News & Media

February 28, 2018: ISDP was pleased to welcome Professor Wang Min of the Research Center for International Japanese Studies at Hosei University. Professor Wang has been based in Japan for the last 40 years, and shared her findings on the similar roots of Japanese and Chinese cultures.

ISDP is pleased to welcome Dr Park Hyeong Jung from the Korea Institute for National Unification, Seoul as a Visiting Fellow. Dr Park’s research focuses on the internal situation in North Korea and Inter-Korean relations. He will spend one month at ISDP.

February 27, 2018: Sangsoo Lee was quoted in Radio Free Asia about US-DPRK relations. “There will not be any serious dialogue between the US and the DPRK any time soon, but Track 2 is something that we could expect.”

February 27, 2018: Mats Engman gave a lecture at Uppsala University’s Pax et Bellum association, talking about the situation on the Korean Peninsula and the Armistice Agreement.

February 26, 2018: Sangsoo Lee appeared in The Outline to talk about the future of the Korean Peninsula and the prosects for continued reconciliation. “The Olympics provided short-term crisis management, but I’m pessimistic about the situation afterwards […]And when it comes to future Korean unification, there is a long way to go. I’m concerned about […]

February 26, 2018: Niklas Swanström appeared on Morgonstudion (39:15) to talk about Inter-Korean relations going forward. “Framförallt tror jag att vi kommer få se en viss dialog mellan USA och Nordkorea. Vi kommer även kanske att få se en fortsatt diskussion med Sydkorea. Problemet är: vad är det vi ska diskutera? USA gick ut och sa […]

February 25, 2018: Niklas Swanström appeared on Radio Sweden’s P1 Morgon to discuss what will come after the Olympics on the Korean Peninsula. “Jag tror inte att man ska dra alltför höga växlar kring att man ska hitta en lösning på det konflikten. Det är just avspänningen som är anmärkningsvärd – att man har hittat […]

February 23, 2018: Lars Vargö gave a lecture about Japanese society, culture, and history at Skeppsholmens folkhögskola to a group of some 50 students and teachers.

February 22: Svante Cornell was interviewed by Ahval News about Gülenists being critical of the Gülen movement: “You don’t see people who have a past in key Gülen-affiliated institutions speaking up like this. On the contrary, you see a rallying around the flag.”

ISDP is featured in the 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report released by the Think Tanks & Civil Societies Program at the Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania. Among some 2000 think tanks in Europe, ISDP entered onto the list of Top Think Tanks in Western Europe. Find the ranking here.