News & Media
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Summary of the forum “Secularism in Central Asia: the case of Kazakhstan”
On October 23rd, 2017, ISDP hosted a forum at Medelhavsmuseet in Stockholm on the topic Secularism in in Central Asia, focusing on Kazakhstan’s model of governance. This event was organized to promote ISDP’s new paper on the topic, to be released shortly. Dr. Svante Cornell, Director of ISDP, was joined by Dr. Ulan Bigozhan, post-doctoral […]
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Halil Karaveli in Reuters about Turkish bank executive accused of helping Iran launder money
“If there is going to be any political impact, I suspect it will actually help in the electoral sense.”
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Sangsoo Lee in Radio Free Asia on North Korea’s Latest ICBM Test
“It’s not clear whether this test will bring the U.S. to the negotiating table or not. North Korea is testing the possibility of negotiations with the U.S., but it certainly has prepared something else to show. I think North Korea is preparing to adopt a different strategy for next year.”
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Niklas Swanström in the Asean Post on the Future of ASEAN
“A more unified entity ASEAN would have more leverage both politically as well as economically. It would require stronger ASEAN institutions but without ASEAN I think we would see a more unstable region and very much weaker individual states dominated by China”
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Sangsoo Lee and Ingrid Eelde Koivisto in Around the Rings: North Korean Participation in Winter Olympics would be Highly Symbolic
Eelde Koivisto: “Being a nuclear state would mean they would go into negotiations with a much better bargaining power. Their tone clearly shows their purpose with the test: To show to the international community that they can no longer ignore North Korea as a nuclear state.”
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Lars Vargö i Morgonsoffan: Nordkoreas test del i ett mönster
November 29, 2017: Lars Vargö appeared on SVT Morgonsoffan to discuss North Korea’s latest missile test. Follow the link to watch the show (In Swedish) “Det är allvarligt men det är ändå en del i ett mönster som har pågått i en längre tid […] Nordkorea får mer och mer kapacitet medan amerikanerna säger att […]
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Niklas Swanström till TT: Nya sanktioner och ytterligare tester är att vänta
November 29, 2017: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by TT, with quotes in amongst others Sydsvenskan. “Nordkorea gör ingenting bara för att provocera, för det kostar för mycket. Det här har ju ett militärt ändamål, att man verkligen försöker att utveckla sina kärnvapen. Det fyller också ett inhemskt perspektiv, att Kim Jong-Un kan säga att han […]
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Niklas Swanström i Expressen: Finns skäl för oro
November 29, 2017: Niklas Swanström was interviewed in Expressen on North Korea’s missile test.
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Niklas Swanström i Studio Ett om diplomatiska relationer mellan Nordkorea och USA
November 24, 2017: Niklas Swanström was interviewed in Sveriges Radio’s Studio Ett about the challenges in diplomatic relations with North Korea. Listen to the show here (36:57)
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Lars Vargö in the Asean Post about Trump’s visit to Japan
“A Japan that is stronger in military terms can be a necessary step towards increasing the other powers willingness to negotiate a security structure for East Asia”.