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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, […]

China and Japan: Consigning History to History On Wednesday, January 27, 2016, the Institute for Security and Development Policy held a forum entitled “China and Japan Consigning History to History”. The keynote speakers were Dr. Monica Braw, who worked for ten years as a foreign correspondent to Tokyo for the major Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet […]

On February 9th, 2016, Mr. Walter Kegö, Senior Fellow at ISDP, held a presentation on the environmental impact of drug production at a seminar organized by Smartsyd in Hässleholm, Sweden.

On Tuesday, February 9th, 2016, ISDP was honored to welcome H.E. Mr. Andrian Candu, Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova, for a roundtable discussion together with specially invited guests, ISDP Director Svante Cornell and research fellow Johan Engvall. The participants discussed Moldova’s political challenges, its process of European integration as well as the country’s management […]

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 […]

On Monday, February 22, 16.00-18.00, Mr. Woosuk Jung, currently a visiting fellow at ISDP, will hold a presentation at Stockholm University on the topic of Korea’s Environmental Policies. The lecture will cover Korea’s industrialization and environment, achievements and shortcomings and the latest and current government’s environmental policies. Mr. Woosuk Jung will spend a total of […]

Dr. Zarinam Turdieva has joined ISDP as Research Fellow. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Problems of International Relations, Global and Regional Development from Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University in Kyrgyzstan. Her dissertation Cooperation Russian Federation with States of the Central Asia in the International Security was defended in 2011 in Bishkek. Dr. Turdieva has written several […]