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On March 3, 2017, the Institute for Security and Development Policy welcomed Dr. Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen for a presentation on ‘Domestic Disruption and Geopolitical Continuity – The Arctic Under Trump.’ The event was moderated by Dr. Niklas Swanström, Director of ISDP. Dr. Bertelsen started his presentation by covering how international relations have had a major […]

On March 4 2017, Visiting Fellow Suat Kınıklıoğlu spoke at the 21st Karlsruhe Dialogues: Open Society and its Enemies, in Karlsruhe, Germany. His presentation focused on the global trend of rising authoritarianism, and was entitled The Rise of Authoritarianism: Global Trends against Democracy. The event was organized by the Centre for Cultural and General Studies of the Karslruhe […]

On March 2, 2017, Dr. Lars Vargö will deliver a presentation to students at the Stockholm School of Economics on how Japan has remained conflict-free through harsh times. The event is organized by Exchange Japan, an annual collaboration between students from Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Hitotsubashi University.

See ISDP Director Dr. Niklas Swanström comment on the assassination of Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother Kim Jong Nam on the Swedish morning show Gomorron Sverige. Watch the clip here (from 23.51).  

NIklas Swanström will hold a presentation at Stockholm University on February 28th on the topic “Political security and global business development”.

On February 22, 2017, the Institute for Security and Development Policy hosted a forum with Dr. Ildo Hwang, Research Fellow with the Institute 21 for Peace Studies, and a visiting researcher at ISDP, for a presentation on the evolution of North Korea’s nuclear strategy. Dr. Hwang started his presentation by illustrating the main types of […]

North Korea confirmed on Monday that it had “successfully” launched an intermediate range ballistic missile. KCNA news claimed that DPRK’s leader Kim Jong-un supervised the test of the Pukguksong-2, a new type of strategic weapon capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. ISDP’s Senior Research Fellow, Sangsoo Lee, gives his take on the ballistic missile test […]

On February 8, 2017, the Institute for Security and Development Policy welcomed Ernils Larsson, Ph.D. candidate in the History of Religions at Uppsala University, for a presentation on the role of Shinto in Japanese politics. The event was moderated by Ambassador Lars Vargö, Distinguished Fellow at ISDP, who opened by introducing the Shinto religion as […]

On January 24, 2017, The Chairman and Director of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute released the following announcement: In February, 2017, the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute will be moving its offices to the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) on Capitol Hill. Founded in 1982, AFPC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to bringing authoritative information to those […]

On January 23, Dr. Lars Vargö, Distinguished Fellow at ISDP, holds a presentation to the Association of former staff of the Swedish Parliament. Dr. Vargö will give a presentation based on his latest book, Det Olyckliga Århundradet : När Öst och Väst Möttes, which tells the story of East Asian history from 1840–1940.