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“Det är första gången som vi har haft en amerikansk president som gått ut och varit så hård, utan att det har funnits någon egentlig anledning.”

August 9, 2017: Niklas Swanström was quoted in the Aftonbladet article “Därför vill Kim Jong-un attackera ön Guam”  

“Frånvaron av militär dialog, frånvaro av dialog generellt, är just nu väldigt oroväckande. Man kommunicerar så att säga genom officiella uttalanden. Det här kommer att skapa en stor osäkerhet på Koreahalvön”

“Små misstag kan få konflikten att eskalera”

“If Kairat can engage regional players, and not shut them out, then Astana can become a Central Asian finance hub”

Mamuka Tsereteli with the Central Asia Caucasus Institute in Washington was invited to participate in a briefing organized by The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, serving to examine energy security in Russia’s periphery. From The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe’s website: Under Vladimir Putin, Russia has used its […]

July 12, 2017: Gareth Jenkins was quoted in the Daily Mail article Turkey’s coup: questions linger one year on. “We are not seeing an open investigation. It’s been very, very disappointing and in fact very frightening”

“If there is an international sanctions regime, we as European states have to follow that but we also need to balance the risk of counter measures in Pyongyang,” said Niklas Swanstrom, director of the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy, who met with officials in North Korea in May. “It is probably important to keep those diplomatic links because so few states have them.”

On Thursday, July 6th at 13.00-14.00, ISDP’s Walter Kegö will participate in a seminar in Almedalen organized by U-FOLD. The seminar will address the connection between narcotics abuse, trafficking, and terrorism. Read more on U-FOLD’s website or watch a video from the event here.

July 4th, 2017: Niklas Swanström was quoted by TT, with articles in Sydsvenskan and HD amongst others, on North Korea’s latest missile test. “Det internationella samfundet måste sätta sig ner och fråga sig: Vad är vi villiga att göra? Och vad vill Nordkorea ha?”