Asia

DIIS researches how political, economic and social changes in Asia affect international relations, peace processes and the implications of ethnic and religious conflicts.

Research and activites

  • Everyday Humanitarianism in Tanzania
    Livestreaming
    DIIS Auditorium
    This seminar brings together leading scholars on humanitarianism to discuss the state of humanitarianism today, its historical entanglements and its future
  • People in Taiwan
    Livestreaming
    DIIS, auditorium
    This DIIS seminar takes a closer look at recent developments in Cross-Strait relations and the wider Taiwan conflict as seen from a European perspective
  • Radio
    MyCClimate shares insights in Danish Radio
  • Myanmar people waiting outside prison
    DIIS Auditorium
    This seminar discusses what it means for people in Myanmar to ‘live with crisis’ in the context of escalating and intersecting forms of crisis
  • Justine Chambers organise panel at Burma Studies Conference
    Conference
    The politics of climate change actions in Myanmar
  • South China sea disputes, water cannon against Philippines
    Livestreaming
    DIIS, Auditorium
    Viewed as an important strategic waterway from a regional and global perspective, the South China Sea has long constituted a critical arena for various maritime and territorial disputes that are now resurfacing.
  • Zelensky speaking at United Nations headquaters
    DIIS Auditorium
    Thant Myint-U, internationally recognized historian, grandson of former UN General Secretary U Thant, and former UN diplomat, will discuss his recent research on the "recovered history" of the UN. He will explore what this means for Denmark as a potential member of the Security Council 2025 - 2026 and how the UN can address regional conflicts, like Myanmar
  • kenya food distribution via fingerprint tech system
    Livestreaming
    DIIS Auditorium
    How do NGOs use algorithms and data-driven tools for predictive analysis in their humanitarian response?
  • US-China tech
    Livestreaming
    DIIS Auditorium
    From climate change to artificial intelligence, China will need to play an important role if the world is to meet its mounting ecological and technological challenges. But how should we balance cooperation and competition with an assertive China?
  • Helene Maria Kyed and Ninna Nyberg Sørensen share MyClimate research findings at Folkemødet in Denmark
    Research findings
    Helene Maria Kyed shares MyClimate research findings at Folkemødet in Denmark
  • Både ved strand
    DIIS Auditorium
    Autoetnography is emerging as a trend in current research. Come and reflect on the different ways to use personal experience and positionality with four migration scholars
  • Putin and Xi meeting Moscow
    Livestreaming
    Researcher explains why great powers like China and India challenge international order.
  • judge from texas performing wedding on mexican border
    Livestreaming
    DIIS Auditorium
    Laura Sjoberg introduces the notion of "sex rule" in this talk. Looking at marriage, reproduction, migration and asylum cases, and homonormativity, she argues that sex rules matter in global politics and international security
  • flooded homes within a village after the River Nile broke the dykes in Jonglei State, South Sudan, October 5, 2020.
    Livestreaming
    DIIS Auditorium
    Defying the state in theory and practice
  • City in China with beautiful sky
    Livestreaming
    Beijing’s position on the war in Ukraine and their building of strong partnerships in Central Asia can give us some of the answer
  • fire in australian forrest because of climate change
    Livestreaming is only for sign ups
    DIIS, auditorium
    Insights from DIIS' latest research on development efforts and challenges across the globe - and their interactions with increasingly widespread and acute climate change impacts
  • Arabisk skrift på tavle
    DIIS Auditorium
    How do Al-Qaeda and Islamic State use Islamic thought as justification for their ideology and how do the two movements differ? Three researchers give us their perspectives at this seminar
  • UN Security Council - Norway
    Livestreaming
    DIIS, Auditorium
    How small states can navigate the UNSC in the new era of great power rivalry
  • Mining machinery in Greenland
    Webinar
    What motivates Chinese companies - and their Western counterparts?
  • Volunteers plant trees in Thailand
    Livestreaming
    Auditorium, DIIS
    This seminar will discuss how the rights and benefits of indigenous people and local communities can be secured in nature-based solutions
  • Photo by anonymised photographer from Myanmar
    Webinar
    Webinar on the ongoing struggle for recognition, democracy, and justice in Myanmar.
  • Bilateral meeting between NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US Vice President Joe Biden
    Webinar
    From Trump to Biden
  • puzzle, china, denmark, finland
    Webinar
    How relations between China and the Nordic-Baltic countries were disrupted
  • Transnational Jihad – Explaining Escalation and Containment, photo by getmilitaryphotos
    Livestreaming
    Auditorium
    This seminar takes stock of the global jihadi movement 20 years after 9/11. Leading scholars will share their thoughts on the internal debates and divisions within the jihadi movement today.
  • Webinar
    Via Zoom
    Webinar with Niva Yau from the OSCE Academy and Dr. Andrea Ghiselli, assistant professor at Fudan University