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July 1, 2019: Alec Forss gave a presentation on lessons from the Northern Ireland peace process at the Institute of Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University.

July 1, 2019: Maj Gen (ret) Mats Engman gave a presentation at the New York World Korea Forum, held at Columbia University, U.S. on July 1-2. His paper and presentation was titled “How can security related Confidence Building Measures support the diplomatic peace process.”

June 18, 2019: At the invitation of the South Korean Ministry of Unification, Maj Gen (ret) Mats Engman gave a presentation at the Korea Global Forum for Peace, held in Seoul on June 18-19. His talk was on the importance of a regional and Korean Peninsula perspective in the ongoing peace process.

On June 20, ISDP held a public forum on economic development on the Korean Peninsula with our visiting fellows from North Korea, Paek Song Chol and Choe Hyon Do from the Korea-Europe Association, North Korea. The forum was moderated by Niklas Swanström, Executive Director of ISDP. In their presentation, Mr. Paek and Mr. Choe discussed […]

On June 05, 2019, ISDP hosted a public forum entitled; “Turkey’s Dark History – from Atatürk to Erdogan”. The forum commenced with a presentation from Mr. Halil Karaveli, Editor of the ISDP Silk Road Studies Program’s Turkey Analyst and a researcher at ISDP. The presentation coincided with the launch of Mr. Karaveli’s latest book entitled […]

June 24: ISDP received a delegation from the Institute for Unification Education at the Ministry of Unification, South Korea. The two institutes discussed the current situation on the Korean Peninsula and South Korea’s role in the peace process.

June 21, 2019: Sangsoo Lee was interviewed by RFA Korea (Korean) about the Xi-Kim summit. “Xi might have asked Kim Jong Un to dismantle nulcear facilities beyond Yongbyeon.”

June 20, 2019: Sangsoo Lee was interviewed by Izvestia (Russian) about the Xi-Kim summit. “It seems Xi intends to use the North Korea card to gain leverage in the trade negotiations with the US. If his visit is productive, Xi will bring positive signals from Pyongyang to Trump when Xi meets him during the G20 […]

June 18, 2019: Sangsoo Lee was interviewed by the Weekly Seoul (Korean) about President Moon’s visit Sweden and its implication for the peace process on the Korean Peninsula. “Sweden is one of the countries that have made many efforts for peace on the Korean Peninsula […] Sweden is mediating dialogues between North Korea and the […]

June 17, 2019: ISDP was happy to receive a delegation consisting of elected Moroccan representatives of the Sahara Provinces. Discussions revolved around autonomy for the Sahara Provinces/Western Sahara and development issues in the region.