Futures: Denmark in a Post-Global World Order

Ambassador Michael Zilmer-Johns, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chairman of the Security Policy Analysis Group (Photo: Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix)

Please note new location: Room 15A.0.13!

Introduction

The geopolitical and geoeconomic lines on the world map are being redrawn once again. As the pandemic recedes, the world is faced with an energy crisis, economic shocks, floods and droughts, nation-first populism, and the looming danger of the escalation of the war in Ukraine. This emerging “polycrisis” facing humankind, as the current condition is being described, is creating extreme uncertainties about the shape of the future worlds. Taking Denmark as the locus, we initiate a series of conversations on how to navigate these uncertain worlds and the manifold futures that might lie ahead.

We will begin with an introduction to the newly released report “Danish Security and Defence towards 2035” by Ambassador Michael Zilmer-Johns, Chairman, The Security Policy Analysis Group, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It will be followed by two expert roundtables that will discuss regional perspectives as well as ways forward. The speakers’ panel brings together distinguished scholars and policy experts:

Tentative programme

Please note that the programme is still tentative and may be subject to changes.

Welcome speech

Roundtable 1: Denmark and the World

With focus on the report Danish Security and Defence Towards 2035 by the Security Policy Analysis Group

Ambassador, Michael Zilmer-Johns, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Chairman of the Security Policy Analysis Group
Henrik Østergaard Breitenbauch, Dean, Royal Danish Defence College,
Elena Meyer-Clement, Associate Professor, China Studies, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, UCPH.
Morten Rievers Heiberg, Professor, Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies, UCPH.
Katrine Stevnhøj, PhD Fellow, Russia Studies, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, UCPH.
Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen, Professor, Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, UCPH.
Ravinder Kaur, ADI Chair, Associate Professor, Modern India and South Asia Studies, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, UCPH.

Roundtable 2: The Way Forward

Camilla Mordhorst, Director, The Danish Cultural Institute.
Charlotte Flindt Pedersen, Director, The Danish Foreign Policy Society.
Annika Hvithamar, Head of Department, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, UCPH.
Peter Bøgh Hansen, China Political Director, Confederation of Danish Industry (DI).
Morten Elkjær, Vice President, Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU).
John Rand, Professor, Department of Economics, UCPH.