Fragile states
In many areas of the world, the state has only a limited presence. In cities as well as in the countryside, different forms of armed groups and non-state actors challenge the authority of the state, trying to uphold an alternative order.
Research and activites
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DIIS Working Paper2024The political economy of smuggling between Colombia and VenezuelaJorge Mantilla
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DIIS Working Paper2024Opium flows, roadblocks and Illicit finance in Burma's Shan StateJohn Buchanan
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DIIS Working Paper2024a political economy analysis of checkpoint taxation in AfghanistanSarajuddin Isar
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Journal Article2024Finn Stepputat & Jethro Norman
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DIIS Working Paper2024Roadblocks, taxation and control in conflictPeer Schouten, Vanessa Van den Boogaard, Max Gallien, Shalaka Thakur & Florian Weigand
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Photo/illustration by MONUSCO/Michael Ali copyright licenseJournal Article2024assembling the Ghana Armed ForcesPeter Albrecht & Fiifi Edu-Afful
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Journal Article2024Peter Albrecht, Luke Patey, Rita Abrahamsen & Paul D. Williams
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Photo/illustration by UNMISS via Flickr.com copyright licenseJournal Article2024China's peacemaking and peacekeeping in South SudanLuke Patey
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DIIS Report2024Impacts and next steps for policy and programmingLily Salloum Lindegaard & Francis Jarawura
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DIIS Report2024Instruments, causes and consequencesElias Götz & Jonas Gejl Kaas
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Book Chapter2024Maria-Louise Clausen
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Journal Article2023Improvisation, culture, and volatility in migration infrastructuresJesper Bjarnesen & Nauja Kleist
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Photo/illustration by Maxar Technologies/Google Earth copyright licenseReport2023The political economy of checkpoints in SomaliaPeer Schouten
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DIIS Report2023Karmen Tornius, Marie Kolling & Lars Engberg-Pedersen
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Book Chapter2023Johannes Lang & Robin May Schott
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Book2023Living with the pandemic and the coupJustine Chambers & Michael Dunford
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Book2023Migrants, brokers and European border governance in AfricaIda Marie Savio Vammen, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Hans Lucht
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Photo/illustration by Photo by UN Photo/Tobin Jones copyright licenseJournal Article2023Ahmed Musa & Nauja Kleist
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Journal Article2023Dino Krause
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Report2023Terror financing and disruption efforts in SomaliaKatja Lindskov Jacobsen , Jessica Larsen & Maisie Pigeon
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Journal Article2023Private security contractors and the plasticity of Mogadishu’s international ‘green zone’Jethro Norman
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Journal Article2023Privilege, precarity, and colonial nostalgia among european security contractors in East AfricaJethro Norman
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Book Chapter2023Awareness and information campaigns as a migration governance tool to stop irregular migrationIda Marie Savio Vammen
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Book Chapter2023Nauja Kleist
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Photo/illustration by Rasmus Fly FilbertDIIS Policy Brief2024Peter Albrecht, Corine van Emmerik, Kwesi Aning, Nina Wilén, John Karlsrud, Jonathan Fisher, Marsha Henry & Andrew Tchie
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Photo/illustration by Feisal Omar/Reuters/Ritzau ScanpixDIIS Policy Brief2024Jethro Norman
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DIIS Policy Brief2022Insights from Africa’s climate hotspotsLouise Wiuff Moe & Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde
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DIIS Policy Brief2022Climate and conflictPeer Schouten, Judith Verweijen & Fergus Simpson
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DIIS Comment2022Mona Kanwal Sheikh
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Photo/illustration by Cecilie Castor, https://ceciliecastor.com/
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license
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Brief2022Current trends and future scenarios of Somali diaspora engagementNauja Kleist, Ahmed Musa & Jethro Norman
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DIIS Policy Brief2022Maria-Louise Clausen, Ekatherina Zhukova & Vasna Ramasar
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Photo/illustration by Rasmus FlyDIIS Interview2021Anne Blaabjerg Nielsen
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Photo/illustration by R. Bociaga via ShutterstockDIIS Comment2021Helene Maria Kyed
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Photo/illustration by Rasmus FlyDIIS Q&A2021When jihadist groups declare allegianceDino Krause & Anne Blaabjerg Nielsen
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DIIS Policy Brief2021Avoiding harm, delivering impactAdam Moe Fejerskov, Maria-Louise Clausen & Sarah Seddig
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DIIS Policy Brief2021Creating a more effective security sector in Iraq requires increased inclusivenessMaria-Louise Clausen & Ekatherina Zhukova
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Brief2021Aid Transparency versus Violation of PrivacyMaria-Louise Clausen
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DIIS Policy Brief2021Maria-Louise Clausen
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Photo/illustration by Cecilie CastorDIIS Interview2021Syria’s Arab Spring and the rise of the jihadistsSara Mejlvang Møller
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DIIS Policy Brief2021What we know and what we need to know more aboutMohamed Aden Hassan, Sahra Ahmed Koshin, Peter Albrecht, Mark Bradbury, Fatima Dahir Mohamed, Abdirahman Edle Ali, Karuti Kanyinga, Nauja Kleist, George Michuki, Ahmed M. Musa, Jethro Norman & Obadia Okinda
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DIIS Policy Brief2021natural resource conflicts as weapons of war in Mali’s protracted crisisBoubacar Ba & Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde
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DIIS Comment2020Thabit Jacob
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DIIS Policy Brief2020Iranian foreign policy utilizes partnersMaria-Louise Clausen
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Interview2020Kwesi Emmanel Aning, Anne Blaabjerg Nielsen & Peter Albrecht
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DIIS Policy Brief2020Long term impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and lock-downBiao Xiang & Ninna Nyberg Sørensen
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Comment2020Abdirahman Edle Ali, Abdirahman Mustaf Mohamed, Jethro Norman, Karuti Kanyinga & Peter Albrecht
Experts
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Photo/illustration by Lynggaardhansenfoto.dkSustainable development and governanceSenior Researcher+45 3269 8779
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