DIIS forsker i, hvordan politiske, økonomiske og sociale forandringer i Asien interagerer med internationale relationer samt i fredsprocesser og implikationerne af etniske og religiøse konflikter.
While the US has sent mixed signals about a retreat from the Middle East, China has constantly increased its economic involvement the last 10 years. Is China about to replace the US in the Middle East?
A common refrain in Denmark is that China is too far away to be a threat to Danish economic, foreign and security policy interests. This is no longer the case. Danish policy-makers acknowledge that China’s rise as a global superpower presents Denmark with new challenges. However, transforming this strategic thinking into practice is no simple task.
Al-Qaeda er forsvundet fra overskrifterne, men i ly af Islamisk Stats opblomstring og fald har al-Qaeda forskanset sig i en lang række lande og vokser sig stærkere. Det skriver DIIS-forsker Dino Krause i en analyse i Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten
Political technologies executed from within the digital domain are increasingly deployed in the Global South. Here, social media monopolies and an upsurge in the number of new digital media users allow information operations to reach millions and affect important political developments. The consequences can be fatal, as seen in Myanmar.