Upcoming Events

May 10, 2012 - preliminary

Silk Road Forum on "The New Silk Road Strategy: US Policy in Afghanistan and Greater Central Asia post-2014" with Dr. Frederick Starr, Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program, Research Professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

May 17, 2012 - preliminary

Asia Forum on "Post-Civil War Sri Lanka: Challenges to Peace and Reconciliation" with Professor P. Sahadevan, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

May 29, 2012 - preliminary

Asia Forum with Dr. Henning Melber, Executive Director, The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation.

June 1, 2012 - preliminary

Asia Forum with H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh.

Transnational Organized Crime Initiative will organize three seminars on the topic "Protecting Legitimacy in Politics" in Latvia (5 June), Lithuania (19 June) and Estonia (14 June).

Events in February 2012 - April 2012

April 25, 2012

ISDP Forum on "The Changing Face of Anti-Semitism - Implications for Europe and Sweden" with Ms. Birgitta Ohlsson, Ms. Hannah Rosenthal, Prof. Jean-Yves Camus, Dr. Henrik Bachner, Dr. David Hirsh and Dr. Mikael Tossavainen.

April 24, 2012

Asia Forum on "China's Choice - from Divine Empire to Global Superpower" with Professor Torbjörn Lodén.

March 29, 2012

Silk Road Forum on "Gülenists versus the AKP - The implications of the new power struggle in Turkey between the AKP and the Gülen brotherhood" with Mr. Gareth Jenkins and Mr. Halil M. Karaveli.

March 27, 2012

ISDP Forum on "The Iranian Nuclear issue - American and European Views on Current Challenges and Possible Solutions" with Mr. Jamie Fly, Dr. Richard Weitz, Dr. Roland Freudenstein, Dr. Magnus Norell and Mr. Gareth Jenkins.

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Publications

Books

Asia Papers

Silk Road Papers

Policy Briefs and Op-eds

Commentaries and Analyses

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Project News

March and April, 2012
Walter Kegö and Alexandru Molcean undertook several research trips to Lithuania and Latvia as part of their "Protecting Legitimacy in Politics" project.

March 26-27, 2012
Robert Nilsson participated in the second Moneypenny workshop held in Warsaw, Poland.

March 22–23, 2012
Bert Edström participated in the Eighth Annual NAJS Conference on the Study of Contemporary Japan, in Gothenburg, Sweden and presented the paper "Japan's Post-cold war foreign policy: A doctrine approach."

March 21, 2012
Walter Kegö and Alexandru Molcean participated in the Experts Working Group Consultation "Operative-Search Actions" organized by Riga Stradina University in Riga, Latvia.

March 19, 2012
General Keith W Dayton, Head of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, paid a visit to ISDP.

March 15-16, 2012
Robert Nilsson and Erik Leijonmarck participated in the first Moneypenny workshop held in Tallinn, Estonia.

February 24, 2012
Walter Kegö and Erik Leijonmarck participated at a conference on the abuse of cannabis.

February 8-10, 2012
Walter Kegö and Robert Nilsson participated in the initial conference of the new joint-project on money laundering with the Swedish National Police called 'Moneypenny'.

Staff development

Dr. Jan Rudengren joined ISDP as an Associated Fellow in 2012. Dr. Rudengren holds a Ph.D. in international economic geography from the Stockholm School of Economics. He has more than 35 years of experience in international development in his capacity as a SIDA expert, researcher, staff member of the Asian Development Bank, and as a consultant. Dr. Rudengren's expertise on development includes macro and policy analysis, natural resources management, environment, sustainable livelihood, equity, human rights, and democracy. Furthermore he has special competences within the field of complex planning, monitoring and evaluation processes, project cycle management, including LFA, economic and financial analysis, environmental economics, and environment and development policy analysis. Dr Rudengren has broad experience working internationally, mainly in Africa and Asia-Pacific, and has worked with bilateral development assistance organizations, including SIDA, Danida, DFID, GTZ, NORAD, and multilateral organizations such as the ADB, AfDB, EU, the World Bank as well as various UN-organizations.

Jan Rudengren is the author of several books including: Middle Power Clout. Sweden and the Development Banks, The North South Institute, Ottawa, 1995 and co-editor of: The Environment and Free Trade, EPOS, Uppsala University, 1994.

Lars Rylander Rylander joined ISDP as an Associated Fellow in 2012. Mr. Rylander holds a Master of Political Science from Stockholm University. He has more than 35 years experience of international development and development cooperation. He has served for Sida, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Trade, the International Labour Organization and worked as an independent consultant for more than 25 years. He has broad experience in development management and has specialized in structures and systems for goal oriented and results based management. He has drafted handbooks on these subjects for development agencies as well as civil society organizations. Moreover, he has been assigned as team leader and member in planning, facilitation and evaluation of complex development interventions in areas related to poverty alleviation, including policies and strategies for inclusive job-rich growth, market and trade development, and in management reviews of development institutions. He has carried out assignments for Sida, Norad, Danida, DFID, the World Bank, the European Commission and the ILO as well as for ministries in developing countries.

Besides numerous consultancy reports, Lars Rylander is the author or co-author of several books including: Sweden as Partner in International Development (Sida, 1983), Perspectives on Multilateral Assistance - A review by the Nordic UN Project (1992), Aid Management, Strategies for Effectiveness Concentration and Graduation, Project 2015 (Sida, 1997), Lessons Learned from Development Cooperation with Russia, Swedish support to the reform process 1991 - 2008 (Sida, 2009) and ILO support to countries committed to an integrated application of the Global Jobs Pact (ILO, 2011).

Jeremy Arthur started his internship at ISDP in March 2012. He holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology and Political Theory from Vassar College in the United States. Prior to ISDP, Jeremy worked with the International Service for Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland monitoring UN policy within the Human Rights Council and the Universal Periodic Review. His research interests include democratization and welfare policy in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region with a specific focus on Turkey.

Feiran Chen started her internship at ISDP in February 2012. She holds a Bachelor degree of Law from Zhejiang University in China and she is currently studying her Master in Politics and International Studies at Uppsala University in Sweden. She has practical experience in the field of international law and has worked with media in China. Her research interest is Chinese security strategy and Eurasia studies.

Per Olsson started his internship in February 2012. He holds a Master degree in International Economics with Focus on China from Lund University, and a Bachelor in Political Science. His main areas of interest are China, India and Northeast Asia both in terms of economic development and international relations. At ISDP he is working with the Asia Program.

Oskar von Schreeb started his internship in March 2012. He holds a Master of Arts in Security and Diplomacy Studies. He has also a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs, with a minor in Art History, from John Cabot University (Rome, Italy). Oskar has previously worked at the World Food Programme head quarters in Rome, and is interested in security related questions connected with development and humanitarian issues. At ISDP he will be working on the Transnational Organized Crime Initiative, amongst other things.