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14-05-2013 | 20 Years that Changed Europe ─ The Copenhagen Criteria and the Enlargement of the European Union
Against the backdrop of the democratic and economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe in the beginning of the 1990s the European Council meeting in Copenhagen in June 1993 invited the associated countries in Central and Eastern Europe to become members of the European Union.
03-04-2013 | A French Perspective on Arab Springs
The Arab spring had nothing to do with an Islamic revolution but brought to power, through free elections, two Islamist parties, the Muslim Brothers and Nahda, while Salafists are pushing their stand for an implementation of sharia.
The French government is in the process of preparing a new white paper (Livre Blanc) on defence and national security, the document setting up the national strategy and capabilities required to meet the security challenges in the next ten to twenty years.
In his recent State of the Union address, United States President Barack Obama announced that negotiations on a comprehensive trans-Atlantic trade and investment partnership with the European Union will soon be launched.
European countries have almost unanimously welcomed the reelection of the U.S. President Barack Obama.
On the backdrop of the Eurozone crisis, Francois Hollande became the new French president on 15 May 2012.
21-11-2012 | The Scandinavian International Society
Laust Schouenborg, assistant professor in Global Studies at Roskilde University, has produced a comprehensive new account of Scandinavia’s international relations in The Scandinavian International Society: Primary Institutions and Binding Forces, 1815-2010 (Routledge, 2012).
24-10-2012 | The EU as Provider of Stability and Prosperity in Neighbouring Regions – Challenges and Opportunities
Amidst a prolonged financial and economic crisis and growing demands for institutional reform, the attractiveness 0f the European Union as an actor, a process and as a model of governance is under strain.
The sovereign debt crisis that has plagued Europe for the past three years has not only exposed serious economic imbalances, glaring political limitations and dangerous cultural misconceptions in the European integration process.
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The rise of China seems to be a defining moment of the 21st century as its demographic weight and economic prospects hold the potential to alter the centre of gravity in international politics.
The rise of China seems to be a defining moment of the 21st century as its demographic weight and economic prospects hold the potential to alter the centre of gravity in international politics.
Gennem 2000’erne har Danmark på linje med andre europæiske lande og EU politisk anerkendt behovet for tiltrækning af kvalificeret arbejdskraft og har meldt sig på banen i den globale konkurrence om ønskede migranter.
Under det danske EU-formandskab står EU over for vanskelige forhandlinger om den næste budgetramme for 2014-2020.
Under det danske formandskab står EU over for vigtige forhandlinger om reformer af den fælles landbrugspolitik, som skal gælde efter 2013.
28-03-2012 | Explaining Foreign Policy
Hans Mouritzen and Anders Wivel have recently published the volume Explaining Foreign Policy: International Diplomacy and the Russo-Georgian War.
29-02-2012 | How to Promote Green Growth in the EU? The Danish EU Presidency and its Green Growth Agenda
One of the top priorities of the Danish EU Presidency is to promote green growth in the EU.
Europe has changed a lot since last time Denmark sat in the chair of the EU Presidency.
The current financial crisis reveals two major weaknesses which impact on the European project and on modern European politics as such – the absence of political brotherhood and the neglect of intra-European fault lines.
The cooperation in Europe has been tested over the past year. Pressure on the Euro and the Schengen area – two of the EU’s greatest achievements – as well as a financial and economic crisis call for a strong European leadership in the future.
Europe is often derided as an economic giant but political dwarf, divided and unable to defend its interests and values in the world.
28-04-2011 | The EU and Strategic Partnerships
At the European Council meeting in September 2010, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton put the topic of strategic partnerships on the agenda.
22-03-2011 | Registration closed! - The EU’s Eastern Neighbours - The Road to Viable Reforms and Efficient Assistance
This conference will elaborate on how the EU and its member states can improve cooperation with the EU’s Eastern neighbours.
How to reach out to Muslim communities has constituted an issue of pre-eminent strategic importance both in the United States and in Europe.
10-02-2011 | EU and the Uprisings in North Africa
The events in Tunisia and Egypt in the recent weeks have caught Europe off-guard.
08-12-2010 | The Road to Europe – A Conversation with Minister Egemen Bağış, Turkey’s Chief EU Negotiator
The negotiations on the accession of Turkey into the European Union have now entered their fifth year.
Next year will be an important time for the Eastern Partnership, the EU’s flagship initiative addressed to countries of Eastern Europe.
Today’s world is an increasingly complex environment. The fault lines between conflict and cooperation among a plethora of different actors are getting fuzzier.
18-10-2010 | Why Nations Fight: Past and Future Motives for War
Why Nations Fight, Richard Ned Lebow takes, in his most recent book, on one of the most fundamental questions of International Relations.
