In this podcast [55 min - language: Danish], Insightview has interviewed Camilla Noerup Soerensen, an Associate Professor at the Institute for Strategy and War Studies at the Royal Danish Defence College in Copenhagen. We discuss how Russia's invasion of Ukraine has changed geopolitics globally. We talk about the European Union, France, Germany, Sweden, Finland, India, Turkey, Israel, and China. Insightview asks Camilla whether China's support for Russia - regardless of Russia's war crimes in Ukraine - is for China's sake or to save President Xi Jinping's political life? Last but not least, Insightview asks Camilla what Denmark really achieves by scrapping its EU defence opt-out? This podcast is in Danish, as it should also be seen as a contribution to the debate on Denmark's upcoming referendum on the EU defence opt-out.
Insightview has done nothing to hide that Russian President Putin has made perhaps one of the most significant historical strategic mistakes by invading Ukraine. This has made the EU, not least Germany, wake up from a bewitched sleep, although there is understandable nervousness that Chancellor Olaf Scholz will once again fall asleep. According to Camilla, it will take time for the world to find a new geopolitical equilibrium - and this will bring more instability to an already uncertain world.
Camilla was recently tasked by the Danish government to write the background report on current security developments and trends in Asia and implications hereof for Danish security and defence policy ahead of the debate and negotiations leading up to the next Danish defence agreement. Camilla is a frequent foreign policy commentator in Danish media.
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