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“After every attack we see mass arrests, and maybe some of those arrested are guilty,” Jenkins said. “But we have to ask why the arrests are happening after, and not before, the attacks.”

On March 10 Dr. Cesar Castilla delivered an in-house presentation entitled “Chinese Foreign Policy in the Middle East”. This event marked the end of his stay at ISDP, where he has been a Guest Researcher for five weeks. Dr. Castilla returns to Quito, Ecuador, at the end of this week, where he is part of […]

  On March 4, 2016, the Institute for Security and Development policy organized a roundtable discussion and public lecture titled “Active Pacifism? Japan’s new security policy”. Both events were centered on the research conducted by Professor Akhiro Sado, Professor at the School of Business and Public Policies and Dean at the Graduate School of Economics […]

Mr. Johan Klaas Krom has joined ISDP as a Junior Research Fellow. Mr. Krom will work at the intersection of ISDP’s Myanmar, Chinese and Korean Peninsular affairs. He holds a MSc. in Global Studies (Lund University, Sweden) and wrote his master thesis on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as means of transnational governance in contemporary Myanmar […]

ISDP Director Dr. Niklas Swanström held a presentation on the topic of “China and its relationship with neighboring countries” at the Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies (Myanmar ISIS), on Thursday, March 10.

In November 2015, ISDP in conjunction with the Myanmar Minerva Education Center conducted a peace education training workshop in Kayin State in the southeast of Myanmar. Aimed at increasing local understanding of the peace process among a variety of stakeholders, ISDP’s local office in Yangon reflects on the significance of the workshop against the backdrop […]

One Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd December 2015, ISDP and the Myanmar Minerva Education Center (MMEC) supported the first ever peace education training to be held in Chin State, Myanmar. Nice! The training was organized by DAWN, which is one of the largest civil society organizations in Chin State. The workshop focused on political dialogue […]

Are you interested in gaining valuable work experience in a dynamic and international environment? ISDP still has some open positions for our spring internship program! Positions are open for the Asia or Silk Road Studies teams as well as the Outreach team. Interested? Find out more here.

Dr. Lars Vargö, Distinguished Fellow at ISDP, will together with Dr. Marie Söderberg from the European Institute of Japanese Studies hold a presentation at ABF Stockholm on the topic “Japans utmaningar och vägval” (“Japan’s Challenges and Choice of Path”) on January 19, 18.00. For more information, please follow this link.

On February 2, 2016, Dr. Cesar arrived at ISDP for a five week stay as Guest Researcher. Dr. Castilla holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, and a Master’s Degree in International Affairs (Asia Pacific) from Université de La Rochelle. He has also studied Geopolitics and International Relations at Sciences Po, […]