Mikkel Runge Olesen is a Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on NATO and transatlantic relations, Arctic and Baltic Sea security, Danish foreign policy, and recent Danish diplomatic history. Olesen’s theoretical interests include realism, political psychology, and prospect theory, combining empirical analysis with insights from political theory to explore security and diplomatic dynamics in Northern Europe and the transatlantic sphere.
Sri Lanka’s September 22, 2026 Easter Sunday judgment marks a decisive legal reckoning with one of the country’s deadliest terrorist attacks, convicting 15 of 24 defendants after an extensive examination of thousands
The 22 September 2026 Trial-at-Bar judgment provides a detailed account of the alleged network behind Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, tracing the prosecution’s case from ideological indoctrination and recruitment to weapons, explosives, logistical support and the coordinated suicide bombings
Sri Lanka has every right to speak forcefully on Palestine and international justice. But moral authority abroad cannot substitute for diplomatic precision at home.
The Pathfinder Foundation and the China Center for South Asian Studies (CCSAS) at Sichuan University launched the Colombo Maritime Dialogue 2026 Report at a
The first Nordic presence in Greenland dates back to Erik the Red, a Norse Viking banished from Iceland for manslaughter, who sought a new future in Greenland around the end of the
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