2021

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The Race to Control Technical Standardisation

2 december 2021

Aktuellt New report identifies technical standard setting as a battleground on which states are fighting to gain dominance in strategic technologies, such as 5G, AI and electric vehicles.

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New report from the Swedish National China Centre

24 november 2021

Swedish experiences of research collaboration with China: Challenges and the way forward, by Miriam Tardell.

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UI Brief: Afghanistan: The Problems with Aid Dependency and the Need for a Plan B

11 november 2021

UI Brief This UI Brief reviews the lessons learned from 20 years of providing aid to Afghanistan.

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The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) appoints new director

3 november 2021

Aktuellt The Board of The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jakob Hallgren as new Director.

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UI Brief: A Geopolitical Awakening? The Future of German Statecraft

22 september 2021

This UI Brief gives an overview of how German geopolitics is discussed among officials, politicians and international think tanks in connection to the German federal election 2021.

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Putin's expected election victory is also his dilemma

13 september 2021

The opposition has been silenced and everyone knows that Vladimir Putin's ruling party “United Russia” will win the forthcoming election to the national parliament, the State Duma. Still, those in power in the Kremlin have reason to worry, says Andreas Umland, a researcher at the Center for Eastern European Studies.

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Jan-Peter Kleinhans is a new visiting research fellow

6 september 2021

We welcome Jan-Peter Kleinhans as a new visiting research fellow at the Swedish National China Centre and the Europe Programme at UI.

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Putin and Europe – À la recherche du temps perdu

5 juli 2021

It is highly unlikely that Vladimir Putin is a connoisseur of Marcel Proust’s literary imagination. And yet in a way the Kremlin leader’s warped sense of history is "Proustian" in that he appears to be desperately "searching for lost time". Much as he is concerned with the past, though, Putin is above all a consummate manipulator who instrumentalizes history in pursuit of political ends, writes historian Igor Torbakov.

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Joint Graduate School in Global Policy Challenges

26 mars 2021

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Statement by European Research Institute Directors

25 mars 2021

China has imposed retaliatory sanctions on ten individuals and four institutions in Europe. We represent over 30 directors of European research institutions concerned that this targeting undermines mutual understanding between China and Europe.

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UI condemns Chinese sanctions on Björn Jerdén

23 mars 2021

It is with great concern that the board of the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) has received information that Chinese authorities have imposed national sanctions on a researcher at the institute. The sanctions were announced as a response to the EU decision on sanctions for human rights violations in China.

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Away From Europe!

4 mars 2021

Naturally, all eyes are on the political and economic implications of the deep rift between Russia and the European Union. Less noticed are the ideational aspects of the Kremlin’s international conduct, writes Igor Torbakov.

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Nordic research cooperation in IR is more important than ever in a rapidly changing world

10 februari 2021

Joint letter by Directors supports report which calls for increased research cooperation between the Nordic Foreign Policy research institutes and suggests establishing and funding a dedicated research program.

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“Living Like a King”: Putin’s Bizarre Historical Imagination

29 januari 2021