News & Media
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Niklas Swanström interviewed by TT about the pitfalls in negotiating North Korean denuclearization
May 16, 2018: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by TT with articles in Aftonbladet, Norrländska Socialdemokraten and Helsingborgs Dagblad about the pitfalls in negotiating North Korean denuclearization. “Man hör regeringsföreträdare säga att Nordkorea kommer att ge upp sitt nukleära program mot ekonomiskt stöd. Men det är ju precis ett sådant avtal som USA har dragit sig […]
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Lars Vargö in Metro on the Trump-Kim meeting
May 16, 2018: Lars Vargö was interviewed by Metro about the risk that the Trump-Kim meeting might be canceled. “Det här är ett mönster som fortsätter från nordkoreansk sida. Man bygger upp en enorm spänning och sen så byter man fot. Det är en slags vågrörelse som har förekommit sedan mitten av 90-talet.”
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Niklas Swanström on Radio Sweden about recent developments in inter-Korean and US-DPRK relations
May 16, 2018: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by Radio Sweden (17:05) about recent developments in inter-Korean and US-DPRK relations. “Detta betyder inte att man kommer att ställa in mötet – jag tror att mötet kommer att ske – men det är ett tecken på misstron mellan de här aktörerna.”
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Lars Vargö interviewed by Radio Sweden about North Korea canceling talks with South Korea
May 16, 2018: Lars Vargö was interviewed by Radio Sweden’s Ekot about North Korea canceling talks with South Korea. “Det här är ett bevis på hur Nordkorea tänker sig den fortsatta processen. Det är helt enkelt ett förhandlingsspel […] det visar också att Nordkorea inte tänker sig kärnvapennedrustning. Man söker istället en form av normalisering av […]
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Niklas Swanström interviewed by Expressen TV about the Moon-Kim summit
April 27, 2018: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by Expressen TV about the Moon-Kim summit. “Man kommer definitivt att diskutera en normalisering av relationerna och det kommer i förlängningen förhoppningsvis att leda mot ett fredsavtal. Ett fredsavtal skulle vara en slutpunkt som båda partnerna ser som mycket intressant.”
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Niklas Swanström interviewed by TT about the release of prisoners from North Korea
May 5, 2018: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by TT with articles in Svenska Dagbladet, UNT and Aftonbladet among others about the release of prisoners from North Korea. “Det är en signal från Nordkorea om att man visar en kompromissvilja och tar samtalen seriöst.”
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Conference Report from the conference on Swedish East Asia research in Gothenburg, April 26-27, 2018
On April 26-27, 2018, the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) organized the second installment of the conference series East Asia Research in Sweden. The first conference in the series took place in May 2017 in Stockholm and provided an arena to discuss the current state of East Asia Research in Sweden. This year, […]
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Niklas Swanström interviewed by Nippon Television Network about Kim Jong-un’s trip to China
May 9, 2018: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by Nippon Television Network about Kim Jong-un’s trip to China and the at the time yet to be disclosed location of the meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un potentially being Singapore. “This is the first time a North Korean leader arrives by plane. This could be a […]
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Niklas Swanström and Sangsoo Lee gave presentations at joint roundtable
May 7, 2018: Niklas Swanström and Sangsoo Lee gave presentations at a joint roundtable between ISDP and the Ilmin International Relations Institute, ROK, in Seoul. The topic of the roundtable was the role of UN agencies for Korean unification.
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Summary and Video of the ISDP Forum “A Struggle for Hearts and Minds: Combatting Violent Extremism”
On April 23, 2018, ISDP hosted a forum at the Jernkontoret conference center in Stockholm, on combatting violent extremism. The event was held in coordination with the Moroccan Embassy in Stockholm, and featured a number of experts on counter-terrorism and Islamic extremism. The forum was moderated by Dr Niklas Swanström, Executive Director of ISDP. Introductory […]