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On October 10, ISDP’s Korea Center co-organized a seminar in Stockholm with the Korean Women’s Development Institute (KWDI) focused on women’s role in peacebuilding and sustainable development. Case studies included the Korean Peninsula, Northern Ireland, China, and Vietnam, among others. The main objective of the seminar was to share information, perspectives, and experiences between experts […]

October 14, 2019: Mats Engman gave a presentation on the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the ISDP intern cohort of fall 2019. Incidentally, the application period for an internship at ISDP in spring 2020 has started today! Find the ads here.

On September 20-21, 2019, ISDP was one of the co-organizers, together with the University of Graz, Graz University of Technology and the European Japan Experts Association (EJEA), in the international conference Human-Centered Digitalization: How to Develop Next Generation of Humans and Robots for a Secure, Harmonic and Prosperous Future of Europe and Japan? in Graz, Austria […]

On September 19, 2019, ISDP hosted the second China-Nordic High-Level Think Tank Forum, the purpose of which was to discuss the current state-of-affairs between the Nordic countries and China, communalities and challenge for multilateral and bilateral dialogue, potential areas of collaboration and the benefits that come from deepening the relationship. The forum was co-organized by […]

On September 25, 2019, ISDP held a public forum with a presentation by Dr. Asma Khawaja of the National Defence University of Pakistan about her new book Shaking Hands with Clenched Fists: The Grand Trunk Road to Confidence Building Measures Between Pakistan and India. The presentation was commented on by Maj Gen (ret) Per Lodin, former Head […]

September 27, 2019: Gareth Jenkins was interviewed by Reuters about the state of Erdogan’s AKP. “Erdogan’s popularity over the last seven years…is generally on a declining trend, artificially boosted by one-off events, to the point where it looks irreversible.”

On September 2, 2019, ISDP hosted a public forum, on the topic China’s Strategic priorities – change or continuity? The main speaker of the event was Professor Hsih Chih Chen from the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. Following Dr Chen’s speech, a discussion was carried out by Dr. Lars Vargö, former Ambassador of Sweden […]

October 3, 2019: Mats Engman was interviewed by SVT Nyheter about the latest missile tests undertaken by North Korea. “North Korea needs to be able to showcase its weapons systems for its own people and the outside world.”

October 6, 2019: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by Dagens Nyheter about the differing strategies between the U.S. and North Korea. För Nordkorea är det en klassisk taktik att vara tuff och kompromisslös i sina förhandlingar. Man skyller till hundra procent på USA och säger att det nu är upp till dem att komma med något […]

September 30, 2019: Niklas Swanström gave a presentation at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) in New Dehli, India on “China’s Outreach in Europe: What it Means to India.”