of warlords in the post-conflict reconstruction process and the later Afghan government as one of the causes for instability. With Malalai Joya, Member of the Afghan Parliament
22-04-2008 | Prospects for Arms Control
Can the old arms control really be born again, or must a new approach be found for the 21st century? With Alyson Bailes
13-03-2008 | Europæisk sikkerhedspolitik ved en skillevej
Seminar om europæisk sikkerhedspolitisk samarbejde og mulighederne for en styrkelse af den fælles europæiske forsvars- og sikkerhedspolitik (European Security and Defence Policy, ESDP).
03-03-2008 | NATO Towards Bucharest and Beyond
A seminar with US Ambassador to NATO, Victoria Nuland, and the Danish Ambassador to NATO, Per Poulsen-Hansen, who will present some of the issues likely to be on NATO’s agenda in the lead-up to the summit in Bucharest and beyond.
19-02-2008 | Kosovo – EU’s nye stedbarn?
Kosovo er i en vanskelig brydningstid lige nu. FN vil slippe tøjlerne og EU er nærmest til at tage over, hvis området ikke får fuld selvstændighed. Senioranalytiker Niels Aadal Rasmussen vil tale om Kosovo som en ny Europæisk statsdannelse og sætte det i et storpolitisk perspektiv.
14-11-2007 | Kilder til kinesisk udenrigspolitik
Clemens Stubbe Østergaard og Erik Beukel fortæller om Kinas udenrigspolitik, og dynamikkerne der former den
30-10-2007 | Cancelled: On Diplomacy (Revisited)
This seminar has been cancelled
24-10-2007 | Putins Rusland, Europas problem?
Et seminar med Karsten Møller, om det spændingsfyldte forhold mellem EU og Rusland
A seminar on China's security and defence policy in a regional as well as a global perspective
A seminar about the current political crisis in Ukraine and the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007
31-08-2007 | EU and NATO
A seminar about the relationship between EU and NATO
Seminar on the expanded role of China in Africa.
03-05-2007 | Sustaining the Non-Nuclear Norm
This seminar will examine the question of how the non-nuclear norm is sustained in two lectures by Dr. Marianne Hanson and Cindy Vestergaard.
The risk of rogue states and terrorist groups acquiring weapons of mass destruction is an imminent threat to international peace and security.
An international conference on transforming NATO in light of the challenges of the 21st century
25-10-2006 | Human Security and Peace Building through a Gender Lens: Challenges of Implementation in Africa
A seminar with Heidi Hudson, Professor of Political Science and chair of the Department of Political Science, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein (South Africa)
07-09-2006 | Forsker i trøjen: Indblik i danske styrkeenheders dagligdag i Irak, Kosovo og Afghanistan
Seniorforsker Anja Dalgaard-Nielsen fra DIIS fortæller om sine oplevelser som medfølgende forsker ved danske styrkeenheder i Irak, Kosovo og Afghanistan i perioden februar til juni 2006
A seminar coorganised by the Embassy of Canada in Copenhagen featuring speakers from DIIS and SHIRBRIG, bringing a perspective of situation in Sudan and other conflict-affected regions of Africa
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