News & Media
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Sangsoo Lee quoted in the Financial Times on how South Korea forges ahead with end of war declaration
January 5, 2022: Sangsoo Lee has been quoted in the Financial Times on the topic how “South Korea forges ahead with end of war declaration despite US reservations”. Read the article here.
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Fatoumata Diallo in The China Smart State Podcast about Smart Cities – Xiong’an New Area
January 3, 2022: Fatoumata Diallo discusses the Xiong’an New Area in Hebei province, perhaps the most well-known and biggest smart city project that is currently in development in China, in the China Smart State Podcast by LeidenAsiaCentre. Listen to the episode here.
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Torbjörn Lodén interviewed in Svenska Dagbladet on how Xi Jinping is being challenged from within
December 26, 2021: There are signs that an internal opposition is growing within China’s Communist Party, according to Torbjörn Lodén in an interview in Svenska Dagbladet. Here you can read the interview (in Swedish).
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“ISDP-KIIP Virtual Symposium on Climate Change” – Recording available online
December 23, 2021: The full recording of the ISDP-KIIP Virtual Symposium on Climate Change is now available on ISDP’s YouTube Channel. Here you can find the recording for the first day and the second day of the webinar. ISDP and Kajima Institute of International Peace aimed to bring together expertise from both Japan and Sweden […]
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Sangsoo Lee and Riccardo Villa wrote an article in 38 North on North Korea’s Signaling on Nuclear Weapons and Negotiations
December 21, 2021: Following the 2019 Hanoi Summit, Sangsoo Lee and Riccardo Villa discuss three key themes in North Korea’s rhetoric that give insight into how the country sees its relationship with the US and the possibility of resuming nuclear talks. Read the article here.
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Sangsoo Lee interviewed in NK News on 10 years of Kim Jong Un and what Washington should do about North Korea
December 18, 2021: Sangsoo Lee was interviewed in the NK News on the following topic: “10 years of Kim Jong Un: What should Washington do now about North Korea?”. Read the article here.
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Mats Engman spoke to Sveriges Radio about about Kim Jong Un’s 10 years at power
December 17, 2021: Mats Engman, a Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, spoke to Sveriges Radio Studio Ett about Kim Jong Uns 10 years at power (in Swedish). Listen to the interview here.
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Sangsoo Lee and Love-Lis Liljeström wrote an article in the The Diplomat about challenging Moon’s symbolic end-of-war declaration
December 16, 2021: Sangsoo Lee and Love-Lis Liljeström wrote an article in The Diplomat about South Korea’s renewed push for an end-of-war declaration as a way to resume dialogue and the reason why it will be unsuccessful if not attached to practical steps for peace and denuclearization. Read the article here.
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S. Frederick Starr in The John Batchelor Show about abandoning Central Asia along with Afghanistan
December 16, 2021: S. Frederick Starr, Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program, was interviewed on the The John Batchelor Show about “Abandoning Central Asia Along with Afghanistan; & What is to be done? S. Frederick Starr. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies”. Listen to the recording here.
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
December 16, 2021: The ISDP wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We look forward to the coming year with new events, publications and dialogues!