Research areas

Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard researches US foreign policy and transatlantic relations. He is particularly interested in the tensions between liberal values ​​and security interests and has specialized in human rights and democracy promotion within US foreign policy. In his research, he focuses on both policymakers and non-state actors, and he often has an eye for the interaction between domestic and foreign policy. Trained as a historian, he primarily works with archival research, but he also researches current affairs. His broader research interests include diplomacy, the Cold War, NATO, and global order.

In the period 2022-2024, he was part of the independent historical inquiry into Denmark's military and civilian engagement in Afghanistan during the period 2001-2021, commissioned by the Danish Parliament.

Current Research

American Visions for a “Community of Democracies”

An examination of American visions for uniting the world’s democracies in a historical perspective.