Non-state armed actors
States’ monopoly over the use of force is increasingly being challenged by community defence, militias, criminal networks, and insurgent armies. What does that mean for local, national and global orders, and how can the groups’ will and capacity for violence be brought under democratic control?
Research and activites
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Book2022Kirsten McConnachie, Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho & Helene Maria Kyed
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Report2021The political economy of checkpoints in South Sudan, ten years after independencePeer Schouten, Ken Matthysen & Thomas Muller
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Book Chapter2021Islamist Narratives on a Doctrinal ThreatMona Kanwal Sheikh
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Journal Article2021from statebuilding to stabilizationMaria-Louise Clausen & Peter Albrecht
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Journal Article2021Armed checkpoints along key trade routes—not natural resources—are the key to financing rebel groups and insurgencies around the world.Peer Schouten
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DIIS Book2021A Festschrift Celebrating Mark JuergensmeyerMona Kanwal Sheikh & Isak Svensson
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DIIS Report2021Kwesi Aning explainsKwesi Emmanuel Aning, Peter Albrecht & Anne Blaabjerg Nielsen
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Report2021Peer Schouten
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Report2021Between violence, fear, and desertionsNyan Corridor & Helene Maria Kyed
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Report2021Rakhine and Paletwa People’s Perceptions of the 2021 Military CoupNyan Corridor & Helene Maria Kyed
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Journal Article2021Helene Maria Kyed
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Book Chapter2021the Complex Relationships Between State/Non-state Armed Actors in Syria’s WarHelle Malmvig
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Journal Article2021contested and plural authorities in a Karen village after the ceasefireHelene Maria Kyed
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Journal Article2021the de-territorialization of Jihad in Sayyid Qutb’s theo-political visionSaer El-Jaichi
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Report2021Results of Consultation with transboundary herders, semi-settled herders and settled communities in Ouham Pendé and Western OuhamGuillaume de Brier, Peer Schouten, Peter Mardsen & Dirk Gillebert
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DIIS Working Paper2021the case of ColombiaLine Jespersgaard Jakobsen
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Book Chapter2020the case of YemenMaria-Louise Clausen
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Book2020Histories of claims and conflict in a Kenyan landscapeMarie Ladekjær Gravesen
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Review2020Saer El-Jaichi & Mona Kanwal Sheikh
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Book2020Informal Resolutions and State Evasion in a time of contested transitionHelene Maria Kyed
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Journal Article2020Carnal spectatorship and dissonant masculinities in Islamic State videosManni Crone
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Journal Article2020Islamic State’s use of Quranic verses and how it relates to state-buildingMaria-Louise Clausen
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Journal Article2020Mona Kanwal Sheikh
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Journal Article2020Religion and the Case of the Pakistani TalibanMona Kanwal Sheikh
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Report2020Trends and themes in contemporary messagingTelli Betül Karacan
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DIIS Policy Brief2019Lise Philipsen
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DIIS policy brief2019Maria-Louise Clausen
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DIIS Policy Brief2019The Many Implications of UN PeacekeepingFestus Aubyn, Kwesi Aning, Emma Birikorang, Fiifi Edu-Afful, Maya Mynster Christensen & Peter Albrecht
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DIIS Policy Brief2019After Sixty years of UN PeacekeepingFiifi Edu-Afful, Kwesi Aning, Emma Birikorang, Maya Mynster Christensen, Naila Salihu & Peter Albrecht
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DIIS Policy Brief2018The Peace and Stabilisation FundJessica Larsen & Christine Nissen
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DIIS Policy Brief2018International support of the G5 Sahel Joint ForceSigne Marie Cold-Ravnkilde
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DIIS Policy Brief2018The question of Nordic UN peacekeepingChristine Nissen & Peter Albrecht
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DIIS Policy Brief2018Danish security and defence cooperation in a changing worldSigne Marie Cold-Ravnkilde, Christine Nissen & Adam Moe Fejerskov
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Comment2018How the civil government and military will handle the emerging tensions will determine the success of Pakistan’s counterterrorism policies in the Northwestern tribal areasMona Kanwal Sheikh
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DIIS Policy Brief2018It’s time for pragmatic international engagementJairo Munive & Finn Stepputat
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DIIS Policy Brief2017The Failure of Regional Powers in the SahelRasmus Alenius Boserup & Luiz Martinez
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DIIS Impact2017Countering jihadist mobilizationRasmus Alenius Boserup & Luis Martinez
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DIIS Policy Brief2017From the Power of Guns to Civilian AcceptanceJairo Munive, Finn Stepputat & Thomas Mandrup
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DIIS Policy Brief2017Inequality in MINUSMA #2Peter Albrecht, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Rikke Haugegaard
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Comment2017Recent developments herald a troubled year for the AfghansMona Kanwal Sheikh
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DIIS Policy Brief2017When peacekeepers do damageSigne Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Thomas Mandrup
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DIIS Policy Brief2016Inequality in MINUSMA #1Peter Albrecht, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Rikke Haugegaard
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DIIS Policy Brief2016One year on, the UN-backed government is at a lossRasmus Alenius Boserup, Hans Lucht & Mohamed Eljarh
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DIIS Policy Brief2016Women in MINUSMASigne Marie Cold-Ravnkilde, Peter Albrecht & Rikke Haugegaard
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DIIS Policy Brief2016Geopolitics and non-western intervention in SyriaFlemming Splidsboel Hansen
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DIIS Policy Brief2016Geopolitics and non-Western Intervention in SyriaHelle Malmvig
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DIIS Policy Brief2016A radical defence for democracyTobias Gemmerli
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DIIS Policy Brief2016Avoid the pitfalls of counter-narrativesTobias Gemmerli
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Comment2016The war on global jihad represents a greater threat to the liberal world order than the jihad networks themselvesLars Erslev Andersen
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DIIS Policy Brief2016Supporting the transitions in MyanmarLouise Riis Andersen
Experts
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Photo/illustration by Lynggaardhansenfoto.dkGlobal security and worldviewsHead of unit, Senior researcher+45 4089 0476
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