Publications

The Asia Security Studies Programme regularly publishes reports, memos and articles in both English and Swedish. Below, a selection of recent publications in English is available for download. For the complete publication list, go to the Swedish webpage.

2011

• Afghanistan Beyond 2014: Assuring the Legitimacy of the Afghan State. Asia Security Briefing 2, December 2011
  Masood Aziz

• The Emergence and Motivity of the Taleban Movement. A Back-Ground to the Coming Bonn II Conference (in Swedish)
  Ann Wilkens

• Managing Mutual Mistrust: Understanding Chinese Perspectives on Sino-Indian Relations 
 Jerker Hellström, Kaan Korkmaz

• Stability in Afghanistan: A critical review of the ISAF strategy for counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, COIN (in Swedish)
 Stefan Olsson

• Strategic Outlook 2011
 Jerker Hellström et al (eds.)

• Iran and the West: Regional Interests and Global Controversies
 Rouzbeh Parsi, John Rydqvist (eds.)

• Long-term implications of the Libya no-fly zone
 Mikael Eriksson

• Suicide Bombers and Society: A Study on Suicide Bombers in Afghanistan and Pakistan
 Ann Wilkens 

• Insurgency in Balochistan. And why it is of strategic importance.
 Alexander Atarodi

• The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Saudi Arabian outlook on Security dynamics in the Gulf region.
 Alexander Atarodi, Mikael Eriksson

2010

• India: A Defence and Security Primer
 Alexander Atarodi, Eva Dalberg, Jerker Hellström, Lars Höstbeck, John Rydqvist

• The Israeli Threat, An Analysis of the Consequences
of an Israeli Strike on Iranian Nuclear Facilities
 Sam Gardiner

• Militancy in Pakistan's federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Afghanistan
 Magnus Norell (ed.)

• Yemen in Crisis - Consequences for the Horn of Africa
 Alexander Atarodi

• COIN in Afghanistan - Winning the Battles, Losing the War?
 Magnus Norell

• The EU Arms Embargo on China: a Swedish Perspective
 Jerker Hellström

2009

• "Hearts and minds" in Afghanistan (in Swedish)
 Stefan Olsson

• Blue Berets Under the Red Flag - China in the UN Peacekeeping System
 Jerker Hellström

• China's Emerging Role in Africa - a Strategic Overview
 Jerker Hellström

• Pakistan – Consequences of Deteriorating Security in Afghanistan
 Kristina Zetterlund (ed.)

2008

• Concequenses of Military Actions Towards Iran, Full Report
 FOI, Rydqvist, Zetterlund m.fl.

• Japan as a Power: Discarding a Legacy, Asia Paper, ISDP, Ingolf Kiesow, John Rydqvist, download at: http://www.isdp.eu/files/publications/ap/08/ik08japanlegacy.pdf

2007

• The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: Powerhouse or Paper Tiger?
 FOI Ingmar Oldberg

• Concequenses of Military Actions Towards Iran, A Preliminary Assessment
 FOI John Rydqvist et.al.

2005

• Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia - a Security Assessment, User Report
 Swedish Defence Research Agency, Stockholm, (2005) Sandström, Emma

2004

• Perspectives on North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs
 Kiesow, I.

• China’s quest for energy; impact on foreign and security policy
 Kiesow, I.

• Energy in China: Coping with increasing demand
 Sandklef, Kristina.

2003

• “The Role of Oil and Consequences in Asia of the American-Iraqi War”, in Ljung, B.: The Iraq War 2003, A Preliminary Analysis
 Kiesow, I.

• Energy in Asia: An Outline of Some Strategic Energy in Asia
 Kiesow, I.

• Afghanistan and Central Asia after September 11 - The Security-Political Development
 Sandström, Emma

2002

• From Taiwan to Taliban; Two Danger Zones in Asia
 Scientific Report, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Stockholm, Kiesow, I. (ed.)

2001

• Ballistic Missile Defence in Asia,
 Kiesow, I.

• Ambitions and Perils in the Western Pacific
 FOI-R –0266---SE, Kiesow, I.