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21-05-2013 | Perspektiver på det iranske præsidentvalg i juni
Da Ayatollah Khomeini anførte den brede protestbevægelse, der væltede shahen i 1978-79, gav han kun vage hentydninger til den fremtidige politiske orden.
17-05-2013 | A View into Pakistan’s Tribal Areas: FATA
This event will screen “Cries of Anguish”, a 18-minute short documentary about the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the North-western areas of Pakistan.
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This 360 degree conference on state building in Afghanistan pulls together high-level Afghan and Danish Ministers, leading civil society representatives and outstanding experts in a discussion of the prospects and challenges of Afghanistan after 2014.
This 360 degree conference on state building in Afghanistan pulls together high-level Afghan and Danish Ministers, leading civil society representatives and outstanding experts in a discussion of the prospects and challenges of Afghanistan after 2014.
Iran has traditionally pursued a foreign policy of resistance in the Middle East.
15-02-2013 | The India-Pakistan Conundrum
Shooting for a Century:The India-Pakistan Conundrum (forthcoming, Brookings Press, 2013) is one of the few comprehensive overviews of one of the world’s most intractable conflicts, looking at both known and deeper causes.
02-02-2013 | Forced Confessions – A Documentary from Iran
Few things are more humiliating than having to repeat someone else’s lies. In 2009, millions of Iranians watched on TV as filmmaker and journalist Maziar Bahari was forced to make a false confession.
12-12-2012 | Pakistan’s Militants and the State
It is a common perception that the Pakistani security establishment avoids dismantling parts of the country’s militant infrastructure because the costs of maintaining proxies are outweighed by the geopolitical utility they provide, chiefly against India and in Afghanistan.
31-10-2012 | The Future of al-Shabaab and al-Qaida in Somalia
When al-Shabaab and al-Qaida celebrated their official union in February 2012 many commentators and analysts saw this as a culmination of years of close relations between the two organizations.
30-10-2012 | Power and Politics in the Emerging Middle East
The initial euphoria of the ‘Tahrir Square’ has now been replaced by difficult domestic struggles between the military, Islamist parties, and liberal forces in many Arab states.
Many observers of the war in Afghanistan have come to the conclusion that a successful withdrawal from Afghanistan demands winning the hearts and minds of the local populations.
During transitional periods, political parties have to make the political system work and start to deliver on some of the expectations that the public has invested in them.
Al Qaeda expert and CNN national security analyst Peter L. Bergen is visiting Denmark in connection with the Danish publication of his resent book Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden − From 9/11 to Abbottabad.
06-06-2012 | Does Radical Islamism Explain Radical Behaviour?
Why do segments of the Pakistani society increasingly share viewpoints with the Taliban while they simultaneously condemn acts of violence?
Since the popular uprising in December 2010, Tunisia has undergone dramatic political changes.
Deepening the understanding of Pakistan’s security challenges on a local and regional scale is instructive to understand reasons behind recent cleavages in US-Pakistani relations.
Due to its nuclear program Iran is currently subjected to the harshest international sanctions, amounting to economic warfare.
16-04-2012 | Yemen and ‘the Arab Spring’
Five months into the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-brokered power transition plan, the end result of ‘the Arab Spring’ is by no means clear in Yemen.
16-03-2012 | Registration closed! - Arab Spring – Where are the Democratic Movements One Year Later?
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Following the analyses of the Arab ‘revolutions’ produced by various analysts during the spring 2011, this seminar will address the question of where the popular democratic movements and demands stand to day, a year later.
Following the analyses of the Arab ‘revolutions’ produced by various analysts during the spring 2011, this seminar will address the question of where the popular democratic movements and demands stand to day, a year later.
23-02-2012 | Jewish Migration to the Frontiers
Why do people from the Jewish diasporic world of the United States and England choose to move into a Jewish community in the occupied territories?
The official results of the elections in Egypt for the People’s Assembly (the lower house) are ready to be announced in the end of January.
10-01-2012 | Registration closed! Morocco and the Arab Spring
Morocco has not been immune to the Arab Spring. Since 20 February 2011, a popular movement has been demonstrating regularly against corruption and for political reforms.
22-11-2011 | Post Bin Laden ― Ending Militancy in Pakistan?
In 2009, American president Barack Obama declared Pakistan to be the toughest challenge in the fight against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
Optimism ran high in the Middle East after Obama took office. In Cairo, the administration promised a “new beginning”, based on engagement and dialogue, prioritizing a two-state solution and improving relations between the US and the Muslim world.
