Iran

Research and activites

Book Chapter

2024

Saudi Arabia's Rhetorical Construction of the Houthis as an Iranian Proxy
Book Chapter

2023

China and Iran relations in the context of the changing world order

New article explores the significance of Iran to China’s global development policy and the challenges facing their relationship
Book Chapter

2022

Delegation or Intervention

Yemen as a theatre for the rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia
Photo/illustration by Getmilitaryphotos / Shutterstock

Livestreaming

Global Jihad 20 Years after 9/11

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.
Book Chapter

2020

Competing for Control over the State

the case of Yemen
DIIS Policy Brief

2020

Iran's successful transnational network: Iranian foreign policy utilizes partners

In Western and Middle Eastern capitals there is growing concern over the growth of Iran’s transnational network. In the last decade, Iran has exploited the weaknesses of other states to expand its influence through relationships with state and non-state actors in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen, but what characterizes this network?
Working papers etc.

2019

Authoritarianism in the Middle East

Authoritarianism after 2011 in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Report

2018

The Middle East shows signs of more independent security dynamics

writes Helle Malmvig in a new report for al Jazeera Centre for Studies
DIIS Book

2018

In a Time of Crisis - Rethinking Danish Foreign Policy in the Middle East and North Africa

New DIIS publication about Danish foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa
DIIS Policy Brief

2017

Turkey's rapprochement with Iran

Challenges and opportunities for Europe
Interview

13 November 2017

Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri resignation is an attempt to take the Saudi-Iran rivalry to Lebanon

DIIS senior Researcher in interview on BBC World
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Web Article

2017

The US balancing act on Turkey is becoming increasingly untenable

Historic alignments are gone, bi-lateral relations are strained, and Turkish anti-Americanism is salient
DIIS Report

2016

Afghans as a bargaining chip

Sanctions and the Syrian war harm Iran’s Afghan refugees and migrants
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

DIIS Comment

2016

Iran in intense infighting after the Saudi embassy attack in Tehran

The Iran-Saudi crisis comes at a critical time for Iranian President Rouhani
Brief

2015

What can Iran gain by persuing a nuclear program?

Iran's pursuit of a nuclear program threatens the fragile security situation in Middle East
Conference report

2014

How can a regional accord help end the war in Syria?

Conclusions from the joint conference by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affair ECFR, DIIS
Video

27 October 2014

Iraq, Islamic State, and EU Involvement, streaming of the DIIS seminar 15 September 2014

In the shadow of the Arab Spring, Syrian civil war, conflicts in Egypt and Libya, one of the most serious conflicts in the Middle East evolved in Iraq leading to the establishing of a caliphate in areas stretching from the borders to Iraqi Kurdistan and beyond Al-Raqqah in Syria. The group behind the caliphate, Islamic State, is one of the most powerful and brutal groups seen in the modern Middle East now, threatening the Middle East system of states as well as Western interest inside and outside the region. How can the Arab Middle East and/or EU confront the Islamic State?
Book

2011

Drugs Deviancy and Democracy in Iran

A book on the interaction of state and civil society
DIIS Report

2011

Deterrence counter-containment and competition

Iran's troubled relations to Afghanistan and Pakistan

Book Chapter

2024

Saudi Arabia's Rhetorical Construction of the Houthis as an Iranian Proxy

Maria-Louise Clausen

Sectarianism, De-Sectarianization and Regional Politics in the Middle East. Bloomsbury Publishing

Read publication (external link)
Book Chapter

2023

China and Iran relations in the context of the changing world order

Lars Erslev Andersen

China's engagement with the Islamic nations. Springer Nature

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Book Chapter

2022

Delegation or Intervention

Yemen as a theatre for the rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia

Maria-Louise Clausen

Saudi Arabia and Iran. Manchester University Press

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Book Chapter

2020

Competing for Control over the State

the case of Yemen

Maria-Louise Clausen

Rethinking statehood in the Middle East and North Africa. Routledge

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Working papers etc.

2019

Restoration, Transformation and Adaptation

Authoritarianism after 2011 in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran

Rasmus Alenius Boserup, Eckart Woertz, Hiba Hassan, Erzsebet N. Rozsa & Luciano Zaccara

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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Report

2018

Does the Middle East still play to the Tunes of Global Powers?

Al Jazeera Studies Centre report in new series with John Hopkins University, Washington. (New Balance of Power in the Middle East: Regional Actors, Global Powers, and Middle East Strategy)

Helle Malmvig

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DIIS Book

2018

In a Time of Crisis

Danish Foreign Policy in the Middle East and North Africa

Rasmus Alenius Boserup, Luke Patey & Hetav Rojan

Download (pdf, 1.3 MB)
DIIS Report

2016

Guests or trash

Iran's precarious policies towards the Afghan refugees in the wake of sanctions and regional war

Janne Bjerre Christensen

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Book

2011

Drugs, deviancy, and democracy in Iran

the interaction of state and civil society

Janne Bjerre Christensen
DIIS Report

2011

Strained alliances

Iran's troubled relations to Afghanistan and Pakistan

Janne Bjerre Christensen

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DIIS Working Paper

2006

Iran and the new geopolitics of oil

an annotated bibliography

Luke Patey

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DIIS Policy Brief

2020

Iran's successful transnational network

Iranian foreign policy utilizes partners

Maria-Louise Clausen

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DIIS Policy Brief

2017

Turkey's rapprochement with Iran

Challenges and opportunities for Europe

Jakob Lindgaard

Download (pdf, 2.3 MB)
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

DIIS Comment

2016

Iran in intense infighting after the Saudi embassy attack in Tehran

The Iran-Saudi crisis comes at a critical time for Iranian President Rouhani

Janne Bjerre Christensen
Brief

2015

What can Iran gain by having a nuclear weapons program that threatens Middle East security?

Thomas Galasz Nielsen
DIIS Policy Brief

2007

Resolving the Iranian nuclear crisis

a review of policies and proposals 2006

Martin Fernando Jakobsen & Nicholas Bowen

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Photo/illustration by Getmilitaryphotos / Shutterstock

Livestreaming

Global Jihad 20 Years after 9/11

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.
Interview

13 November 2017

Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri resignation is an attempt to take the Saudi-Iran rivalry to Lebanon

DIIS senior Researcher in interview on BBC World
Video

27 October 2014

Iraq, Islamic State, and EU Involvement, streaming of the DIIS seminar 15 September 2014

In the shadow of the Arab Spring, Syrian civil war, conflicts in Egypt and Libya, one of the most serious conflicts in the Middle East evolved in Iraq leading to the establishing of a caliphate in areas stretching from the borders to Iraqi Kurdistan and beyond Al-Raqqah in Syria. The group behind the caliphate, Islamic State, is one of the most powerful and brutal groups seen in the modern Middle East now, threatening the Middle East system of states as well as Western interest inside and outside the region. How can the Arab Middle East and/or EU confront the Islamic State?