News & Media

September 25, 2018: ISDP hosted a delegation of 35 participants from the National Resilience Institute (NRI) of the Republic of Indonesia. The meeting was led by Dr. N. Jenny M.T. Hardjatno, Director of the Centre for European Studies at the University of Indonesia, Mr Bagas Hapsoro, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Sweden and […]

September 22, 2018: Gareth Jenkins was interviewed by UrduPoint about U.S.-Turkey trade relations. “I think that they will continue but I would be surprised if they strengthen. Trade will probably remain at about the same level. The challenge is more about US investment in Turkey. The political tensions and the sanctions probably won’t result in, for example, US companies withdrawing from […]

September 20, 2018: Sangsoo Lee was quoted in Izvestia (Russian) about the Inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang. “The third inter-Korean summit made further progress on peace and denuclearization. However, the US’ reaction to this depends on whether hardliners in the administration who try to convince Trump that denuclearization is hopeless are successful or not.”

On September 13, 2018, ISDP welcomed a delegation from the Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) for a discussion centering on Sweden’s potential role in the Korean unification process. Sweden, with its vast experience in international mediation, is the “protecting power” of the U.S., Canada, and Australia in North Korea and has been a member […]

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.”

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.”

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.” 

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.”

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.”

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.