News & Media

Join our international team in Stockholm for the fall semester! ISDP offers 6-8 internship positions for students of social sciences, area studies, economics, communications or law. Follow the links below to find out more about the individual positions and how to apply. Internship Opportunities: Silk Road Studies Program August/September, 2017 – January, 2018 Internship Opportunities: Asia […]

March 11, 2017: Halil Karaveli appeared on Swedish National Radio’s show Konflikt. He gave his insight on the upcoming referendum in Turkey and the implications of a “yes” win on the country’s politics. You can listen to the audio below( in Swedish).

“Man var tvungen att anpassa sig till Erdogan och göra sig beroende av honom på grund av flyktingavtalet. Nu kammar man den egna opinionen medhårs”

On March 13, 2017, Dr. Lars Vargö visits SWEA, Swedish Women’s Educational Association, to deliver a presentation on Japan och välfärdens utmaningar (Japan and the Challenges of Welfare). Read more on Swea’s website.

On March 3, 2017, the Institute for Security and Development Policy welcomed Dr. Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen for a presentation on ‘Domestic Disruption and Geopolitical Continuity – The Arctic Under Trump.’ The event was moderated by Dr. Niklas Swanström, Director of ISDP. Dr. Bertelsen started his presentation by covering how international relations have had a major […]

On March 4 2017, Visiting Fellow Suat Kınıklıoğlu spoke at the 21st Karlsruhe Dialogues: Open Society and its Enemies, in Karlsruhe, Germany. His presentation focused on the global trend of rising authoritarianism, and was entitled The Rise of Authoritarianism: Global Trends against Democracy. The event was organized by the Centre for Cultural and General Studies of the Karslruhe […]

On March 2, 2017, Dr. Lars Vargö will deliver a presentation to students at the Stockholm School of Economics on how Japan has remained conflict-free through harsh times. The event is organized by Exchange Japan, an annual collaboration between students from Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Hitotsubashi University.

See ISDP Director Dr. Niklas Swanström comment on the assassination of Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother Kim Jong Nam on the Swedish morning show Gomorron Sverige. Watch the clip here (from 23.51).  

NIklas Swanström will hold a presentation at Stockholm University on February 28th on the topic “Political security and global business development”.

On February 22, 2017, the Institute for Security and Development Policy hosted a forum with Dr. Ildo Hwang, Research Fellow with the Institute 21 for Peace Studies, and a visiting researcher at ISDP, for a presentation on the evolution of North Korea’s nuclear strategy. Dr. Hwang started his presentation by illustrating the main types of […]