Danish Foreign Policy Review 2019

DIIS now publishes Danish Foreign Policy Review 2019. The Review is a continuation of Danish Foreign Policy Yearbook and this year it presents three peer-reviewed articles, analyzing central elements of Danish foreign policy.

• Rasmus Mariager and Anders Wivel present and elaborate on the conclusions of their report ’Denmark at War’ for an international audience. Their focus is on the Danish military engagements in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. The article concludes that Denmark’s military engagement was driven primarily by the willingness of Danish policymakers to accommodate US requests for military contributions, typically even before these were communicated as concrete preferences or demands by the Americans.
• Rasmus Brun Pedersen analyzes the role of Great Britain and Brexit on Danish foreign policy, specifically the Danish opt-outs. His article recommends that Denmark as a small state works to tie the UK as closely as possible to the common European security and defence area as well as the wider EU cooperation in order to balance potential entrapment costs in coming years.
• Louise Riis Andersen writes about the waning role of the UN on Danish foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. The change in Danish policy has been significant in some areas, based on a growing belief in the use of military power, a stronger concern for commercial interests and domestic political constraints, especially regarding migration. Against this backdrop the article suggests that a coherent Danish response to the crisis of the rules-based order would be to reinstate the UN as a cornerstone of Danish foreign policy.

In addition to the research articlesDanish Foreign Policy Review 2019presents articles summarizing the year from the ministers of Defence and Foreign Affairs.

Danish Foreign Policy Review 2019is edited by Director Kristian Fischer and Senior Researcher, Dr.scient.pol. Hans Mouritzen.

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