News & Media

January 11, 2019: Sangsoo Lee was interviewed in Aljazeera about Kim Jong-Un’s trip to Beijing. “The fact that Kim’s visit came at the same time US negotiators were in China to discuss an end to the trade war is also unlikely to be a coincidence […] there could be political intention behind it.” 

January 10, 2019: ISDP would like to extend our warmest gratitude to Andrea Wernerman, Chief Financial Officer, who is leaving us after a year at the Institute. During her time at ISDP, Andrea has skillfully managed the entire Institute’s finances and has been a dearly liked colleague. Everyone at ISDP is sad to see her […]

January 1, 2019: Halil Karaveli’s Why Turkey is Authoritarian: From Atatürk to Erdogan has been listed by Ahval News among the six best books on Turkey in 2018. “Karaveli’s writing makes a swift read of a challenging topic and would serve as a good introduction to Turkey’s left-wing politics.”

January 2, 2019: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by TT about sanctions’ effects on the North Korean people, with articles in Tidningen Syre, Aftonbladet and Motala Vadstena Tidning. “Lättar man på sanktionerna – även om det gäller humanitära aspekter – är risken att man hamnar på ett sluttande plan, där länder som Kina och Ryssland kanske kan […]

On December 17, 2018, ISDP held a launch event for our new Silk Road Paper on regional cooperation in Central Asia. The forum featured Dr Svante Cornell of ISDP and Mr Yerzhan Saltybayev of the Institute of World Economics and Politics under the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and was […]

On December 13, 2018, ISDP held a forum on Japan’s expanding role in international affairs. The Institute was pleased to welcome Major General (ret.) Mats Engman, Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP and former Head of the Swedish Delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) in the DMZ; Professor Emeritus Kazuhiko Kawasaki at Tokai University, […]

December 27, 2018: Athur Ding was interviewed by the South China Morning Post about recent developments in cross-strait relations. “Beijing is very unhappy to see the US is continuing arms sales to Taipei, as well as promoting more US-Taiwan official and military exchanges.”

December 21, 2018: Lars Vargö was interviewed by Sveriges Radio P4 Kalmar about a Sweden-based North Korean family being expelled to South Korea. “Sydkorea är ett modernt land och en modern demokrati och har varit så de senaste 20 åren, så det är inte ett mardrömsland man åker till utan ett öppet och fungerande land.”

December 17, 2018: ISDP is glad to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute of World Economics and Politics under the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (IWEP). Through the Memorandum, the two organizations aim toward, among other activites, mutual exchange of academic information; conducting joint research […]

December 6, 2018: ISDP would like to extend its deepest thanks to Dr Jian Zhang, University of New South Wales Canberra for his time as a guest researcher with us in the fall of 2018. In addition to participating in ISDP’s public seminar series, Dr Zhang made valuable writing contributions to the Institute and has […]