DIIS

The implications of the Danish defence opt-out has grown over the past ten years, as defence policy co-operation among the other EU Member States has been strengthened. DIIS report now in English.

New York lærer os på ny, at coronaens arkitektur følger økonomiske strukturer, vi allerede kender. De er forudsigelige. Corona næres ved ulighed og finder vej gennem de sociale revner, som arbejdsløshed, små boliger og privat sundhedsvæsen efterlader

Ny artikel undersøger forskydningerne i Udenrigsministeriets magt og status fra 1995 til i dag

Many have interpreted Chinas international reaction to the coronavirus as a soft power triumph. But the virus is in fact a strain on China´s relation to many international partners

Local populations exposed to radiation from former nuclear test sites

On 9 April, BBC Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis opened by characterising the Corona pandemic as “a health issue with huge ramifications for social welfare, and a welfare issue with huge ramifications for public health.” But what does a response to COVID-19 look like in the absence of functioning public health and welfare systems? Some early insights can be gleaned from Somalia, a country that since the early 1990s has suffered persistent state collapse, identity and religious conflict, and a series of humanitarian crises. Has the virus changed life in Somalia ‘as we know it’, or is it one crisis amongst many?

Blogpost on what we know about remittances in times of crisis, with focus on Somali East Africa and its diaspora

Mellemøsten er truet af den største humanitære krise, siden regionen blev skabt på ruinerne af Det Osmanniske Rige

Both foreign donors and local independent initiatives were won over by decentralization-efforts and reforms in Yemen during the 1980s and onwards. Reforms that didn´t lead to better service delivery, but merely strengthened patronage networks

Both foreign donors and local independent initiatives we´re won over by decentralization-efforts and reforms in Yemen during the 1980s and onwards. Reforms that didn´t lead to better service delivery, but merely strengthened patronage networks

I Moskva er overvågningen af befolkningen ved at blive automatiseret

Mens Mali har fået konstateret sine første tilfælde af corona, kan pandemien få uoverskuelige konsekvenser, når den rammer det krigsplagede land, der i forvejen kæmper med stort set alle det 21. århundredes store trusler fra klimaforandringer til terrorisme og geopolitisk rivalisering.

Poor immigrant neighbourhoods in New York are being hit the hardest

As the COVID-19 virus spreads on the African continent, Somalis in Africa and around the world fear a devastating humanitarian disaster is in the making. While complex crises are not news in this part of the world, this time is different. Not only are there warnings that the Somali peninsula could become one of the worst hit areas on the globe; the global Somali diaspora is affected as well.

Podcast: Danmarks udenrigs- og sikkerhedspolitiske strategi udløber i år. Kommer der en ny - og hvad skal den i givet fald indeholde?

Denmarks first foreign and security policy strategy is coming to an end - should we have a new one?

Der er masser af grunde til bekymring for hvad der vil ske når først coronavirus bidder sig fast i Afrika. Men erfaringer med epidemibekæmpelse vil nogle steder også kunne øge paratheden.