DIIS researches how climate and natural resources are handled locally and internationally, and the implications for human security, countries’ development and international politics.
Why and how is Russia expanding its influence in Africa after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine? And (in what way) has Russia been able to transform its influence into impact on African states' voting behaviour in the UN General Assembly. Those are some of the questions we will address at this seminar.
The new coalition government in Greenland has stated that the twenty-five year prohibition on mining uranium will be lifted. What does this mean for Danish nuclear non-proliferation and security policy?
Denmark will participate at the Nuclear Security Summit on 26-27 March in Seoul, South Korea. Despite Denmark’s status as a small state without nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, it has surprisingly a lot to offer at the world’s largest nuclear security summit
Across the developing world, well aware of their daunting mandates, local government environmental officers return home from work frustrated every day. The first Rio Conference established an institutional framework for environmental governance but at least three types of major efforts are required to make it work
The resource curse is alive and well in Africa. The paradox that sees African countries rich in oil and minerals suffer from high levels of poverty and civil war is often blamed on corrupt and repressive leadership. But the resource curse extends from local areas to international markets.
Four explosions at a nuclear power plant in Japan have released radiation levels damaging to human health. The fault lines of nuclear energy however go beyond the geological to the political; but will it have an impact on what has been termed a'nuclear renaissance'?