29-09-2011 | Bahrain – The Human Rights Situation
For years the opposition in Bahrain has demanded political reforms giving all in the divided society equal rights in the political system, in economic affairs, and in access to housing and job opportunities.
The terrorist attack of 9/11 brought religion to the fore of public attention. Following this event, politicians and scholars had to deal with the phenomenon of religious terrorism.
02-09-2011 | Tilmelding lukket! 10 år efter 11. september
Den 11. september 2011 er det 10 år siden, USA blev ramt af det største terrorangreb verden nogensinde havde set udført af en ikke statslig gruppe.
In the context of the Arab Spring, Israel is becoming more isolated in the region.
I de første måneder af 2011 blev Mellemøsten ændret. Demonstranter tvang regimerne i først Tunesien og derpå Egypten til fald, og protesterne spredte sig til en række andre lande, hvor magthaverne kæmper for overlevelse.
As US/NATO forces prepare to pull out of Afghanistan in the backdrop of a worsening security situation, the question of how to ensure a peaceful settlement becomes more pertinent and urgent.
13-04-2011 | Listening to Radicals
The European Study of Youth Mobilization (ESYM) explored the political and social attitudes among highly active young people in Central and Nordic Europe, who see themselves as outside of the mainstream.
Det politiske landskab i Libyen har den sidste måned ændret sig markant og måske for altid.
The current wave of changes shaking the Middle East have led several experts to re-evaluate their analysis of the role of Islamism in domestic politics of the region.
28-03-2011 | Tilmelding lukket! - Anerkendelsen af en palæstinensisk stat: Paradigmeskift eller utopi?
Til trods for den demokratiske bølge, der i disse uger går gennem Mellemøsten, er håbet om fred mellem Israel og Palæstina beskedent.
09-03-2011 | Economic Affairs in Syria and in the Region
Economically, Syria has done relatively well during the global financial crisis.
Literature outside of Turkey has studied the Kurdish Question only with relevance to international conflict, whereas until recently Turkish academia has devoted itself to proving there were neither Kurds nor a lingering Kurdish Question in Turkey.
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Afghanistan is facing a number of key challenges: The transition of security responsibilities from foreign forces to the Afghan National Security Forces, and at some stage the exit of foreign forces; a likely reconciliation and reintegration process with insurgents and the political consequences of that; the need for progress in governance and development; the relationship with its neighbors.
Afghanistan is facing a number of key challenges: The transition of security responsibilities from foreign forces to the Afghan National Security Forces, and at some stage the exit of foreign forces; a likely reconciliation and reintegration process with insurgents and the political consequences of that; the need for progress in governance and development; the relationship with its neighbors.
22-11-2010 | Holy Wrath – My Journey through Pakistan
In recent years, Pakistan has become a symbol of violence, extremism and terror. An expert on terrorism, Norwegian Laila Bokhari has visited her father’s homeland, Pakistan, many times in the past few years.
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Lebanon has gone through dramatic changes since 2005: the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the withdrawal of Syrian forces, the Israeli war against Hizbullah in 2006 and internal conflict in 2008.
Lebanon has gone through dramatic changes since 2005: the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the withdrawal of Syrian forces, the Israeli war against Hizbullah in 2006 and internal conflict in 2008.
With an insurgency in its tribal areas, a campaign of suicide attacks in its major cities, a history of unstable political and economic institutions, a population living largely in poverty, a difficult relationship with its immediate neighbours, and a strained security alliance with the United States, Pakistan is facing challenges on a momentous scale.
24-05-2010 | The Jihadi Affiliates of al-Qaida
Almost ten years after 9/11, al-Qaida still looms large as the manifestation of global, Islamic terrorism, but what is the current state of the al-Qaida organisation?
In recent years, there has been a growing tendency amongst certain professionals to make use of apocalyptic terms to describe almost any crisis or emergency. Even when pronouncements are measured, which is usually the case in counterterrorism, actions often convey a tremendous confusion.
The west in the Middle East: Fixed Perceptions of Shifting Dynamics
08-04-2010 | Talking to Terrorists:Understanding the Differing Motivations of Militant Jihadi Extremists
Anne Speckhard will present the results of her in-depth interviews with over 350 terrorists, extremists, suicide bombers, their senders, hostages, family members and close associates
08-03-2010 | Iran and Israel: A Couple at Odds
The Islamic Revolution of 1979 was a major turning point in Iranian history, representing a dramatic change in its domestic landscape and a momentous change in its foreign outlook
I hvilket omfang styrede serbiske agenter Bosnien under krigen? Hvad var det politiske mål for de bosniske muslimer – et samlet Bosnien eller en lille islamisk stat?
