Niklas Swanström
Biographic Data
| ID | 1372369 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Niklas Swanström |
| GIVEN NAMES | Niklas |
| FAMILY NAME | Swanström |
| SIGNATURE | SWANSTRÖM N |
| AFFILIATIONS | North-West State Technical University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2326-4634 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Russia and the CIS in 2019
I examine the relationship between Russia and the other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, including how Moscow’s responses to changing geopolitical dynamics framed these relations in 2019. In particular, I consider the changes in preparation for Russia to assume the rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, whose membership overlaps partially with the CIS and which has become a key instrument for engaging with…
Sino–Russian Relations at the Start of the New Millennium in Central Asia and Beyond
Sino–Russian relations have swayed considerably in the second millennium. During the Yeltsin era, China–Russia relations were still strong, but this changed abruptly after Putin's accession to the presidency in 2000 and his initial pro-Western adventures. This was, in no small part, due to Russia's involvement in the war on terror, together with Russia's complicity in a US military presence in Central Asia which did not go down well in Beijing. P…
Bo Zhiyue, China ́s Elite Politics: Political Transition and Power Balancing
The Narcotics Trade: A Threat to Security? National and Transnational Implications
Traditional definitions of security have tended to concentrate on the state and military threats to its sovereignty. However, in the post-Cold War world, it is clear that a much more nuanced perspective is required, also considering a variety of so-called ‘soft’ security issues such as social, human and environmental threats. Furthermore, this must appreciate the extent to which these varied threats are integrated. The expanding narcotics trade p…
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, trade, and the roles of Iran, India and Pakistan
This article seeks to explore the implications of Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) engagement with India, Pakistan and Iran. Not in terms of power-politics or as a counterbalance to the USA as this has been explored elsewhere, but what practical problems such an expanded organization could help solve, what opportunities it could realize, and how SCO's engagement in trade is a function of favourable political and bilateral developments in…
The Virtues and Potential Gains of Continental Trade in Eurasia
Trade in Eurasia is shifting to growing continental rather than regional ties at the same time as overland transports are becoming a viable option. If trade obstacles could be surmounted, this trend promises to have substantial implications for the landlocked states of Greater Central Asia and their access to world markets
The Eurasian Drug Trade: A Challenge to Regional Security
The security of Eurasia can no longer be understood in separation from the drug trade. Given the importance of the region to the United States, the adverse effect of the drug trade is also bound to affect U.S. interests in Central Asia
China and Central Asia: A new Great Game or traditional vassal relations
Central Asia and China have been closely intertwined in history and today that relationship has begun to re-emerge. This article analyses the reasons for the close cooperation which has re-emerged in the 1990s and boomed in the twenty-first century. Domestic and internal factors, as well as political and economic considerations are included in the search for an explanation for current relations and future expectations. Despite the fact that China…
Chinese influence on the DPRK negotiations
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMikael WeissmannNiklas Swanström is an associate professor and the Executive Director of the Program for Contemporary Silk Road Studies at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden. Correspondence: E‐mail: [email protected] Weissmann is a researcher at the Program for Contemporary Silk Road Studies at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala Un…
The prospects for multilateral conflict prevention and regional cooperation in Central Asia
The Prospects for Multilateral Conflict Prevention and Regional Cooperation in Central Asia
Conflict Resolution of Terrorists Conflicts in Southeast Asia
This article addresses the issue of transnational terrorism in Southeast Asia. The objective of the article is to investigate the structure of the transnational element of terrorism to determine their impact on conflict resolution attempts in the region. The transnational terrorist organization Jemaah Islamyiah will be used as a single case for the analysis. From this analysis, obstacles toward conflict resolution originating from the structure o…
China and Central Asia: A new Great Game or traditional vassal relations
Central Asia and China have been closely intertwined in history and today that relationship has begun to re-emerge. This article analyses the reasons for the close cooperation which has re-emerged in the 1990s and boomed in the twenty-first century. Domestic and internal factors, as well as political and economic considerations are included in the search for an explanation for current relations and future expectations. Despite the fact that China…
Sino–Russian Relations at the Start of the New Millennium in Central Asia and Beyond
Sino–Russian relations have swayed considerably in the second millennium. During the Yeltsin era, China–Russia relations were still strong, but this changed abruptly after Putin's accession to the presidency in 2000 and his initial pro-Western adventures. This was, in no small part, due to Russia's involvement in the war on terror, together with Russia's complicity in a US military presence in Central Asia which did not go down well in Beijing. P…
The Narcotics Trade: A Threat to Security? National and Transnational Implications
