Sweden

Research and activites

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Journal Article

2024

The Nordic countries face a colonial reckoning

Essay explores the Nordic truth commissions
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Article

2024

The Precarious State of the Nordic Countries’ One China Policy

A new report shows how the Nordic countries have adopted an increasingly defensive approach to Taiwan in the face of Beijing’s assertive imposition of its One China principle.
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DIIS Report

2024

Much ado, little afoot?

How the Nordics approach Taiwan
Journal Article

2023

Rare earth reshore

Can the European Union overcome its deep reliance on China’s critical minerals supply chain?
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Livestreaming

Baltic Sea Region security challenges after Ukraine

Highly relevant 1,5-day conference with over 20 experts on security challenges in the Baltic Sea Region
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Webinar

The future of nuclear energy in the Baltic Sea Region

Online via Zoom

This webinar invites four experts on nuclear energy from Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Germany to discuss the future of nuclear energy in the respective countries of the Baltic Sea
Journal Article

2022

After China

Ericsson’s position as a 5G tech leader shows multinationals can overcome a post-China future
Working papers etc.

2022

More bark than bite?

Assessing China’s coercive measures in Scandinavia
Report

2022

Nordic security cooperation has better prospects than it has had for a long time
Photo/illustration by Cecilie Castor

Webinar

Fraught with tensions

How relations between China and the Nordic-Baltic countries were disrupted
DIIS Working Paper

2020

Don’t be rude, don’t be docile!

How to manage freedom of manoeuvre in tense bilateral diplomacy
Journal Article

2020

The Nordic Region: Can Russia 'Divide and Rule'?

Four Russo-Nordic Relations After Crimea and Trump
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DIIS Comment

2020

Kalifat: Scandinavian political drama at its best

This Swedish TV Series recreates the intricacies of life under Islamic State and foregrounds contemporary prominent issues such as radicalisation and homegrown terrorism.
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Book Chapter

2020

Holocaust in the Periphery. Memory Politics in the Nordic Countries

Cecilie Felicia Stokholm Banke provides input to report about future Scandinavian Holocaust museum
DIIS Policy Brief

2018

To UN or not to UN

The question of Nordic UN peacekeeping
DIIS Policy Brief

2018

The willing, the hesitant and the late-comer

Converging stabilisation efforts by Denmark, Norway and Sweden
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Web Article

2018

Policy dialogue is the way forward

OpenDemocracy blog post on Somali diaspora engagement
Report

2018

Migrants and refugees contribute to development in their countries of origin

Somali-Swedish diaspora engagement shows opportunities and challenges
Journal Article

2016

Two Scandinavian dogs barking at the Russian bear

Small state assertion
DIIS Working Paper

2011

Are Denmark and Sweden sliding apart?

Questions about the relationship between two quite similar countries
DIIS Policy Brief

2009

Why do leading economists argue that all small European economies should join the Euro?

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Journal Article

2024

The Nordic Countries Face a Colonial Reckoning

Astrid Nonbo Andersen

Current History, 123

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Article

2024

The Precarious State of the Nordic Countries’ One China Policy

Andreas Bøje Forsby

The Diplomat

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DIIS Report

2024

Much ado, little afoot?

How the Nordics approach Taiwan

Andreas Bøje Forsby

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Journal Article

2023

Rare earth reshore

Can the European Union overcome its deep reliance on China’s critical minerals supply chain?

Luke Patey

The Wire China

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Journal Article

2022

The 5G Fracture

Can Ericsson survive after being shut out of China? When it comes to 5G, a post-China future may not be as bleak as imagined.

Luke Patey

The Wire China

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Working papers etc.

2022

More bark than bite?

Assessing China’s coercive measures in Scandinavia

Andreas Bøje Forsby & Bjørnar Sverdrup-Thygeson

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Report

2022

Security debates and partnership choices in the Nordic states

From differentiation to alignment

Kristin Haugevik, Øyvind Svendsen, Katja Creutz , Mikkel Runge Olesen, Anna Lundborg Regnér & Jakob Linnet Schmidt

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DIIS Working Paper

2020

Freedom of manoeuvre in Nordic bilateral diplomacy

Hans Mouritzen

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Journal Article

2020

The Nordic Region: Can Russia 'Divide and Rule'?

Four Russo-Nordic Relations After Crimea and Trump

Hans Mouritzen

Journal of Regional Security, 14

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Book Chapter

2020

Holocaust in the Periphery. Memory Politics in the Nordic Countries

Cecilie Felicia Stokholm Banke

Holocaust Remembrance and Representation . Stockholm: Swedish Government Official Reports

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Report

2018

Somali Diaspora Groups in Sweden

Engagement in Development and Relief Work in the Horn of Africa

Nauja Kleist

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Journal Article

2016

Learning to assert themselves

Small states in asymmetrical dyads - two Scandinavian dogs barking at the Russian bear

Hans Mouritzen & Maria Mellander

Cooperation and Conflict, 51

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Journal Article

2014

Resilience, rights and results in Swedish development cooperation

Ian Christoplos

Resilience: International Policies, Practices and Discourses, 2

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DIIS Working Paper

2011

Liberal or illiberal?

discord within the Danish-Swedish pacific community

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DIIS Comment

2020

Kalifat

Scandinavian political drama at its best

Jaume Castan Pinos
DIIS Policy Brief

2018

To UN or not to UN

The question of Nordic UN peacekeeping

Christine Nissen & Peter Albrecht

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DIIS Policy Brief

2018

The willing, the hesitant and the late-comer

Converging stabilisation efforts by Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Christine Nissen & Peter Albrecht

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Policy Brief

2018

Somali diaspora groups in Sweden

Engagement in development and relief work in the Horn of Africa

Nauja Kleist

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DIIS Policy Brief

2009

Small, open Euro economies

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Livestreaming

Baltic Sea Region security challenges after Ukraine

Highly relevant 1,5-day conference with over 20 experts on security challenges in the Baltic Sea Region
Photo/illustration by Nicolas HIPPERT on Unsplash

Webinar

The future of nuclear energy in the Baltic Sea Region

Online via Zoom

This webinar invites four experts on nuclear energy from Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Germany to discuss the future of nuclear energy in the respective countries of the Baltic Sea
Photo/illustration by Cecilie Castor

Webinar

Fraught with tensions

How relations between China and the Nordic-Baltic countries were disrupted

DIIS Experts

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Astrid Nonbo Andersen

Peace and violence

Senior Researcher

+45 9132 5594

asan@diis.dk
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Cecilie Felicia Stokholm Banke

Foreign policy and diplomacy

Head of unit, Senior researcher

+45 3269 8938

cfb@diis.dk
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Hans Mouritzen

Foreign policy and diplomacy

Senior Researcher

+45 3269 8790

hmo@diis.dk
Jakob Linnet Schmidt

Foreign policy and diplomacy

Analyst

+45 2344 9666

jals@diis.dk
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Nauja Kleist

Migration and global order

Senior Researcher

+45 3269 8667

nkl@diis.dk
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Trine Villumsen Berling

Global security and worldviews

Senior Researcher

+45 9132 5437

trvb@diis.dk