Questions pertaining to the EU’s future enlargement remain high on the Turkish political agenda with the weakening of the prospects of membership in all probability slowing down the country’s diffusion to European norms.
07-10-2010 | Democratic Counter Terrorism after 9/11
The 9/11 attacks by Al Qaeda led to a very harsh democratic policy toward enemy prisoners, led by the United States but supported by various allies.
On 3 October, Bosnia-Herzegovina will hold general elections. Almost 15 years since the Dayton Agreement put an end to the civil war, the challenges facing the country remain enormous.
Stoltenberg-rapporten som inspirationskilde for forstærket nordisk samarbejde i Østersøområdet, Nordområderne, Barentshavområdet og Arktis.
17-06-2010 | Culture of Fear: Challenging Europe’s Global Role
Europe is gripped by a culture of fear: of multiculturalism; of the ‘Other’, to be sure; but also of its own loss of purpose.
03-06-2010 | Europe and the Mediterranean: Normative Influence and Threat Perception in the EU’s Southern Neighbourhood
On 7 June, the EU-sponsored ‘Union for the Mediterranean’ – comprising the 27 member states of the EU and 16 North African, Middle Eastern and Balkan countries – will organise its second summit in Barcelona.
26-04-2010 | Academia and Foreign Policy Making: Bridging the Gap
The seminar explores the relationship between academic research in the field of International Relations (IR) and the making of foreign policy. How do the two coincide and coexist? It seems, as such, that the scholarly community is confronted by an ever increasing call to produce useful and relevant knowledge, although the gap between analysis and policy making remains formidable.
Seminaret er det tredje og sidste i seminarrækken EU bag kulisserne – Europa-Parlamentets vej til magten.
Seminaret er det andet af tre i seminarrække EU bag kulisserne – Europa-Parlamentets vej til magten.
Danske og udenlandske EU-aktører vil over de tre arrangementer fortælle om deres personlige opfattelser af og bidrag til begivenheder, der har formet magten i Europa-Parlamentet.
Danske og udenlandske EU-aktører vil over de tre arrangementer fortælle om deres personlige opfattelser af og bidrag til begivenheder, der har formet magten i Europa-Parlamentet.
On 9 November, Europe will remember the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The anniversary calls for celebration but also for reflection about the legacy of that event and of the systemic changes it has brought to Europe ever since.
With the occasion of the publication of a new report from the think tank European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), one of the authors, Daniel Korski, will discuss the future of the EU’s civilian capacities and the role of Denmark as a contributing country
EADI is the leading professional network for development and regional studies in Europe. The network includes a wide range of development research and training organizations, think tanks, national bodies and researchers throughout Europe.
Danske og udenlandske EU-aktører vil over de tre arrangementer fortælle om deres personlige opfattelser af og bidrag til begivenheder, der har formet magten i Europa-Parlamentet.
01-10-2009 | French Arab and Mediterranean Policy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been busy travelling around in the Middle East, the Golf states and North Africa.
I februar måned fremlagde Thorvald Stoltenberg, fhv. norsk forsvars- og udenrigsminister og indehaver af adskillige internationale topposter, en rapport om fremtidens nordiske udenrigs- og sikkerhedspolitiske samarbejde.
12-05-2009 | Race to the Bottom or the Emergence of Transnational Cleavages? Service Liberalization and the ECJ in the Enlarged EU
Conflicts between the Single Market and the European Social Model have heightened with EU enlargement.
11-05-2009 | Baltic Sea Cooperation: Current Challenges
Baltic Sea Cooperation is of current interest for a variety of reasons. Firstly, the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) recently finalized a rather thorough review process as to the forms of cooperation, achievements gained and the challenges to be addressed in the near future.
28-04-2009 | Konflikten i Kaukasus 2008 og den vestlige reaktion
Spændingerne i Kaukasus omkring løssrivelsesrepublikkerne Abkhasien og Syd-ossetien eskalerede i løbet af foråret og sommeren 2008 og førte fra 7. august til en egentlig væbnet konflikt mellem Georgien og Rusland.
16-04-2009 | Prospects for EU-Russia Relations
If there is one major issue that divides the EU it is policy towards Russia. Some member states view Russia as the major security threat while others do not think the EU should upset a resurgent Russia.
12-12-2008 | Økonomiske konsekvenser af ØMU-deltagelse
I juni 2008 udgav DIIS en udredning om de fire danske forbehold over for den Europæiske Union, der blandt andet analyserede de økonomiske og politiske konsekvenser ved det danske forbehold for ØMU-samarbejdet.
There has been much talk about a European split from the United States during the Administration of George W. Bush, and some differences were certainly evident regarding the invasion of Iraq.
