News & Media

August 6, 2018: Elliot Brennan was interviewed by Bloomberg about Chinese control over the Mekong River. “The full brunt of this influence has not yet been demonstrated but, if exercised, it has the power to create famine, civil unrest, and potentially topple governments” 

August 2, 2018: Sangsoo Lee was interviewed at length by NK News about what North Korea might demand in return for denuclearization. “My personal opinion is that North Korea will make a request to recognize the Korean peninsula as a neutral state — which holds a neutral position between China-U.S. relations  — while persuading South Korea […]

July 25, 2018: Niklas Swanström presented at a Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies’ conference titled Stakeholder Consultation on the Korean Peninsula Peace Process in Siem Reap, Cambodia. For more information, visit the CPCS website.

July 20, 2018: Elliot Brennan was interviewed by Business Insider Nordic about the impact of the rescue of the Thai football team on the popularity of the Thai junta. “This kind of good news story raises all boats. Not surprisingly happier populations will prefer the status quo. That may translate as good news for pro-Junta […]

July 20, 2018: Svante Cornell was interviewed on the Foundation for Defense of Democracies podcast, Foreign Podicy about religion and secularism in Central Asia. “The other Central Asian states are considered developing countries by their income levels, but Kazakhstan is considered a middle-income country.” 

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 […]