Search results for: Lars Varg��
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Organized Crime and the Financial Crisis: Recent Trends in the Baltic Sea Region
...not only to individuals but also the state. Contributors: Nils Bagelius, Yakov Gilinskiy, Grzegorz Gołębiowski, Aurelijus Gutauskas, Liis Lill, Dan Magnusson, Konrad Raczkowski, Mari-Liis Sööt, Lars Vigerland, Andrejs Vilks...
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Japan’s Imperial Quandary
…Lars Vargö puts into context Japan’s succession issue after Emperor Akihito’s “abdication speech” last week. On August 9, in only his second ever televised address, the Japanese Emperor Akihito…
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Time to Rethink State-to-State Development Cooperation?
…Jan Rudengren and Lars Rylander call for a paradigmatic shift in development cooperation strategies. A mainstay in development cooperation still remains bilateral agreements signed between two states: the donor…
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Denmark and Taiwan – Edging Closer?
…Denmark’s newly elected foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, reacted to the visit in an interview with the Danish news outlet, Altinget, reaffirming that the visit is not ultimately indicative of…
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Article 9- Ending Japanese Exceptionalism
…used by detractors who continue to taint Japan with a belligerent image it has long shed. Dr. Lars Vargö is Distinguished Fellow at ISDP and a former Swedish ambassador to…
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Abe’s Visit – reconciling with the past
…declares that they will serve as a lesson for the future. Dr. Lars Vargö is former Swedish Ambassador to Japan (2011-14) and South Korea (2006-11). He holds a Ph.D….
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Can Japan and its Neighbors Move Beyond the History Trap?
…Former Swedish Ambassador to Japan Lars Vargö argues that unconstructive focus on Japan’s militarist past blinds the urgent realities of needing to deal with the present. More than seventy…
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A summary of the ISDP Forum “China and Japan Consigning History to History”
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GSOMIA and The Regional Implications of Worsening ROK-Japan Relations
In late November, 2019, Japan and the Republic of Korea reached an agreement that their intelligence-sharing agreement GSOMIA (General Security of Military Information Agreement) should be extended,…
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A New Dawn for Sino-Japanese Relations? Lessons for Japan-South Korea
Long-strained Sino-Japanese relations might have entered a “new historic phase”, as Japan’s Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and China’s President Xi Jinping expressed their shared willingness to transform the…