27-11-2008 | Europa-Parlamentet og EU-kritiske bevægelser
Seminaret er det tredje og sidste seminar i den samtidshistoriske EU-seminarrække Berettet for eftertiden II. Denne gang med Jens-Peter Bonde, Freddy Blak og Drude Dahlerup. Ole Ryborg kommenterer.
13-11-2008 | EU’s udenrigspolitik og EU’s udviklingspolitik
Seminaret er det andet af tre i den samtidshistoriske EU-seminarrække Berettet for eftertiden II. Denne gang med Niels Helveg Petersen og Poul Nielson. Jess Pilegaard kommenterer.
30-10-2008 | ØMU’en og Domstolen
Seminaret er det første af tre i den samtidshistoriske EU-seminarrække Berettet for eftertiden II. Denne gang med Niels Thygesen og Claus Gulmann. Martin Marcussen og Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen kommenterer.
27-10-2008 | The French EU Presidency’s Goal: Reinforcing the EU’s Defence Capacity and the EU’s Role on the International Stage
The Russia-Georgia conflict became the French Presidency’s first international challenge. A key goal for the French EU Presidency is to develop and strengthen the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) equipped with credible resources and capabilities, in order to enhance the EU’s role as a global player in crisis management.
23-10-2008 | Transatlantic Trends and the Next American President
This seminar follows the release of the 2008 Transatlantic Trends study by the German Marshall Fund of the United States – a major international public opinion survey examining American and European attitudes toward the U.S.-European relationship.
25-09-2008 | Geopolitics and Geoeconomics of Europe’s Energy Supply — Perspectives for the Supply of Europe to 2020
Hardly a day goes by without news – often disturbing news – about energy supplies, energy security and global warming. To some degree, such news helps shape the fate and wealth of nations. Thus, signalling the enormous political, economic and security implications of our energy future, energy diplomacy has become a new term in the study of international relations
08-09-2008 | Diplomacy in the Post-International Era
Old certainties are challenged in the field of diplomacy. With the borderlines between the internal and the external crumbling and power being understood differently – with communication becoming increasingly important and the relevant sphere of action broadened to apply not only to states but also societies and other non-statist actors – much is changing in the field of diplomacy.
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
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).
04-03-2008 | Freedom of the Press in Russia?
Svend Aage Christensen, who is a Senior Researcher with DIIS, will present a sketch of recent, concrete impressions and examples from the Russian media.
Det sidste seminar i serien "Berettet for eftertiden". Med Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Holger K. Nielsen og Poul Smidt
Det fjerde af fem seminarer i serien "Berettet for eftertiden". Med Jørgen Ørstrøm Nøller og Ann-Christina Lauring Knudsen
22-11-2007 | Danske bidrag til Det Europæiske Råd
Det tredje af fem seminarer i serien "Berettet for eftertiden". Med Niels Ersbøll og Rebecca Adler-Nissen
15-11-2007 | Maastricht - de dramatiske 1990'ere
Det andet af fem seminarer i serien "Berettet for eftertiden". Med Gunnar Riberholt og Rasmus Leander Nielsen
30-10-2007 | EU Enlargement and the Choices for Europe
This is the last of six lectures in the DIIS Lecture Series funded by Europa-nævnet. With Edward Best
29-10-2007 | Optakt til medlemskab og de første medlemsår
Det første af fem seminarer i serien "Berettet for eftertiden". Med Jens Christensen, Ivar Nørgaard, Morten Rasmussen og Sebastian Lang-Jensen
24-10-2007 | Scandinavia and the EU in 2007 – Still Exceptional?
Seminar with Peter Lawler. This is the fifth of six lectures in the DIIS Lecture Series funded by Europa-nævnet
This is the fourth of six lectures in the DIIS Lecture Series funded by Europa-nævnet.
25-09-2007 | What Characterises Today’s EU Debates?
This is the third of six lectures in the DIIS Lecture Series funded by Europa-nævnet.
20-09-2007 | Geopolitik i Østersøen: Gas, olie og rørledninger
Et seminar som vil belyse udviklingen på energiområdet i Østersøregionen
This is the second of six lectures in the DIIS Lecture Series funded by Europa-nævnet.
13-09-2007 | Why Memory Matters to Current EU Debates
A seminar in the DIIS Lecure Series funded by Europa-nævnet with Catherine Guisan on the founding and identity of the EU
En eftermiddagskonference i anledning af EUs 50 års jubilæum.
A seminar with Paul Hollander from Harvard University.
07-12-2006 | Changing Conceptualisations of War
A seminar with Dietrich Jung, Pertti Joenniemi, Karen Lund Petersen and Kristian Søby Kristensen
17-11-2006 | Eurovisioner
DIIS-debatmøde i samarbejde med Informations Forlag om EU's dilemmaer
02-11-2006 | The Normal Politics of the Hybrid European Union
A seminar with Ian Manners, Head of the European Union Internal Dynamics Unit at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
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