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July 12, 2017: Gareth Jenkins was quoted in the Daily Mail article Turkey’s coup: questions linger one year on. “We are not seeing an open investigation. It’s been very, very disappointing and in fact very frightening”

“If there is an international sanctions regime, we as European states have to follow that but we also need to balance the risk of counter measures in Pyongyang,” said Niklas Swanstrom, director of the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy, who met with officials in North Korea in May. “It is probably important to keep those diplomatic links because so few states have them.”

On Thursday, July 6th at 13.00-14.00, ISDP’s Walter Kegö will participate in a seminar in Almedalen organized by U-FOLD. The seminar will address the connection between narcotics abuse, trafficking, and terrorism. Read more on U-FOLD’s website or watch a video from the event here.

July 4th, 2017: Niklas Swanström was quoted by TT, with articles in Sydsvenskan and HD amongst others, on North Korea’s latest missile test. “Det internationella samfundet måste sätta sig ner och fråga sig: Vad är vi villiga att göra? Och vad vill Nordkorea ha?”  

July 4th, 2017: Niklas Swanström was quoted in Sveriges Radio Ekot on North Korea’s latest missile test. “– Samtidigt ska man inte sticka under stolen med att det land som drabbas hårdast av den här utvecklingen är USA. Kina, Sydkorea och Japan ligger redan under militärt hot. Utvecklingen av de här interkontinentala robotarna är främst […]

Från början fanns förhoppningar om att Hongkong skulle hjälpa till att öppna upp Kina. Men de förväntningar som ställdes på systemet har inte blivit uppfyllda. I stället upplever många i Hongkong ökad kontroll från Peking.

We have one open internship position with our Center for Transnational Threats for the fall of 2017. The position requires fluency in Swedish and English. Read more and apply here. The position will be filled as soon as possible. If you have applied, fit the requirements, and are still interested in the position, please send an […]

“Last year, the Turkish statistical institute abruptly changed the way economic data was measured, and suddenly the Turkish economy was much better off than all the analysts and experts had believed. We still do not understand how Turkstat calculated these statistics.”

On June 8, 2017,  ISDP organized a forum on the topic “Human rights as economic rights?” at the Mediterranean Museum. The forum was moderated by Lars Vargö, distinguished fellow at ISDP. The members of the panel were Jan Rudengren, international development expert, Jenny Grönwall, Programme Manager at SIWI, and Cecilia Widebäck West, former Head of […]

June 20th, 2017: Niklas Swanström commented on the death of American student Otto Warmbier in Expressen TV. Otto Warmbier died after serving 17 months of a 15 year sentence in North Korean prison after being accused of trying to steal a political poster. Niklas Swanström: ”De ville inte att han skulle avlida i Nordkorea”