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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DIIS Report2020Ghana and India in United Nations PeacekeepingPeter Albrecht & Podder Sukanya
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseArticle2020Ninna Nyberg Sørensen & Laura Huttunen
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DIIS Working Paper2019Supply chains as a new frontline in conflict financing?Peer Schouten
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Book Chapter2019Maria-Louise Clausen
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Journal Article2019The sectarian taboo, music videos and the securitization of sectarian identity politics in Hezbollah’s legitimation of its military involvement in SyriaHelle Malmvig
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Book2019Mona Kanwal Sheikh
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseBook2019The co-production of logistical and political ordersPeer Schouten, Finn Stepputat & Jan Bachmann
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseJournal Article2019a window on the making of maritime intervention actorsJessica Larsen
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Journal Article2019Helene Maria Kyed & Annaka Pohl Harrisson
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Book2019Security Beyond Conflict in Sierra LeonePeter Albrecht
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseReport2019Impact of armed interference & responsible sourcingPeer Schouten, Ken Matthysen & Steven Spittaels
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Report2019The Regional Order in the Middle East and North Africa after 2011Raffaella del Sarto, Helle Malmvig & Eduard Soler
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseJournal Article2019Peer Schouten
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseJournal Article2019Yemen as a failed stateMaria-Louise Clausen
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DIIS Report2019Iraq following the military defeat of Islamic StateMaria-Louise Clausen
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Working papers etc.2019Authoritarianism after 2011 in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and IranRasmus Alenius Boserup, Eckart Woertz, Hiba Hassan, Erzsebet N. Rozsa & Luciano Zaccara
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Working papers etc.2018Helle Malmvig, Virginie Collombier, Maria-Louise Clausen, Hiba Hassan & Jan Pet Khorto
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Working paper2018Dynamics of Armed Group Proliferation in Egypt and LibyaVirginie Collombier
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DIIS Report2018Will China's Root Cause Model provide regional stability and security?Lars Erslev Andersen & Yang Jiang
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseJournal Article2018Community Policing in Mozambique and SwazilandHelene Maria Kyed
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseReport2018A Conflict MappingPeer Schouten & Fiona Southward
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DIIS Report2018Fragmentation of the Syrian state since 2011Helle Malmvig
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Journal Article2018The Case of YemenMaria-Louise Clausen
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Book2018Special section, Journal of International AffairsLouise Wiuff Moe & Finn Stepputat
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Journal Article2018Finn Stepputat
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Brief2016Kasper Hoffmann
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Comment2016Kristoffer Nilaus Tarp
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DIIS Policy Brief2016Jihadist violence in Nigeria continuesSine Plambech & Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde
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DIIS Policy Brief2016Unpopular capital interventions deserve a chanceJairo Munive
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DIIS Policy Brief2016security in the SahelEric Hahonou
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DIIS Policy Brief2015A Nordic trademark in Military Capacity Development?Kristoffer Nilaus Tarp & Mikkel Runge Olesen
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Comment2015Both local conflicts and global competition between Al Qaeda and Islamic State undermine security in MaliSigne Marie Cold-Ravnkilde, Lotte Pelckmans & Manni Crone
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Comment2015terrorismen styrkes ved at svække denLars Erslev Andersen
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DIIS Policy Brief2015New threats in Maghreb and SahelRasmus Alenius Boserup, Hans Lucht, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Luiz Martinez
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DIIS Policy Brief2015Peter Albrecht
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DIIS Policy Brief2015Peter Albrecht
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DIIS Policy Brief2015Five Key Challenges in Somalia's Game of ThronesPeter Albrecht & Idil Lambo
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Comment2015Kristoffer Nilaus Tarp
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DIIS Impact2015Sustainable Development Goal 16Kristoffer Nilaus Tarp
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DIIS Impact2015Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Lotte Pelckmans
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DIIS Policy Brief2015Community Policing and Local Policing Partnership BoardsPeter Albrecht
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DIIS Policy Brief2014Disarmament, demobilization and reintegrationJairo Munive & Finn Stepputat
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DIIS Policy Brief2014backing the Kurds in the fight against IS in Iraq and SyriaHelle Malmvig & Hetav Rojan
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DIIS Policy Brief2011Stine Heiselberg
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DIIS Policy Brief2010when the state isn't the main providerPeter Albrecht & Helene Maria Kyed
Experts
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Photo/illustration by Lynggaardhansenfoto.dkGlobal security and worldviewsHead of unit, Senior researcher+45 4089 0476
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