Mikkel Runge Olesen
Primary research areas
Mikkel Runge Olesen’s research interests include NATO and transatlantic relations, The Arctic, Baltic Sea security, Danish foreign policy as well as recent Danish diplomatic history. His theoretical interests include realism, political psychology and prospect theory.
Current research
Mikkel Runge Olesen is project leader on the report “Nye sikkerhedspolitiske dynamikker i Arktis: Muligheder og udfordringer for Kongeriget Danmark” (New security dynamics in the Arctic: Possibilities and challenges for the Kingdom of Denmark) which DIIS has conducted on commission from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mikkel Runge Olesen has previously been a part of inquiries/external reports on alleged CIA-flights over Greenland (2012), the Danish decisions to go to war in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq (2017-2019) and the DIIS report on the Danish defense opt-out (2019 (Danish version) & 2020 (English version)).
Research and activites
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Journal Article2022Supporting Baltic independence 1990-1991Mikkel Runge Olesen
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Report2022From differentiation to alignmentKristin Haugevik, Øyvind Svendsen, Katja Creutz , Mikkel Runge Olesen, Anna Lundborg Regnér & Jakob Linnet Schmidt
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Photo/illustration by Duncan Cumming/Flickr copyright licenseJournal Article2021the Kingdom of Denmark and the Great PowersMikkel Runge Olesen
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Book2020Report on the developments in the EU and Europe in the fields of security and defence policy and their implications for DenmarkChristine Nissen, Cecilie Felicia Stokholm Banke, Jakob Linnet Schmidt, Mikkel Runge Olesen, Hans Mouritzen, Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen, Rasmus Brun Pedersen, Graham Butler & Louise Riis Andersen
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Journal Article2020A review of the academic debates and what the Arctic prospects mean for the Kingdom of DenmarkMikkel Runge Olesen
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DIIS Report2019From an analysis of assesments and strategies in Finland, Norway and IcelandMikkel Runge Olesen & Camilla Tenna Nørup Sørensen
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseJournal Article2018How Denmark Almost Stayed out of NATO, 1948–1949Mikkel Runge Olesen
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Book Chapter2017US, Greenlandic and Danish Relations in the Shadow of Post-colonial ReputationsMikkel Runge Olesen
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DIIS Working Paper2017Friendly competition or dangerous conflict?Mikkel Runge Olesen
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DIIS Working Paper2015Kristoffer Nilaus Tarp & Mikkel Runge Olesen
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Book chapter2015Mikkel Runge Olesen
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Journal Article2015A Hawk-Dove Domestic ConfrontationMikkel Runge Olesen
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Conference proceedings2014Conference proceedings 26 November 2013Mikkel Runge Olesen
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseJournal Article2014global dynamics upset stable regional orderMikkel Runge Olesen
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DIIS Working Paper2014a literature reviewMikkel Runge Olesen
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Report2013the Copenhagen conference 16-17 September 2013 : conference reportHans Mouritzen, Christine Nissen & Mikkel Runge Olesen
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DIIS Report2012changing perceptions of threat and "activism" in Danish foreign policyMikkel Runge Olesen
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Journal Article2010Denmark facing German post-war rearmamentHans Mouritzen & Mikkel Runge Olesen
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Photo/illustration by Maksim via Wikimedia copyright licensePolicy Brief2021Towards more alignmentKristin Haugevik, Øyvind Svendsen, Katja Creutz , Mikkel Runge Olesen, Anna Lundborg Regnér & Jakob Linnet Schmidt
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DIIS Policy Brief2021Take a stand on China and put your money in the ArcticMikkel Runge Olesen & Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard
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Photo/illustration by Cecilie CastorDIIS Policy Brief2021forging a compromise between the US and Europe in NATOMikkel Runge Olesen
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Policy Brief2020How will the US election impact the conflicts over defence spending within NATO?Mikkel Runge Olesen
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DIIS Policy Brief2017The impact of the Trump presidency on UK and DenmarkMikkel Runge Olesen & Matthew Fallon Hinds
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DIIS Policy Brief2015New winds in German security policyJéronimo Barbin & Mikkel Runge Olesen
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DIIS Policy Brief2015A Nordic trademark in Military Capacity Development?Kristoffer Nilaus Tarp & Mikkel Runge Olesen
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DIIS Policy Brief2015Nyt formandskab af Arktisk RådJon Rahbek-Clemmensen & Mikkel Runge Olesen
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DIIS Policy Brief2014keeping the Arctic stableMikkel Runge Olesen