The Situation Room with Jonas Friis: A history of Denmark’s evolving military strategy

Welcome back to The Situation Room. This week Jonas Friis sits down with Jan Werner Mathiasen - a military analyst at the Institute for Strategy and War Studies, where he also teaches and researches military strategy. Jan focuses on how culture, domestic politics, and identity affect how countries use military power. He has also been an officer in the Danish military for 25 years.In this episode, Jan walks us through the transformation of Denmark’s defense policy over the years - from semi-armed neutrality to active participation in international operations.He unpacks the impact of the Nazi occupation on the Danish psyche, why Denmark chose to break from the tradition of Nordic Neutrality and the successes and failures of Danish military operations since the Cold War.