ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that Danish naval strategy has changed directions multiple times since the Cold War. To understand the changes in Danish naval strategy, the chapter looks into five periods as follows: the 1980s: a naval strategy of balancing; 1990–2001: the institutional decade; 2001–2007: the strategy of influence; 2007–2017: the beginning of a dual track strategy; and 2018: a dual strategy implemented. The navy became involved in education of naval personnel in the some Baltic States; either by conducting training within each of the respective national navies or by educating future officers at the Danish Naval Academy. From a naval perspective, the first changes towards a strategy of global influence already came with the deployment of a corvette to the Arabian Gulf in 1990–1991 as a part of Operation Desert Shield/Storm. The Danish Navy was able to deploy and operate from the North Atlantic to the Indian Ocean and contribute to different kinds of naval operations with its closest allies.
