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Defence and security

Every year, DIIS carries out a number of defence and security studies. Among other things, the focus is on cyber threats, hybrid actors, climate and conflict, as well as challenges to global cooperation.
More on this subject:
Security technologies
Terror
Non-state armed actors
Non-proliferation and disarmament
Defence and security policy
Cyber
Security challenges in the Baltic region
Maritime security

Research and activites

  • Danish Foreign Policy Review 2024
    Livestreaming

    Release of Danish Foreign Policy Review 2024

    DIIS Auditorium
    Join us for the release of Danish Foreign Policy Review 2024 and a reflection on the new geopolitical realities and the changing threats
  • Building in Kyiv, Ukraine
    Photo/illustration by Алесь Усцінаў via Pexels
    Livestreaming

    Ukraine: Russian mass-subversion of Ukrainian territories

    DIIS Auditorium
    DIIS offers a compact series of a total of four seminars to give you a comprehensive understanding of some of the most pressing issues relating to Ukraine. At this seminar, we take a closer look at how Russian occupation of the temporarily occupied territories in Ukraine has been accompanied by strategies and policies to change the composition, both physically and mentally, of these territories
  • Soldiers in Ukraine
    Photo/illustration by Military journalist Taras Gren / Ministry of Defense of Ukraine via Flickr copyright license
    Livestreaming

    Ukraine: The wider security developments in and around Ukraine

    DIIS Auditorium
    DIIS offers a compact series of a total of four seminars to give you a comprehensive understanding of some of the most pressing issues relating to Ukraine. This seminar discusses the challenge of dealing with acute security threats and reforming a state at war
  • Russian troops in Popasna, Ukraine
    Photo/illustration by Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
    Livestreaming

    Ukraine: Lessons learned and the prospects for the war in Ukraine

    DIIS Auditorium
    DIIS offers a compact series of a total of four seminars to give you a comprehensive understanding of some of the most pressing issues relating to Ukraine. At this seminar, James Nixey from Chatham House will give a talk on the lessons learned and the prospects for the war in Ukraine
  • Tractor with Danish and Ukrainian flags in Mykolaiv
    Photo/illustration by Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix
    Livestreaming

    Ukraine: The reconstruction of Mykolaiv

    DIIS Auditorium
    DIIS offers a compact series of a total of four seminars to give you a comprehensive understanding of some of the most pressing issues relating to Ukraine. This seminar will zoom in on Mykolaiv and Denmark’s support to the reconstruction of the city and region
  • Chinese coast guard in the South China Sea
    Photo/illustration by Wang Yuguo/Zuma/Ritzau Scanpix
    Livestreaming

    Maritime security and geopolitical rivalry in the South China sea

    DIIS Auditorium
    This seminar takes stock of tensions in the South China sea. Leading experts will discuss the geopolitical, legal and economic implications of current developments
  • Bamako (Mali). Fransk soldat efter angreb mod Hotel Azalaï, hovedsæde for EU’s militære træningsmission i Mali (EUTM), 2016
    Photo/illustration by Nicolas Réméné
    Livestreaming

    European failures in the Sahel: Insights from the field

    DIIS Auditorium
    The recent coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger reflect how new military rulers seek to redefine regional dynamics. Amid great power rivalry, how does the coups impact European engagements in the Sahel?
  • Security guard watching Somalian refugees
    Photo/illustration by Jada Images / Alamy Stock Photo
    Livestreaming

    Rethinking climate change support in violent conflict-affected states

    DIIS Auditorium
    Countries affected by violent conflict and state fragility receive extremely low climate change funding, thus leaving behind populations considered most vulnerable to climate change. How can this paradox be addressed and what role can the UN play?
  • Summit of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Riyadh
    Photo/illustration by Handout/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
    Livestreaming

    The impact of the Gaza war on the Middle East

    DIIS Auditorium
    How will the Gaza war change the Middle East and how will a future Middle East look like? What impact will it have on perceptions of the rules-based world order?
  • Muslim militant in sunset
    Photo/illustration by Shutterstock, Getmilitaryphotos

    Negotiating with jihadists? Assessing risks and opportunities

    DIIS Auditorium
    Why have we never seen peace negotiations with current or former affiliates of al-Qaeda or the Islamic State? And what could we expect to happen if such a strategy was in fact pursued?
  • Soldater i Vestafrika
    Photo/illustration by Joerg Boethling / Alamy Stock Photo
    Livestreaming

    West Africa now

    DIIS Auditorium
    This seminar sheds light on the myriad challenges shaping West Africa and discusses the recent political upheavals, the growing influence of Russia, and the complex web of migration patterns intersecting the region and beyond
  • UN soldier
    Photo/illustration by UN Photo/Michael Ali
    Livestreaming

    What does the future of peacekeeping hold?

