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.
The cabinet nominations, budget proposals and stepped up force displays of the Trump administration signals a decisive militarization. Even if European NATO members also increase their military muscle, a transatlantic gap on the purpose, language and limits of military power seems looming – not least in the field of counter-terrorism.