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Upcoming Events

April 28-29, 2011, St Petersburg

TRANSNATIONAL CRIME conference on “Organised crime and financial crisis”, the conference is held in connection with the publication of the Organized Crime and Financial Crisis research-project.

April 15, 2011, Stockholm

ASIA FORUM on “Indian democracy and the politics of equality” with Prof. Zoya Hasan, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
The forum is jointly organised by the Institute of Security and Development Policy and the Indian Embassy to Sweden and Latvia.

April 4, 2011, Stockholm

TRANSNATIONAL CRIME workshop on “Russian organised crime and its influence on Baltic Sea Region” with Prof. Yakov Gilinskiy, Head of Criminal Law Department, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. This seminar is not open to a general audience.

April 2, 2011, Stockholm

TRANSNATIONAL CRIME seminar on “Impact of the narcotics industry on society” presentation by Mr. Walter Kegö and Mr. Erik Leijonmark for members of Rurik.

Events in March

March 29-30, 2011, Vilnius, Lithuania

TRANSNATIONAL CRIME Regional High Level Expert Workshop on The enhancement of the use of knowledge gained through research on criminal networks in the Law Enforcement combat of Border Crossing Organised Crime in the Baltic Sea Region".
The workshop was jointly organised by the Institute for Security and Development Policy, the Swedish National Bureau of Investigation and the Lithuanian National Criminal Police

March 10, 2011, Stockholm

SILK ROAD FORUM on "Unreconciled Differences: Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan" with Mr. Scott Taylor, Editor and Publisher, Esprit De Corps.

March 1, 2011, Stockholm

ASIA FORUM on "Hidden Meanings and Determining Factors of the North Korean Succession" with Mr Lee Seung Yeol, senior research fellow, Institute for Unification at Ewha Womans University, Seoul.

To read about ISDP past events click here

Publications

Asia Papers

Japan and Human Security: The Derailing of a Foreign Policy Vision

Bert Edström

ASIA PAPER, March 2011

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Political Developments in Myanmar in Light of the 2010 Elections

Xiaolin Guo

ASIA PAPER, March 2011

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Stockholm Papers

Russian Speaking Organized Crime Groups in the EU

Alexandru Molcean, Walter Kegö

STOCKHOLM PAPER, March 2011

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Policy Briefs and Op-eds

Risk att kriget blir långvarigt, [Risk for Libya war to drag on]

Svante Cornell

OP-ED, Svenska Dagbladet, March 26, 2011

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China’s stance on UNSC Reform: The Developing World Factor

Jagannath P. Panda

ISDP POLICY BRIEF, No. 62, March 23, 2011

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The Japanese Disaster: Are Politicians Up To the Task?

Bert Edström

ISDP POLICY BRIEF, No. 61, March 16, 2011

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Belarus Arms Trade

Greg Nizhnikau, Alexandru Molcean, Walter Kegö

ISDP POLICY BRIEF, No. 60, March 14, 2011

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Vad ligger bakom Turkiets utrikespolitiska skifte? [Reasons behind Turkey’s foreign policy shift]

Svante Cornell

Svensk Tidskrift, March 11, 2011

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Blindsided – The United States and North African Unrest

Roger Svensson

ISDP POLICY BRIEF, No. 59, March 10, 2011

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As Libya is Set Ablaze, Asian Navies Set Sail

Gustaf Åhman, Sangsoo Lee

ISDP POLICY BRIEF, No. 58, March 04, 2011

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Europe and Afghan Heroin

Mathias Hedlund, Walter Kegö

ISDP POLICY BRIEF, No. 57, March 03, 2011

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Global Insider: China-Kazakhstan Relations

Niklas Swanström

COMMENTARY, World Politics Review, March 01, 2011

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What’s Happening on the Korean Peninsula in 2011?

Sangsoo Lee

ISDP POLICY BRIEF, No. 56, February 25, 2011

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For previous ISDP publications click here

Staff and Project News

March 20-27, 2011

Niklas Swanström, Sangsoo Lee and Robert Nilsson visited China and was hosted by the Academy of Military Science of People’s Liberation Army.

February 19, 2011

Walter Kegö and Erik Leijonmark spoke on “Exploitation of human labor from foreign countries in Sweden” in an interview by Swedish Radio P1 Konflikt.

February 18, 2011

Svante Cornell hosted a delegation from the Institute for Political and International Studies, Tehran, at ISDP.

February 13, 2011

Svante Cornell participated in Swedish National Television’s Agenda program on the "Revolutions in the Middle East".

February 9, 2011

Svante Cornell participated in the Swedish Public Broadcaster’s radio program Studio Ett on “The revolutions in the Middle East”.