Europe & North America

The relationship between the US and Europe is under pressure. There are challenges to transatlantic cooperation, and the EU is cultivating an increasingly close internal cooperation on issues such as defence and security. Where does that leave Denmark? DIIS's research focuses on Europe and the transatlantic relationship.

Research and activites

  • AUKUS
    Journal Article
    2023
    This was highlighted by reactions to AUKUS, the Australian-British-American military partnership, aiming to contain China
  • Cover for brief on China and microchip production
    DIIS Policy Brief
    2023
    American and allied export controls have been successful in slowing the advance of China’s equipment for semiconductor chip production. Chinese players have been increasingly cut off from a global industry where customer-client interaction is essential. The US and its allies should continue with the controls and subsidies they have in place but expanding them further, as some advocate, would be excessively punitive.
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    DIIS Policy Brief
    2023
    The increasing commercialisation and militarisation of outer space has intensified geopolitical competition and is re-shaping international relations. Public and private actors are increasingly looking to emerging technologies to gain a technological edge. This brief explores the topic of experimentation with emerging technologies in outer space and why EU decision-makers should address the main risks and implications of this development.
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    DIIS Policy Brief
    2023
    The closing of detours
  • European Political Community, European Union
    Webinar
    Online via Zoom
    Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has upended the political constellation of the wider Europe. In the wake of the invasion, The European Political Community (EPC) was launched in October 2022 by 44 European countries, including all 27 EU member states. The EPC's establishment raises new questions about the European security architecture and institutional alignment in light of Russia’s invasion. At this webinar we take a closer look at what this new body can and cannot achieve.
  • Kirunaminen i Sverige
    Journal Article
    2023
    Can the European Union overcome its deep reliance on China’s critical minerals supply chain?
  • Livestreaming
    DIIS Auditorium
    When disaster strike, diaspora groups are often first responders and remain engaged during lengthy and complex crises. Join this roundtable where we discuss practices, possibilities and pitfalls
  • Cover for brief on EPC
    DIIS Policy Brief
    2023
    Putting politics first?
  • Både ved strand
    DIIS Auditorium
    Autoetnography is emerging as a trend in current research. Come and reflect on the different ways to use personal experience and positionality with four migration scholars
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    DIIS Report
    2023
    Putin’s war in Ukraine has pushed EU member states to revamp collective energy and climate action
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    Journal Article
    2023
    Amidst Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Czech EU Council presidency navigated energy and climate agendas, prioritizing security of supply and fostering long-term policy alignment between Eastern and Western Europe, writes senior researcher Izabela Surwillo.
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    Journal Article
    2023
    New research unpacks how 'felt externalization' translates into human rights abuses, environmental crises, and death
  • Biden's Summit for Democracy
    Livestreaming
    DIIS Auditorium
    In this seminar, leading international experts take stock of Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy initiative in the shadow of the war in Ukraine, which has exacerbated the tensions between democracy and authoritarianism
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    Livestreaming
    DIIS Auditorium
    Laura Sjoberg introduces the notion of "sex rule" in this talk. Looking at marriage, reproduction, migration and asylum cases, and homonormativity, she argues that sex rules matter in global politics and international security
  • canada-indo-pacific
    DIIS Comment
    2023
  • Albania in the UN Security Council
    Livestreaming
    Denmark has launched its campaign for the UNSC in 2025-2026 but what can Denmark hope to achieve in the UN Security Council if elected?
  • A British soldier training a Mali soldier
    Article
    2023
    After 10 years of failed counter-terrorism efforts, Europe is losing influence to Russia in Mali. Europe has overlooked key voices in the West African Sahel region, and the current situation risks global security policy consequences.
  • Drone and soldier - Baltic Sea
    Livestreaming
    Highly relevant 1,5-day conference with over 20 experts on security challenges in the Baltic Sea Region
  • UN Security Council meeting Zelensky
    Livestreaming
    A year into Russia's war in Ukraine and with the UN Security Council caught up in great power rivalry, this event explores strategies available to non-permanent elected members of the UN Security Council to exert influence
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    Book Chapter
    2023
    Through case studies pertaining to the sanctions against Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine this book chapter analyzes deficiencies of EU's geoeconomic diplomacy and proposes a number of reform initiatives to be considered at the domestic, European, and international levels.
  • Blinken og Lavrov corona greeting
    Webinar
    Online via Zoom
    This webinar brings together officials and experts from Denmark, Greenland, Norway and Finland to discuss the current and future state of the Arctic Council following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
  • Escaping the curse of cheap Russian gas
    Podcast
    2023
    What we can learn from Poland and Lithuania
  • Resilience book
    Book Chapter
    2022
    The militarization of intimate lives