Upcoming Events

January 18, Stockholm

Silk Road Forum on “Georgia's European Way: Reflections by an EU Ambassador to Georgia”
with Ambassador Per Eklund, Former Head of the European Union Delegation to Georgia.

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Publications

Asia Paper

Silk Road Paper

Stockholm Paper

Conference Report

Journal Articles & Book Chapters

Policy Briefs

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Staff and Project News

December 14, Baku

Svante Cornell will hold a presentation of his book, Azerbaijan Since Independence, at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Baku.

December 09, Stockholm

ISDP Forum on Transnational Crime on “Corruption and Intergovernmental Organizations” with Per Larsson, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, Stockholm University.

December 9, Washington D.C.

Svante Cornell will lead a workshop of the U.S.-Georgia Task Force on "U.S. Policy toward Georgia’s Occupied Territories" at the Atlantic Council of the United States, Washington D.C. .

December 6–7

Niklas Swanström spoke about "Regional Security in Northeast Asia" at the Fifth Sino–European Strategic Dialogue held at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), Beijing, China.

December 06

New Issue of the China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly Vol. 8, No. 3 (2010) is now online. This is a special issue on Turkmenistan prepared by Luca Anceschi and Sébastien Peyrouse. Read here.

December 2-3

Svante Cornell participated in a strategy session for the European Commission’s Instrument for Stability in Brussels, and held a presentation on threats to critical infrastructure.

December 1-2

Svante Cornell and Johanna Popjanevski participated in a seminar on "EU Engagement Policy in Abkhazia and South Ossetia", and Cornell held a presentation on political and legal constraints and opportunities for EU policy.

December 1

Walter Kegö participated in a conference in Riga with the aim to identify current trends of organized crime in the Baltic Sea Region. Researchers and experts from Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, Sweden, Poland and Latvia participated in the conference.

November 30

Svante Cornell held a presentation on Azerbaijani studies in Europe at the occasion of the inauguration of the endowed chair of Azerbaijani history at the Humboldt University, Berlin.

November 25

Svante Cornell took part in a working dinner with the President of the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Mr. Dervis Eroglu, at the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm.

November 18–19

Niklas Swanström held a lecture on "China and Central Asian Contingencies" in a workshop "Managing Instability on China’s Periphery" at the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C. .

November 8

Xiaolin Guo spoke on "Challenges of Integration in Post-Election Myanmar" at the CICIR–ISDP joint seminar in Kunming.

November 5–11

Niklas Swanström chaired a session on "European and U.S. Interactions with Myanmar" during a seminar on "Southeast Asia: Regional Security and Future Considerations," held at China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), Beijing.

Staff Developments

Dilara Huseynzade started her internship at ISDP in November, 2010. She is currently studying towards her MA in Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. She holds a BA in International Relations from the Academy of Public Administration in Baku, Azerbaijan. She also studied Sociology for one year at University level at Skagit Valley Collage in Mount Vernon, Washington, USA. Her previous work experience is in social research, migration, human trafficking, and women’s rights.

Tina Kavadze returned to ISDP as an intern, she was previously with the institute during spring 2009. Ms. Kavadze has a B.A. in International Relations and Politics from the University of Westminster, London and she is currently pursuing an MA degree in International Studies at Uppsala University. Ms. Kavadze’s main interest is security and energy issues in Eastern Europe and more specifically in Caucasus.

Ebba Mårtensson is since the end of October assisting in a joint ISDP/GMF initative. Ms. Mårtensson has previously worked as a Program Officer for the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and as a Research Assistant at Lok Satta in India. She holds a LL.M. from Lund University and has earlier worked as a Law Clerk at the International Criminal Court and as an intern at the Swedish Embassy in Pretoria.

Ryhor Nizhnikau started his part-time internship at the end of October. His main responsibilities include primarily providing research assistance to Ms. Johanna Popjanevski on non-recognition policies. Together with Mr. Molcean, he edits a newsletter project covering key developments in the Eastern Partnership countries. Mr. Nizhnikau is currently studying for a MA in Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University and has a degree in International Relations from Belarusian State University.