News & Media

October 15, 2018: Halil Karaveli was interviewed by the German radio station Deutschlandfunk (1:49) about his new book “Why Turkey is Authoritarian: From Atatürk to Erdogan”. “Turkey is a warning example: It shows us how to eliminate the political left when the political right manages to transform class struggles into cultural clashes, by exploiting the alienation […]

October 6, 2018: Elliot Brennan was interviewed by NPR about Chinese gunboat diplomacy on the Mekong River. “The Chinese gunboat presence is just to remind neighbors of the influence they can wield and that the hard power, the sharp power they hold is increasing, and I don’t see that ebbing anytime soon.”

October 2, 2018: S. Frederick Starr gave a Distinguished Speaker Lecture at the Woodrow Wilson Institute entitled Is Russia Becoming Central Asia’s Near Abroad? Watch the video of the lecture here or below.

October 1, 2018: ISDP is pleased to welcome two Visiting Fellows from the DPRK. Ms O Son Hwa and Ms Hwang Su Yon of the Europe-Korea Association in Pyongyang will spend one month at ISDP to research issues pertaining to gender equality.

October 1, 2018: Niklas Swanström attended the workshop “From Present to Past: China and Global History” in Pavia, Italy. Chinese and European experts discussed China-North Korea relations and the Belt and Road Initiative. Dr Swanström delivered the keynote speech on the past, present and the future of China’s foreign policy.

September 30, 2018: Svante Cornell was interviewed in The National on Turkish politics and religion. “The world view and the mentality and the ideology of this particular Naqshbandi group has defined Turkish Islamism […] if you look at President Erdogan, who is himself a member of an arm of the Naqshbandi, he has a positive […]

September 29, 2018: Gareth Jenkins was interviewed by Deutsche Welle on Turkey’s economy and the weakened lira and its effect on investments in the Balkans. “This does not necessarily mean that Turkish private sector investments will decline.”

September 28, 2018: Outreach Coordinator Erik Isaksson talked live on Facebook to Head of the ISDP Korea Center Sangsoo Lee about the recent Inter-Korean summit. Watch the video below or on our Facebook page!  https://www.facebook.com/ISDPSweden/videos/339024376642594/

September 27, 2018: Mats Engman was interviewed on Feeden i P3 (1:09:42) about the latest developments on the Korean Peninsula. “Japan är en otroligt viktig aktör i den här regionen och tittar vi framåt mot en fortsatt avspänning som kommer Japan att kunna spela en stor roll för ekonomisk utveckling på Koreahalvön.”

September 25, 2018: Arthur Ding was interviewed by the South China Morning Post about US arms sales to Taiwan. “Unlike fighter jets like F-35s, this won’t actually represent any significant increase in Taiwan’s defensive capabilities. However, these spare parts and the logistics support are necessary to keep the warplanes involved operational.”