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“Turkey inserted itself in the affairs of the Middle East, threw its support behind non-governmental armed groups, taking sides in various conflicts without seriously considering the consequences,” Cornell said. “If you use these kinds of groups they have a tendency to turn back and bite and Turkey is now paying the price for its decisions.”

“Vad som är alldeles uppenbart är att den turkiska regimen har ett direkt ansvar: det är ytterst dess politik som har skapat en grogrund för terrorism”.

Interested in international relations, marketing and PR?  ISDP currently has an open internship position in our Outreach Team for a duration of four to six months during the autumn semester of 2016. The intern will work closely with the Outreach Coordinator and the Institute’s programs.  Outreach Internship Job profile Assist the Outreach Coordinator in planning outreach and PR […]

In an ISDP Forum on June 10th, 2016, Dr. Christopher Len, Senior Research Fellow at the Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore and Associated Fellow at ISDP, shared his personal thoughts on the energy security dimension of China’s rise as a maritime power. He gave an overview of China’s growing maritime consciousness, noting that […]

Keynote speech by Matthias Küntzel, delivered at the seminar “Global Jihad, Islamic Radicalism, and the Challenge to Europe”, organized by the Stockholm Free World Forum  (Frivärld) and the Institute for Security & Development Policy on May 25, 2016 at Timbro, Kungsgatan 60, Stockholm. My approach towards Global Jihad and Islamism is different to other approaches […]

“[Demirtaş] tried to take the party into the political mainstream, and to a large extent, by June last year he’d succeeded”.

After thirty years, the Swedish Government has allowed Walter Kegö, Senior Fellow with ISDP’s Center for Transnational Threats, and his former colleague Jan-Henrik Barrling to share information about the murder of Swedish then Prime Minister Olof Palme, February 28th, 1986. Swedish newspaper Expressen outlines the recent developments in the case. Read more here (in Swedish) and here. Walter Kegö: “Det […]

Do you have a special interest in Japan? ISDP currently has an open internship position for the fall of 2016 with our Stockholm Japan Center. Follow the link below to find out more about the position and to apply. Apply here! 

On June 8th, 2016, a delegation from the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) led by Mr. Zhou Wenzhong, visited ISDP for discussions on the One Belt One Road Initiative. Mr. Zhou Wenzhong is a Standing Committee Member of CPPCC and Vice-Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, of the National […]

A group of Master Students from the Global Affairs Program at George Mason University, Virginia, visited ISDP on June 2, 2016 to learn more about ISDP’s work, and approach to security questions in our focus regions. The group was met by Dr. Lars Vargö, Distinguished Fellow at ISDP.