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“The harsh reality is that at the moment it is only Turkey’s nationalists who have the local legitimacy to fight Islamist authoritarianism.”

“The problem is that Moscow’s very goal in its relationship with Georgia is to undermine the country’s independence, and if Georgia is acting on its own, the power differential is simply too large.”

“If North Korea and the US can’t find common ground during the upcoming meeting in Russia, Pyongyang could conduct another missile test”

On October 12, ISDP hosted a Forum discussion on Kazakhstan in Europe: Time for European Integration? The forum marked the launch of the Silk Road Paper Kazakhstan in Europe – Why not? authored by Dr. Svante Cornell, Director of ISDP, and Dr. Johan Engvall, Analyst at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), and Nonresident Senior […]

On October 13th, 2017, ISDP invited Professor Junya Nishino of Keio University to discuss Japan’s foreign policy challenges with a focus on North Korea. Dr. Ulv Hanssen, Research Fellow at the European Institute of Japanese Studies, and Ms. Nina Krickel, a Ph.D. candidate in International Relations at Stockholm University offered their comments on the presentation. […]

Between the 12th and the 13th of October, the KU-KIEP-SBS EU Centre, Korea University; the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy and the School of Transnational Governance (EUI) hosted a conference on the theme “Emergence of New Global Governance and the Future of Asia-Europe Relations”. Dr. Sangsoo Lee was present among the speakers, discussing sustainable development […]

October 12, 2017: Lars Vargö was invited by Japanpodden to discuss Japan’s tense security situation. Listen to the podcast here.

We seek a full-time Editor/Publications Manager to work closely with researchers and staff to manage and produce the Institute’s publications. The position entails independently overseeing all aspects of the publication process, including content and style-editing, fact-checking, proofreading, as well as liaising closely with project managers and outreach coordinator on planned publications. The successful candidate will […]

ISDP Director Niklas Swanström held a speech on the Belt and Road Initiative at The CSBC China Sweden Business Forum which was held on October 9-10, 2017. The 2017 Forum focused on ‘Innovation & Cooperation’, exploring what is influencing China’s markets and economic growth, and provided insights into: ● Investment environment and policy in China/Sweden ● […]

Earlier this fall, the European Commission announced plans to start regulating Chinese FDI in the EU. On September 29th, ISDP arranged a panel discussion to discuss and debate how these new FDI regulations might function, if they are necessary and who are the winners and losers from them. Participating in the panel were three distinguished […]