The terrorist attacks in Madrid and London in 2004 and 2005 introduced two new concepts to the European public debate: “home-grown terrorism” and “radicalization”.
22-10-2009 | Torture, Terror and the Sovereign Imagination
Paul Kahn is Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities, and Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for Human Rights at Yale Law School.
08-10-2009 | The Middle East: Future Challenges and Possibilities
The Middle East has been going through war and crisis. The Iraq war changed the balance of power in the region and threw the country into near civil war.
18-09-2009 | Pakistani Taliban
With the reported death of the Pakistani Taliban leader Beitullah Mehsud we are seeing a number of conflicts coming to the surface.
Forelæsning med David Golove professor ved New York University Center.
18-06-2009 | Military Orientalism
As America and its allies fear military failure abroad, culture is being touted as the key to strategy and even the essence of warfare.
16-06-2009 | Radicalization in the West
Al Qaida is no longer the sole force organizing or authorizing terror attacks justified by references to Islam.
This seminar will feature a lecture by Martha Crenshaw
Political extremists and terrorists are using the internet as an instrument for radicalisation and recruitment. Peter Neumann recently published a report on this topic.
The five day war in the Caucasus in August last year between Georgia and Russia left Georgia as well as Western institutions at a crossroads.
As efforts continue to fight militarily on multiple fronts to disrupt the efforts of al-Qaeda and its affiliates, the United States government has come slowly to the realization that military force alone cannot defeat radical Islamist extremism.
In Turkey, there seems to be a shift in continuity from a commitment to deep Europeanisation to loose Europeanisation, and a simultaneous shift to soft Euro-Asianism. A seminar with Ziya Öniş of Istanbul‘s Koç University.
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.
01-09-2008 | Jihadi Discussion Forums
Jihadi Discussion Forums are frequently indicted for radicalizing Sunni Muslims and for facilitating their travel to fight abroad. William McCants will argue that forums do not facilitate much travel to active battlefronts and that forum participants are already radicalized by the time they join.
The Indo-Pakistani relationship has deteriorated significantly over the past several months. This was dramatically underscored by the recent official Indian accusation that Pakistan’s military intelligence arm helped plan the recent bombing at the Indian Embassy in Kabul that killed two senior embassy officials.
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
A seminar with Ariel Colonomos, author of the book Moralizing International Relations: Called to Account, who will present his book and discuss the role of ethics in international relations around the turn of the century
29-02-2008 | Dark Networks
A seminar with H. Brinton Milward on the application of network analysis to terroist networks, human traficking, drug smuggling, and other illegal activities.
A conference with Ghanem Jawad and Reidar Visser on Shia-islamic politics in Iraq
11-12-2007 | Africa’s Riches, the World’s Rewards: Sudan and the Global Political Economy of Resource Extraction in Africa
While many of the continent’s ‘resource wars’ have faded, an urgent need to ensure their submission and locate the mechanisms of good governance and sustainable development remains
03-12-2007 | The Annapolis Middle East Peace Conference and the Prospects for Peace in the Palestinian Self-Rule Areas
Ambassador Saleh H. Abdel-Shafi of the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will presents his views on the prospects for peace
16-11-2007 | Islam and Civil Society in the Middle East
An invitees-only conference with Barbara Ibrahim and John Esposito
20-08-2007 | Radicalization in Europe: A Post-9/11 Perspective
As part of the Transnational Terrorism, Security and the Rule of Law research network, under the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Program, DIIS is hosting a one-day seminar on this illusive phenomenon.
The presentation will analyse the main political risks associated with Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
The risk of rogue states and terrorist groups acquiring weapons of mass destruction is an imminent threat to international peace and security.
This conference aims at addressing this visible and emergent overlap in the matters of religion and security politics.
01-02-2007 | Hidden Hands and the Conspiracy against Community: The Image of the Jew in Contemporary Arab-Islamic Discourses
A seminar with Goetz Nordbruch, Humboldt University, Berlin
A conference organised by University of Copenhagen and Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
15-01-2007 | Demarcating Borders:Geopolitical and Territorial Factors in the Israel-Palestine Peace Process
A seminar with David Newman, professor of political geography at the Ben Gurion University in Israel
A seminar and book launch with prof. Eberhard Kienle
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