News & Media
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Lars Vargö on Radio Sweden about the Moon-Kim summit
September 19, 2018: Lars Vargö was interviewed by Radio Sweden (00:33) about the Moon-Kim summit. “Detta är jättebra. Samtidigt kan man se i statliga Rodong Sinmun att Nordkorea tycker sig ha gjort sitt och att USA nu måste agera. Det är ett sätt att sätta press på USA.”
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Lars Vargö on Radio Sweden about the Moon-Kim summit
September 18, 2018: Lars Vargö was interviewed by Radio Sweden (00:53) about the Moon-Kim summit. “Vi ska komma ihåg att sluter man ett fredsavtal i detta läge, så sluter man ett fredsavtal med en kärnvapenstat, och då kommer Nordkorea inte ha samma ambition att rusta ned.”
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Niklas Swanström in Xinhua about the Swedish general election
September 14, 2018: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by Xinhua about the Swedish general election. “We can’t blame immigrants in our society simply because the integration (programs) didn’t work. The solution is to create employment, provide opportunities and integration, making them useful assets to society.”
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Niklas Swanström in SVT about North Korea’s 70th anniversary
September 9, 2018: Niklas Swanström was interviewed by SVT about the anniversary of the founding of North Korea. “Vi har hittills inte sett konkreta handlingar för nedrustning.”
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Halil Karaveli in The Arab Weekly on ties between Germany and Turkey
September 9, 2018: Halil Karaveli was interviewed by the Arab Weekly about the War in Syria and Turkey-Germany relations, and was also quoted in Ahval News. “They [the Germans] are trying to make sure that Turkey does not go off the cliff economically.”
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ISDP organized a roundtable with a delegation from Japan
September 5, 2018: ISDP organized a roundtable with a delegation from the Japanese Matsushita Institute of Government and Management. The discussion revolved around Swedish efforts on the Korean Peninsula and related security issues.
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ISDP welcomes Diana Janse as Member of the Board
September 1, 2018: ISDP is pleased to welcome Ambassador Diana Janse as a member of our board. Ambassador Janse is a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor and Head of International Affairs at the Moderate Party (Sweden). She has held posts in the Swedish Armed Forces and Ministry of Defence before joining the Ministry for Foreign Affairs […]
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Elliot Brennan in the Wall Street Journal about China and Myanmar
August 30, 2018: Elliot Brennan was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about China’s role in Myanmar. “Beijing has a long wish list in Myanmar […] While Myanmar’s leaders are wary of China and may resist concessions on the biggest projects, an acceptable, if unpalatable, quid pro quo for its support will certainly be found.”
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Halil Karaveli in Istanbul-based writer William Armstrong’s podcast about his new book “Why is Turkey Authoritarian?”
August 22, 2018: Halil Karaveli was interviewed by Istanbul-based writer William Armstrong about his new book “Why is Turkey Authoritarian?” “Turkey is constantly misunderstood. Turkish history is misunderstood. The Western notion that the Turkish military is trying to protect secularism is completely misguided.”
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Gareth Jenkins in Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on President Erdogan and scapegoating
August 15, 2018: Gareth Jenkins was interviewed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on President Erdogan and scapegoating in Turkey. “A strongman particularly needs a scapegoat. Whether it’s another country, ethnicity, or religious minority, they’ve always had scapegoats to try to explain away the things that go wrong. It’s in their nature because the concentration of […]