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“It’s difficult to speak of the AK Party in a traditional sense anymore. It has very much become a personality dominated organization.”

On May 16 2017, Jens Sörensen will participate in a seminar on the image of Sweden at Vetenskapsrådet. Read more here. Watch a video of the event here:

May 12th, 2017 – S. Frederick Starr was quoted in the Washington Post, in the article As U.S. retreats in Asia-Pacific, China fills the void with an ambitious global plan, on China’s influence in Central Asia. “Putin is equally wary of China’s influence in Central Asia, a region that Russia considers its back yard, and is […]

“China will benefit if the crisis eases on the Korean peninsula”

This was supposed to be a big legacy project in Afghanistan, but after giving the speech the cut-and-run mentality was so strong that there was never any indication that the White House had ever endorsed this.

Proceeding with baby steps, such as sports diplomacy, could be a viable and relatively easy option for Moon, possibly favoring and leading to further engagement

“Det är en mycket liberal organisation och jag tror att dess inflytande på USA:s regering är väldigt litet. Med det sagt är alla försök till dialog med Nordkorea positivt. Alla former av kommunikation är mycket bättre än konfrontation.”

On May 5, 2017, the Institute for Security and Development Policy welcomed Hwang Ik Hwan, Director of the Institute for Disarmament and Peace (IDP), DPRK, and O Chol Yong, Research Fellow at the same institute. Both speakers have spent one month as Visiting Fellows at ISDP. The event was moderated by Dr. Sangsoo Lee, Senior Research Fellow […]

“Det skickar helt fel signaler till Nordkorea. Det som händer nu är att Kim Jong-Un får vatten på sin kvarn och kan konstatera att ett tufft agerande är ett bra agerande som har lyckats”

On April 27th, 2017, the Institute for Security and Development Policy in collaboration with the welcomed Dr SY Quraishi, the former Chief Election Commissioner of India, to share his understanding of the Indian electoral system. Often called the world’s largest democracy, India constitutes the largest electorate in the world today, having conducted 16 General Elections […]