News about Defense and security

New CMS Report: European Perspectives on the Global Return of Nuclear Weapons

The use of nuclear weapons has returned to World politics after several decades. President Putin's many references to the Russian military's ability to use nuclear weapons have created fear among the populations of…

Senior Researcher: UN's use of refugee biometrics should be reviewed

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has consulted ten experts from around the world on the organisation's policy on registration, identity management and biometrics, Among the experts are Katja Lindskov Jacobsen,…

International Humanitarian Law and Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

The accelerated pace of artificial intelligence (AI) innovation, coupled with increasingly practical military applications, makes it likely that AI will play a prominent role in future warfare. The time is ripe for…

New CMS Report: International Humanitarian Law and Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

How have the political discourses about climate change influenced security policies? The new CMS report “Climatising Security Policy: A Panorama and Implications for Denmark” investigates the emerging international…

New CMS Report: Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism

The report "Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism - Implications of the new Western approach to counterterrorism", authored by Tore Refslund Hamming, identifies how the shift in global counterterrorism efforts is changing.…

Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism

The report "Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism – Implications of the new Western approach to counterterrorism" written by Tore Refslund Hamming, identifies the importance of the new doctrine for counterterrorism efforts.

Researcher Cornelia Baciu wins the Luke Foster Best JCER Journal Article Prize

Researcher at CMS Cornelia, who’s article “Evolutionary Stable Global Orders: Co-Relational Power and Multilateral Security Organisations” has been voted the winner of the Luke Foster Best JCER Journal Article Prize.

Call for Papers: "Re-Imagining the International: Norms, Ontological Security & the International Organization"

Researcher at CMS Cornelia Baciu is chairing the section "Re-Imagining the International: Norms, Ontological Security & the International Organization" at the 16th Pan-European Conference on International Relations,…

New CMS Report: The foreign and security policy development in the Arctic and North Atlantic

The significance of the Arctic has increased both globally and in Danish foreign and security policy. As a consequence, a number of challenges emerges for the Kingdom of Denmark - both now and in the future.

Modern arms technologies help autocratic rulers stay in power

Autocrats and dictators quickly acquire new arms technologies from abroad and often use them against their own citizens. Now a study shows that the spread of military technologies inhibits democratic reform.

New CMS Background Paper: Militarization of Space – in an International Law Perspective

Space has become an integrated part of modern warfare. In 2019, NATO declared space as its fifth operational domain. By 2021, nearly 20 states had the capability to launch objects into space...

Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship at the Department of Political Science, ERC RITUAL DETERRENCE

Does exploring the role of ritual action in making deterrence effective in international security politics between NATO and the Warsaw Pact sound interesting to you?

CMS Researcher Tobias Liebetrau publishes the article "Transversal Politics of Big Tech"

CMS Researcher Tobias Liebetrau, together with Linda Monsees, Jonathan Luke Austin, Anna Leander and Swati Srivastava, investigates this in a new article "Transversal Politics of Big Tech" in the journal International…

CMS Researcher Katja Jacobsen publishes the article "Liberal intervention's renewed crisis: responding to Russia's growing

CMS researcher Katja Lindskov Jacobsen has together with Karen Philippa Larsen (DIIS) published the article "Liberal intervention's renewed crisis: responding to Russia's growing influence in Africa" ​​in the journal…

Climatising Security Policy

How have the political discourses about climate change influenced security policies? Climate change sets a moving agenda for international and national security actors, providing them both with manifold trials but also…

New CMS Report: Climatising Security Policy

How have the political discourses about climate change influenced security policies? New CMS report investigates the emerging international landscape on ‘climatising’ security policies that Denmark must navigate.

CMS Researcher Neil Renic publishes the article "Superweapons and the Myth of Technological Peace"

On 15 November, Neil Renic published the article "Superweapons and the Myth of Technological Peace" which focuses on the discourse of "The Superweapon Peace" - that radically destructive weapons, both nuclear and…

Open World Conference 10-11 Nov. 2022: Open Science and Global Dangers

Marking the centenary of Niels Bohr’s Nobel Prize in physics, and the United Nations announcing 2022 as the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development, we acknowledge Bohr’s vision of an open world

CMS Researcher Cornelia Baciu publishes a Special Issue of Defence Studies

CMS Researcher Cornelia Baciu publishes a Special Issue of Defence Studies

CMS Research on Critical Maritime Infrastructure Contributes to New EU Action Plan

In a debate in the European Parliament on 5 October, a core reference point was a recent report that researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, Tobias Liebetrau has written for the Parliament in collaboration with..…

New CMS podcast: Lex Ferenda - Conversations About Law and War

How does international law affect the conduct of military operations? What are the current challenges of international law? And what role will international law play in the future?

European Parliament heeds the call from ocean infrastructure researchers

The sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines has brought much urgency to the protection of maritime infrastructure. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlines a plan that draws on University of Copenhagen research.

New CMS Report: Danish societal security – The resilient and secure society in a new era of security politics

Danish societal security – the intention of a robust and secure society – is being challenged in these years, where increased competition between great powers and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have amplified the external…

Director: "The world cries out for knowledge about defense and security policy"

Kristian Søby Kristensen is new Director of the Center for Military Studies. He predicts that the center's expertise will become even more relevant in a time when the world is characterized by uncertainty.