News & Media

September 9, 2018: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by SVT about the anniversary of the founding of North Korea. “Vi har hittills inte sett konkreta handlingar för nedrustning.”

September 9, 2018: Halil Karaveli was interviewed by the Arab Weekly about the War in Syria and Turkey-Germany relations, and was also quoted in Ahval News. “They [the Germans] are trying to make sure that Turkey does not go off the cliff economically.”

September 5, 2018: ISDP organized a roundtable with a delegation from the Japanese Matsushita Institute of Government and Management. The discussion revolved around Swedish efforts on the Korean Peninsula and related security issues.

September 1, 2018: ISDP is pleased to welcome Ambassador Diana Janse as a member of our board. Ambassador Janse is a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor and Head of International Affairs at the Moderate Party (Sweden). She has held posts in the Swedish Armed Forces and Ministry of Defence before joining the Ministry for Foreign Affairs […]

August 30, 2018: Elliot Brennan was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about China’s role in Myanmar. “Beijing has a long wish list in Myanmar […] While Myanmar’s leaders are wary of China and may resist concessions on the biggest projects, an acceptable, if unpalatable, quid pro quo for its support will certainly be found.”

August 22, 2018: Halil Karaveli was interviewed by Istanbul-based writer William Armstrong about his new book “Why is Turkey Authoritarian?” “Turkey is constantly misunderstood. Turkish history is misunderstood. The Western notion that the Turkish military is trying to protect secularism is completely misguided.”

August 15, 2018: Gareth Jenkins was interviewed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on President Erdogan and scapegoating in Turkey. “A strongman particularly needs a scapegoat. Whether it’s another country, ethnicity, or religious minority, they’ve always had scapegoats to try to explain away the things that go wrong. It’s in their nature because the concentration of […]

August 12, 2018: Suat Kınıklıoğlu was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about President Erdogan’s standoff with the US. “Mr. Erdogan is trying to improve his bargaining position with Washington. If he sees an acceptable deal, he is capable of making a U-turn.”

August 10, 2018: Gareth Jenkins was interviewed by the Irish Times about the Turkish economy. “The Turkish economy’s current acute vulnerability to changes in international investor sentiment is a direct result of Erdogan’s simplistic obsession with high growth rates and his failure to address the economy’s structural weaknesses – and has been exacerbated by Erdogan’s […]

August 6, 2018: Elliot Brennan was interviewed by Bloomberg about Chinese control over the Mekong River. “The full brunt of this influence has not yet been demonstrated but, if exercised, it has the power to create famine, civil unrest, and potentially topple governments”