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“Det finns en oskriven regel att inte lämna jobbet innan chefen har gått hem. Det viktiga är att fylla ut arbetstiden, inte nödvändigtvis att vara produktiv, säger Lars Vargö.”

On June 13, 2017,ISDP welcomed James Sherr and Svante Cornell for a discussion on the international politics of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.

ISDP Senior Fellow Suat Kiniklioglu spoke at the Koerber Debate on the question whether Turkey is still a partner for Germany and Europe. Mr. Kiniklioglu debated against former chairman of the German Parliament’s foreign affairs committee Ruprecht Polenz. The debate was moderated by Südeutsche Zeitung Foreign News editor Stefan Cornelius. More than 300 guests followed […]

In a series of articles between 2000 to 2007, S. Frederick Starr, originated the idea to build infrastructure to promote trade and security along the ancient “Silk Road,” a network of trade routes that connected commerce between Asia and the West.

June 14th, 2017: Niklas Swanström was quoted in Expressen on North Korea’s release of the American student Otto Warmbier, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison in March 2016. Read more here.   “– Men sedan tror jag att osäkerhetsfrågan kanske är det svåraste för en sådan här person, att inte veta vad som händer imorgon. […]

On May 26, Boris Ajeganov, Junior Research Fellow with the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center, participated in the Clashing Visions: Russian Foreign Policy in The Age Of Xi And Trump conference at St. Antony’s College, Oxford University. He held a presentation on the EU’s willingness and capacity for conflict resolution entitled “The […]

On June 14th, Svante Cornell, Director of ISDP, will launch a new report on “EU och det nya Turkiet” (EU and the New Turkey) at Stockholm Free World Forum. Find more information and sign up on Stockholm Free World Forum’s website.

“Alla utländska organisationer är sedda med stor skepticism men Sverige är ändå graderna bättre. Det som är unikt är att ISDP har varit där under så lång tid. Vår långsiktighet gör att vi får behålla lite av kontakterna. Ibland är vi väldigt tuffa men trots det sparkar de inte ut oss. “

On May 10, 2017, the Institute for Security and Development Policy welcomed Woosuk Jung, from the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea, for a presentation on the chemical management policy in EU and North-East Asia, and Namgyun Kim, from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea, for a […]

On May 24, 2017, ISDP hosted a roundtable with a delegation from governmental, academic, religious and associative backgrounds from Tibet, for a discussion on the latest developments in the country. ISDP Director Niklas Swanström, Deputy Director Malin Almquist-Dworsky, and research staff welcomed the delegation. The participants discussed  a range of topics, including education, Buddhism, and environmental issues.