News & Media

June 1, 2018: Sangsoo Lee was interviewed by Dagens Nyheter about Sweden’s role on the Korean Peninsula. “Jämfört med Sverige gör Sydkorea det här så mycket bättre: de kan situationen bättre, de vet mer om Nordkorea och de kan mer om USA:s kärnvapen. Sydkoreas president Moon Jae-In slåss för sin politiska överlevnad och är mån om […]

May 29, 2018: Suat Kınıklıoğlu spoke at the Körber History Forum 2018 in Berlin about contemporary Turkey and the influence of Neo-Ottomanism. The content of the panel discussion follows below. The seductive splendour of the empire: Turkish Neo-Ottomanism and its consequences for Europe and the Middle East In 1923, the Treaty of Lausanne marked the end […]

May 29, 2018: ISDP received a delegation from the Ministry of Unification, Republic of Korea. Discussions centered on recent developments on the Korean Peninsula and the future for Inter-Korean cooperation.

May 21-June 1: Niklas Swanström is giving a course on International Theory and Practice at Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China. Lectures touch upon different theoretical approaches to International Relations (IR), as well as how case studies of North Korea, India, and Central Asia among others can be conducted in an IR theoretical framework.

May 25, 2018: Ms. Lee Soojin, a researcher at the Center for Security and Strategy of the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA), visited ISDP. A roundtable session was arranged between Ms. Lee and ISDP researchers, touching on issues like China’s role in some of the world’s conflicts with a focus on the South and East China […]

May 24, 2018: Mats Engman was interviewed by TV4 Nyheterna about the canceled Trump-Kim summit. “Vi ska inte bortse från att mötet kom till på ett väldigt märkligt sätt. En förklaring kan vara att man inte känner sig riktigt färdigt med sin strategi inför mötet […] jag får dock en känsla av att det finns […]

May 22, 2018: Gareth Jenkins was interviewed by Albawaba about Syrian refugees in Turkey and the upcoming presidential election. “Erdogan and his supporters still believe that the Arabs share their fond memories of the Ottoman Empire, and that Muslims in general look to Turkey for leadership and as the spokesperson for the sufferings of the […]

May 18, 2018: The launch on May 15 of the ISDP Stockholm Korea Center has drawn attention in South Korea, with two news outlets (here, and here) reporting on the launch. Yonhap reported on the launch ahead of the date.

May 16, 2018: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by TV4 Nyheterna about North Korea’s recent canceling of talks at Panmunjom. “Jag tror att man har förbättrat sin förhandlingsposition. Man kan gå ut och säga att man är villig till en nedrustningsprocess – vad det nu innebär, det kanske inte innebär det amerikanerna eller det internationella samfundet […]

May 16, 2018: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by TT with articles in Aftonbladet, Norrländska Socialdemokraten and Helsingborgs Dagblad about the pitfalls in negotiating North Korean denuclearization. “Man hör regeringsföreträdare säga att Nordkorea kommer att ge upp sitt nukleära program mot ekonomiskt stöd. Men det är ju precis ett sådant avtal som USA har dragit sig […]