    DIIS Auditorium
    The closure of the UN mission in Mali in 2023 is bound to open up many questions about the future of peacekeeping as a form of multilateral intervention. Join this seminar to learn more from leading experts in the field
  • Illustration of William Pitt and Napoleon Bonaparte cutting the world
    Photo/illustration by James Gillray, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    Livestreaming

    Geopolitics and international relations (1899-2024) in Europe and beyond

    DIIS Auditorium
    Past, present and future
  • People in Taiwan
    Photo/illustration by Daniel Shih/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
    Livestreaming

    A partner in dire straits? A European perspective on Taiwan

    DIIS, auditorium
    This DIIS seminar takes a closer look at recent developments in Cross-Strait relations and the wider Taiwan conflict as seen from a European perspective
  • Big Loop of Saar River near Orscholz, Mettlach, Saarland, Germany, Europe
    Photo/illustration by Hans-Peter Merten / robertharding / Alamy Stock Photo

    Power, practice and theory in international relations

    DIIS Auditorium
    Power, theory and practice are each inescapable for understanding international relations. In the case of all three, Stefano Guzzini's contributions have been core to advancing scholarship
  • Myanmar people waiting outside prison
    Photo/illustration by AFP/Ritzau Scanpix

    Myanmar in multiple crisis

    DIIS Auditorium
    This seminar discusses what it means for people in Myanmar to ‘live with crisis’ in the context of escalating and intersecting forms of crisis
  • South China sea disputes, water cannon against Philippines
    Photo/illustration by China Coast Guard/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
    Livestreaming

    Deeply immersed: Taking stock of South China Sea developments

    DIIS, Auditorium
    Viewed as an important strategic waterway from a regional and global perspective, the South China Sea has long constituted a critical arena for various maritime and territorial disputes that are now resurfacing.
  • Children in Uummannaq
    Photo/illustration by Leiff Josefsen

    'Free Association' in Greenland? Caribbean and Pacific experiences

    DIIS, auditorium
    To understand what future course, Greenland might be setting itself on, DIIS invites for a seminar with professor Rafael Cox Alomar, expert in comparative constitutional law in the context of decolonization.
  • Mærsk skib bag ved båd
    Photo/illustration by Olaf Doering / Alamy Stock Photo
    Livestreaming

    Countering piracy in the Gulf of Guinea: What role for private armed guards?

    DIIS, auditorium
    Two years after a Danish warship was deployed in West Africa to fight piracy, DIIS takes stock of counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Guinea. It focuses on the prospects of using private security to protect international shipping vessels
  • banner diis event africa
    Webinar

    Experiences of women, peace and security in diverse African contexts

    Online Zoom meeting
    In this webinar, national and regional practitioners of the women, peace and security agenda exchange their experiences in advancing women’s role in peace governance and challenges for policy implementation in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali and beyond
  • Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock
    Photo/illustration by Imago/Ritzau Scanpix

    ‘Zeitenwende’: new security policy avenues for Denmark and Germany?

    The German Embassy, Göteborg Plads 1, 2150 Copenhagen
    Panel debate on current developments in Danish and German foreign, security and defence policy
  • kenya food distribution via fingerprint tech system
    Photo/illustration by Agencja Fotograficzna Caro / Alamy Stock Photo
    Livestreaming

    Data extractivism and humanitarian response: algorithms and predictive modeling

    DIIS Auditorium
    How do NGOs use algorithms and data-driven tools for predictive analysis in their humanitarian response?
  • US-China tech
    Photo/illustration by Quality Stock Arts / Shutterstock
    Livestreaming

    China's next act and the US-China tech war

    DIIS Auditorium
    From climate change to artificial intelligence, China will need to play an important role if the world is to meet its mounting ecological and technological challenges. But how should we balance cooperation and competition with an assertive China?
  • Ministry of Livestock, Somaliland
    Photo/illustration by Finn Stepputat

    Studying state, sovereignty and other stuff

    DIIS Auditorium
    A retrospective seminar with and for senior researcher Finn Stepputat
  • Helene Maria Kyed and Ninna Nyberg Sørensen share MyClimate research findings at Folkemødet in Denmark
    Research findings

    How does violent conflict affect climate change dynamics?

    Helene Maria Kyed shares MyClimate research findings at Folkemødet in Denmark
  • Danske soldater i Irak 2004

    The Defence and Security Studies at DIIS

    The Defence and Security Studies are carried out by DIIS for the Danish Ministry of Defence.

    The aim of these studies is to provide multidisciplinary in-depth knowledge on topics that are...