Security Challenges and New Legal Order(s)

In the wake of the rising global challenges, the limitations of international law and international institutions to address multiple crises and restore the world order have been laid bare. The universality of international law and its underlying principles (e.g. the principle of sovereignty, the prohibition of the use of force) have been challenged by powerful states that promote their regional narratives of international law. This has had a corrosive effect on the international legal order. The power of international and regional institutions, including adjudicative bodies, to assume a stabilizing role in the maintenance of peace and security has been questioned. This begs the question as to whether we are facing the breakdown of the international legal order that was cemented after the World War II and witness the emergence of new competing legal order(s). The geopolitical realities and fragility of the rules-based international legal order have had a catalysing impact on the discussions of European sovereignty and various aspects of security (e.g. military, energy, food, cyber security etc). Against the backdrop of these global and regional challenges, Denmark has pushed forward with a compressive security agenda at home and in Europe, while firmly committing to the promotion of the rules-based international legal order. Relying on international relations, international legal history, comparative international law, EU law, constitutional law, and traditional legal dogmatics, researchers at CECS examine a broad range of topics ranging from the transformation of the international legal order to the European Union’s and Denmark’s legal responses to new and emerging security threats.               

Post Doc 1 on Iryna Marchuk’s EASTERNISATION project

Post Doc 2 on Iryna Marchuk’s EASTERNISATION project