News & Media
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ISDP hosted a roundtable with Visiting Fellows from the DPRK and external guests
March 16, 2018: ISDP was pleased to host a roundtable with Visiting Fellows Jon Min Dok and Sin Hyok from the Institute for Disarmament and Peace, Pyongyang. Discussions centered around developments on the Korean Peninsula since the end of the Pyeongchang Olympics.
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Sangsoo Lee was interviewed by Radio Free Asia about developments on the Korean Peninsula
March 15, 2018: Sangsoo Lee was interviewed by Radio Free Asia (Korean) about the visit by the North Korean foreign minister to Sweden. “If I go by my experience, official contact between the US and the DPRK in Stockholm is not likely to happen.”
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Niklas Swanström interviewed by the Associated Press about recent developments related to the Korean Peninsula
March 15, 2018: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by the Associated Press with appearances in Fox News, the Washington Post, and The Telegraph, among others, talking about the meeting in Stockholm between the North Korean and Swedish Ministers for Foreign Affairs. “The assumption is of course that (they) will speak a bit about the proposed talks […]
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Lars Vargö on P4 Extra about developments on the Korean Peninsula
March 15, 2018: Lars Vargö appeared on P4 Extra (05:50) to talk about the visit by the North Korean foreign minister to Sweden. “Det är ett möte som förhoppningsvis kan leda bort från konfrontation, mot avspänning.”
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Niklas Swanström on SVT about developments on the Korean Peninsula
March 15, 2018: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by SVT about the North Korean foreign minister coming to Sweden. ”Nordkorea har en stor respekt för Sverige vilket underlättar. Frågan är om USA har en färdig strategi för Nordkorea och vilken roll Sverige spelar i den. Men det är mycket möjligt att man sonderar terräng”
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Niklas Swanström in Dagens Nyheter on developments on the Korean Peninsula
March 15, 2018: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by Dagens Nyheter about the possibility of a meeting between Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump happening in Sweden. “Vad Sverige kan göra är att erbjuda en plattform för dialog. Vi slår väl lite över vår viktklass. Sveriges möjligheter är begränsade. Vi jobbar med förtroende mer än något annat.”
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Gareth Jenkins in Al-Monitor about Turkey’s foreign policy ambitions
March 15, 2018: Gareth Jenkins was interviewed by Al-Monitor about Turkey’s foreign policy ambitions. “What we’ve seen in the Aegean and with the detention of the two soldiers is symptomatic of something larger in Turkey, rather than being specifically related to Greece. We have seen the same brinkmanship in Afrin and in taking nationals of Germany and […]
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Niklas Swanström interviewed by TT about the Korean Peninsula
March 15, 2018: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by TT with articles in among others Svenska Dagbladet, Sydsvenskan, and Göteborgs-Posten about the upcoming visit of the North Korean foreign minister to Sweden. “Det är en individ som man kan föra en dialog med, men samtidigt är det som med alla i den nordkoreanska kretsen – de […]
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ISDP received a delegation from Malta’s Ministry for European Affairs and Equality
March 14, 2018: ISDP was pleased to welcome a delegation headed by the Hon. Dr. Aaron Farrugia, Parliamentary Secretary in Malta’s Ministry for European Affairs and Equality. The discussion centered around China and its trade and development policies in Central Asia.
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Sangsoo Lee in Around the Rings on recent developments on the Korean Peninsula
March 12, 2018: Sangsoo Lee was interviewed by Around the Rings about the potential for a Trump-Kim summit. “The U.S. has limited time, but must come up with both short-term and long-term roadmaps for solutions on the Korean Peninsula […] While certainly risky, a summit could provide a good starting point for tangible progress.”