The institute founded the "International Relations" journal (later acquired by SAGE Publications), to which the DDMI regularly contributes.
The project seeks to answer the following question: "How, and under what conditions, do alliances lead to the establishment of trusting relationships between states?
"[5] The project is a collaborative effort of the institute and other international relations professionals that focus on bilateral relationships within the NATO alliance.
The project questions whether the human race has the capacity to control both non-violent and violent harm in politics.
The research also explores the growth of human interconnectedness and emotional identification ranging from family ties to those of expansive nation-states.
Previous DDMI lectures have included talks from various political authorities such as Anne Applebaum (2018) and Lawrence Freedman (2017).
The institute is supported by the Gwendoline and Margaret Davies Charity and the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University.
Prior to his position as director, he worked at the institute as a research assistant on the project 'The Challenges to Trust-Building in Nuclear Worlds'.