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What is the general Western perception of Japanese politics? Japanese politics do not gain much media attention in the West. Despite Japan’s status as the third largest economy in the world, knowledge about who’s who in the domestic political arena in Japan is not widespread. A known trait is a feeling of volatility which is implied by […]

November 7, 2016: Johan Engvall, non-resident Research Fellow with the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program at ISDP, participated in a discussion on corruption in Kyrgyzstan with Sean Guillory, as a part of Mr.Guillory’s podcast series Sean’s Russia Blog Podcast. Listen to the full discussion here.

On November 8th, 16.00-18.00, Dr. Sangsoo Lee, Project Manager for ISDP’s Korean Peninsula Project, will hold a presentation on the recent security situation on the Korean Peninsula, at Stockholm University’s Department of Asian, Middle East and Turkish Studies.

The third phase of the Peace Education Training program was held in Yangon, Myanmar between October 10-15, 2016. The training covered topics related to Myanmar’s peace process, including the new peace architecture, such as the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), a possible structure and framework of political dialogue, and the structures and bodies of the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) and […]

On October 18th, the Institute for Security and Development Policy hosted a forum on the topic of China’s Space Program, welcoming Mr. Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow for Chinese Political and Military Affairs at the Heritage Foundation (US). Watch a video of the event here. Mr. Cheng spoke on China’s efforts towards becoming a space power, […]

On October 19, 2016, The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the US. organized the forum “The Road Ahead for Azerbaijan and the Caucasus”, where Ambassador of Azerbaijan, Elin Suleymanov discussed Azerbaijan’s achievements 25 years after gaining independence. Ambassador Suleymanov emphasized Azerbaijan’s role as initiator and driving force of global intercultural forums against the backdrop of […]

On October 6th, the Institute for Security and Development Policy was pleased to welcome Dr. Dominika Švarc, Dean of the Law School of the American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for a special presentation on “The Status and Treatment of Foreign Fighters in International Law: New Challenges for an Old Phenomenon”. Dr. Niklas Swanström, Executive Director of ISDP, […]

Dr. Lars Vargö, Distinguished Fellow at ISDP, held a presentation for the Swedish-Japanese Friendship Association at the Swedish Parliament on October 20th, 2016. During his presentation, Dr. Vargö gave his views on the security situation in East Asia, Sino-Japanese relations and relations between China, Japan and ASEAN.

Dr. Niklas Swanström, Director of ISDP, and Dr. Sangsoo Lee, Senior Fellow, will give a presentation on the situation on the Korean Peninsula and its effects on regional security to the Beijing Military Attaché Corps (BMAC) in Beijing on October 13, 2016.

“What we are going to see now is a politicization of the military, where being seen as ideologically sympathetic to the government is going to be key to advancement in the military in the same way it is in the rest of the civilian bureaucracy.”