News & Media

July 18, 2018: S. Frederick Starr testified at a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing on “Current Developments in Central Asia”. The video of the event is available here, with Dr. Starr’s statement at 1:55. The written testimony can be found here.

July 15, 2018: Sangsoo Lee was interviewed by Chosun Ilbo about the process of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Read the full interview here.  

July 15, 2018: Elliot Brennan was interviewed by the South China Morning Post on China’s Myanmar policy. “China’s support of both the Myanmar state and the armed groups at war with it, while also actively involving itself in negotiations has frustrated efforts for peace and prolonged fighting.”

July 15, 2018: Halil Karaveli was interviewed by the Financial Times about Erdogan’s relations with Turkey’s military. “The ‘new order’ is not about ‘defanging’ the military — it is an expression of common military-civilian interests.”

On May 22nd, 2018, ISDP organized a forum at Medelhavsmuseet in Stockholm on the topic of Engaging Central Asia and the Caucasus. This event was organized to promote Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr’s new book: The Long Game on the Silk Road: US and EU Strategy for Central Asia and the Caucasus.  Dr. Svante […]

July 9, 2018: Mats Engman appeared in a longer radio interview on Radio Sweden’s Radiokorresponderna (starting at 02:47), talking about the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission, international security in East Asia, and the situation on the Korean Peninsula. “Det var två perioder som var värre än andra [under tiden i NNSC]. Dels en period på ungefär […]

July 9, 2018: Gareth Jenkins was interviewed by Globe Post Turkey about Erdogan’s second inauguration as president. “Ultimately Erdogan is going to have to choose between the U.S. and Russia –- and he will pay a price whichever he chooses.”

June 28, 2018: Elliot Brennan was interviewed by La Croix about rohingya refugees. “Terrorist organizations around the word have been reaching out to aggrieved and often already alienated Rohingya for decades.”

June 25, 2018: ISDP organized a roundtable with a delegation of researchers from the Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the China Tibetology Research Center. The discussion centered around the development of Tibet, the potential for constructive resolutions to Tibet-related contested political issues as well as the security implications […]

June 25, 2018: Gareth Jenkins was interviewed by the AFP about the Turkish election. “Ultimately Erdogan is going to have to choose between the US and Russia – and he will pay a price whichever he chooses.”