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November 20, 2020: Halil M. Karaveli, Senior Fellow with the Turkey Center of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center, appeared on the podcast Guerrilla History to speak about his book “Why Turkey Is Authoritarian: From Atatürk to Erdoğan”.

ISDP is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Frida Lindberg as a Junior Research Fellow with ISDP’s Stockholm China Center. Ms. Lindberg holds a master’s degree in Chinese and a master’s degree in Political Science from Uppsala University. Ms. Lindberg’s research interests cover China’s domestic and foreign policy, Chinese media, as well as international […]

The full recording of ISDP’s recent webinar on “OPCON Transfer and its Potential Impact on the United Nations Command and the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission” with speakers Gen (ret) Vincent Brooks, LtGen (ret) Chun In Bum, Mr. David Maxwell, MG (ret) Urs Gerber, and Maj Gen (ret) Mats Engman as the moderator is now available on […]

October 21, 2020: The full recording of ISDP’s webinar on “Human Security and Climate Change in the Pacific Islands” with speakers Dr. Johann Bell, Dr. Eberhard Weber, and Dr. Tony Weir, with Larissa Stünkel as the moderator, is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel (link).

Every semester ISDP runs an internship program open to university students and recent graduates. The internship will last between 4-6 months at the main office in Stockholm and the desired start date is from January or February. Please note that ISDP’s internships are full time (40 hours per week) and unpaid. The Institute is currently looking for […]

The full recording of ISDP’s recent webinar on “Human Security and the Humanitarian Situation in North Korea” with speakers Kee B. Park, Åsa Sandberg, Bernhard Seliger, Sangsoo Lee, and Lars Vargö as the moderator, is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel.

October 10, 2020: ISDP’s Distinguished Military Fellow, Mats Engman, spoke to TV4 Nyheterna (Swedish) about North Korea’s military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the country’s ruling party. Watch the clip here.

The full recording of the Stockholm China Center’s recent virtual lecture on “Sweden and China: 400 Years of Relations in Retrospect” with Dr. Ingemar Ottosson is now available on our Youtube channel.

The full recording of ISDP’s recent webinar on “Human Security: Its Importance, Challenges, and the case of Japan” with Marie Højlund Roesgaard, Gerd Johnsson Latham, Pål Jonson, Lars Vargö, and Torbjörn Lodén, is now available on our Youtube channel.

September 25, 2020: ISDP’s Executive Director, Dr. Niklas Swanström, spoke to Sveriges Radio Ekot (Swedish) about Chairman Kim Jong-un’s apology to President Moon Jae-in for the killing of a South Korean official. “Det finns inga kontakter, Nordkorea har vägrat att prata med Sydkorea. Att Kim Jong-un nu skickar ett brev till President Moon är en […]