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To all who have applied for our Fall 2017 internships: we are still reviewing all applications but will get back to shortlisted candidates as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience!

– Suurin osa keskiaasialaisista rekrytoidaan, kun he ovat siirtotyöläisinä Venäjällä, Cornell toteaa.

On April 6th, Dr. Sangsoo Lee will hold a presentation on North Korean Nuclear Threats and Crisis Management on the Korean Peninsula at the Scandinavian Institute for Policy Studies. Find more information about the event here.

On April 5th, Dr. Lars Vargö will present findings from his latest book “Det olyckliga århundradet – När öst och väst möttes” at an event organized by Svensk-kinesiska föreningen. Follow this link for more information about the event.

On March 23, the Institute for Security and Development Policy welcomed Professor Hideya Kurata and Associate Professor Norihito Kubota, from the Japanese National Defense Academy, and barrister and PhD researcher Helen Tung, for a conference on multilateralism and international law. The event was held at the Mediterranean museum, and was moderated by Dr. Lars Vargö, […]

On April, 7-9, Dr. Niklas Swanström, Director of ISDP, will participate in the conference Land of Abundance and the Silk Road, organized by the Gansu & Sichuan Provincial Governments. Dr. Swanström will present the paper Bridging the roof of the world, which he co-authored with Julian Tucker of ISDP.

On March 9, 2017, the Institute for Security and Development Policy welcomed Dr. Martina Klimešová, Programme Manager at the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and Associated Research Fellow with ISDP, for a presentation on water diplomacy and the opportunities and challenges for third party involvement. Dr. Klimešová opened her presentation by introducing the Stockholm International […]

ISDP is a partner in the project Enablement besides Constraints: Addressing a Cyber Multidisciplinary Framework for the Promotion of Human Security in the European High North (ECoHuCy), together with the Northern Institute of Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway and Swansea University (UK). The project is […]

“In February, the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, published a report citing “overwhelming evidence” including statements of diplomats, as wellas an unnamed Chinese official, that Chinese troops were patrolling inside Afghanistan, though the article also cited a denial by Sediq Sediqi, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s ministry of internal affairs.”

“China has shown deepening concern over this, which has found expression in its increasing emphasis on security in its dealings with its neighbors to the West”.