Events in May and April

May 30, 2011, Stockholm

SILK ROAD SEMINAR on "Renegotiating Turkey? The June 12 general election and the prospects of democratization and constitutional reform" with the panel of Mr. Hasan Bülent Kahrman, Mr. Kadri Gürsel, Mr. Andrew Finkel, Mr. Halil M. Karaveli and Mr. Ihsan Dagi.

May 24, 2011, Stockholm

ASIA FORUM on "Federalism: Fundamental Way for Korea's Reunification" and "Foundations for Peace on the Korean Peninsula and the Northern Limit Line issue" with Mr. So Kwang Yong (Researcher) and Mr. Choe Chang Man (Senior Researcher), Institute for Disarmament and Peace, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

May 2, 2011, Stockholm

ASIA FORUM on "China's Strategic Weapons Modernization and its Implications for the Asia Pacific Region" with Dr RR. Subramanian, Executive Member at the Indian Pugwash Society in New Delhi, India.

April 28, 2011, St Petersburg

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

April 4, 2011, Stockholm

TRANSNATIONAL CRIME workshop on "Russian Organised Crime and its Influence on the 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.

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Publications

Book

Silkroad Papers

Policy Briefs and Op-eds

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Staff and Project News

May 30 – June 1, 2011

Niklas Swanström held a presentation on China and Central Asia at the International Security Forum 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland

May 17, 2011

ISDP hosted a lunch for the Foreign Minister of Georgia Mr. Gregory Vashadze

May 16, 2011

New Guest Researcher from China, Ms. Lu Jinghua (Lt. Colonel) from PLA Academy of Military Science, Beijing, China. She arrived on May 16 and will stay until June 22.

May 13-14, 2011

ISDP co-hosted the Transatlantic Workshop on Pakistan with the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) and Delegation aux Affaires Stratégiques (DAS) in Paris, France

May 12-13, 2011

Walter Kegö and Erik Leijonmarck attended the conference European Cities against Drugs Mayors' Conference - "Europe Against Drugs-United In Diversity" in Varna, Bulgaria

May 9 – 14, 2011

ISDP received a delegation from PLA-AMS

May 6, 2011

New Guest Researcher from China, Dr. Shi Xiaoqin, (Lt. Colonel) from PLA Academy of Military Science, Beijing, China. She arrived on May 6 and will stay until June 22.

May 4, 2011

Svante Cornell participated in a seminar on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict at the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington DC

April 28, 2011

New Guest Researchers from Myanmar, Mr. Kyaw Moe Tun (Deputy Director, Political Department), and Ms. Aye Aye Soe (Deputy Director, International Organizations and Economic Department) from the Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs arrived at ISDP in April, 2011 and will stay until June 2011

April 27, 2011

New Board of ISDP, the new Board of the Institute for Security and Development Policy held its first meeting on April 27, 2011

April 27, 2011

New Guest Researchers from DPRK, Mr. Choe Chang Man (Senior Researcher) and Mr. So Kwang Yong (Researcher) from the Institute of Disarmament and Peace, Pyongyang arrived in April 2011 and will stay until May 2011

April 21, 2011

IDP Receives Delegation from ISDP, from April 11th through 16th, the Institute for Disarmament and Peace of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea received a delegation from ISDP

April 18, 2011

Using Carrots to Bring Peace? Negotiation and Third Party Involvement, Martina Klimesova successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled “Using Carrots to Bring Peace? Negotiation and Third Party Involvement” at Charles University in Prague

Niklas Swanström held a lecture on “North Korea and Regional Security” at the Prague Security Studies Institute.

Niklas Swanström held a lecture on "Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution in Asia: Traditional and Non-Traditional Challenges" at the Association for International Affairs

April 11-15, 2011

Svante Cornell taught a course on Politics of Azerbaijan at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy in Baku, Azerbaijan

April 14, 2011

Svante Cornell held a meeting with Mr. Novruz Mammadov, Head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

April 13, 2011

Svante Cornell held a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Elmar Mammadyarov

March 31, 2011

Svante Cornell participated in a Ph.D. Dissertation Committee at SAIS for Alisher Khamicov’s dissertation on Kyrgyz-Russian relations

March 24, 2011

Martina Klimesova held a lecture on "The Quest for Peace in Mindanao: Prospects and Perils of the GRP-MILF Peace Talks" in the ALYAS lecture series at the Association for International Affairs in Prague

Staff Developments

Mr. Alexandre Autrand started his internship at ISDP in February 2011. Mr. Autrand is studying at the Institute for Political Studies (Institut d’Études Politiques) of Aix-en-Provence (France) since 2006 and doing a Master degree in International Relations. He will graduate in September 2011. Mr. Autrand spend one year in New Zealand at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch in 2008 – 2009. His field of interests are conflict management/conflict prevention and the Caucasus Region.

Ms. Tina Kavadze started her internship at ISDP in November 2010 while also completing her master’s degree in Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University. Her academic interests are energy security and more specifically pipeline politics in Europe and Central Asia. She holds a BA degree in International Relations and Politics from the University of Westminster (London) and has fulfilled her primary studies in College de Nicolas Bouvier (Geneva).

Ms. Özgecan Kesici started her internship at ISDP in February 2011. She holds a MA degree in Political Science, Economics, and Law from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. During her studies, she spent one year at Sciences Po Paris and attended the 2009 Summer University at the German-Kazakh University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Her academic focus lies on nation-building and identity issues and her regional specialization covers Central Asia and Turkey.

Mr. Niels Selling started his internship at ISDP in February 2011. He will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in political science from Uppsala University in the spring of 2011. He has also spent one year at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and taken courses at Stockholm University, Södertörn University College, and Ramapo College, New Jersey. Mr. Selling's main areas of academic interests are in the fields of development, resource management and sustainability. He has a particular focus on social networks and leadership and how these interact to shape the way communities take action. The focus on rural communities in developing countries stems from a belief that actions related to development and environment have, in many instances, the most desired impact when initiation and ownership are at a local level.

Mr. Olof Staaf started his internship at ISDP in February 2011. Mr. Staaf holds a BA in History and a MA in Political Science from Uppsala University. He has spent two semesters at the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow and his main area of interest is security issues in the Northern Caucasus.

Mr. Gustaf Åhman started his internship at ISDP in January 2011. He holds a BA degree in Political Science from Uppsala University and will early in the spring of 2011 receive his MA in Political Science and International Affairs from Uppsala University. He has during his studies he also spent one year each at the Swedish National Defense College and at Seoul National University. His main academic interests are security and defense policy with a special focus on East Asia. During his internship at ISDP, Mr. Åhman will mainly contribute to the institute’s Asia Program.