Traditional definitions of security have tended to concentrate on the state and military threats to its sovereignty. However, in the post-Cold War world, it is clear that a much more nuanced perspective is required, also considering a variety of so-called ‘soft’ security issues such as social, human and environmental threats. Furthermore, this must appreciate the extent to which these varied threats are integrated. The expanding narcotics trade p…
The Virtues and Potential Gains of Continental Trade in Eurasia
Trade in Eurasia is shifting to growing continental rather than regional ties at the same time as overland transports are becoming a viable option. If trade obstacles could be surmounted, this trend promises to have substantial implications for the landlocked states of Greater Central Asia and their access to world markets
The Eurasian Drug Trade: A Challenge to Regional Security
The security of Eurasia can no longer be understood in separation from the drug trade. Given the importance of the region to the United States, the adverse effect of the drug trade is also bound to affect U.S. interests in Central Asia
Conflict Resolution of Terrorists Conflicts in Southeast Asia
This article addresses the issue of transnational terrorism in Southeast Asia. The objective of the article is to investigate the structure of the transnational element of terrorism to determine their impact on conflict resolution attempts in the region. The transnational terrorist organization Jemaah Islamyiah will be used as a single case for the analysis. From this analysis, obstacles toward conflict resolution originating from the structure o…
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, trade, and the roles of Iran, India and Pakistan
This article seeks to explore the implications of Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) engagement with India, Pakistan and Iran. Not in terms of power-politics or as a counterbalance to the USA as this has been explored elsewhere, but what practical problems such an expanded organization could help solve, what opportunities it could realize, and how SCO's engagement in trade is a function of favourable political and bilateral developments in…
Chinese influence on the DPRK negotiations
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMikael WeissmannNiklas Swanström is an associate professor and the Executive Director of the Program for Contemporary Silk Road Studies at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden. Correspondence: E‐mail: [email protected] Weissmann is a researcher at the Program for Contemporary Silk Road Studies at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala Un…
The prospects for multilateral conflict prevention and regional cooperation in Central Asia
The Prospects for Multilateral Conflict Prevention and Regional Cooperation in Central Asia
Conflict Resolution of Terrorists Conflicts in Southeast Asia
This article addresses the issue of transnational terrorism in Southeast Asia. The objective of the article is to investigate the structure of the transnational element of terrorism to determine their impact on conflict resolution attempts in the region. The transnational terrorist organization Jemaah Islamyiah will be used as a single case for the analysis. From this analysis, obstacles toward conflict resolution originating from the structure o…
China and Central Asia: A new Great Game or traditional vassal relations
Central Asia and China have been closely intertwined in history and today that relationship has begun to re-emerge. This article analyses the reasons for the close cooperation which has re-emerged in the 1990s and boomed in the twenty-first century. Domestic and internal factors, as well as political and economic considerations are included in the search for an explanation for current relations and future expectations. Despite the fact that China…
The Eurasian Drug Trade: A Challenge to Regional Security
The security of Eurasia can no longer be understood in separation from the drug trade. Given the importance of the region to the United States, the adverse effect of the drug trade is also bound to affect U.S. interests in Central Asia
The Narcotics Trade: A Threat to Security? National and Transnational Implications
Traditional definitions of security have tended to concentrate on the state and military threats to its sovereignty. However, in the post-Cold War world, it is clear that a much more nuanced perspective is required, also considering a variety of so-called ‘soft’ security issues such as social, human and environmental threats. Furthermore, this must appreciate the extent to which these varied threats are integrated. The expanding narcotics trade p…
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, trade, and the roles of Iran, India and Pakistan
This article seeks to explore the implications of Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) engagement with India, Pakistan and Iran. Not in terms of power-politics or as a counterbalance to the USA as this has been explored elsewhere, but what practical problems such an expanded organization could help solve, what opportunities it could realize, and how SCO's engagement in trade is a function of favourable political and bilateral developments in…
The Virtues and Potential Gains of Continental Trade in Eurasia
Trade in Eurasia is shifting to growing continental rather than regional ties at the same time as overland transports are becoming a viable option. If trade obstacles could be surmounted, this trend promises to have substantial implications for the landlocked states of Greater Central Asia and their access to world markets
Bo Zhiyue, China ́s Elite Politics: Political Transition and Power Balancing
Sino–Russian Relations at the Start of the New Millennium in Central Asia and Beyond
Sino–Russian relations have swayed considerably in the second millennium. During the Yeltsin era, China–Russia relations were still strong, but this changed abruptly after Putin's accession to the presidency in 2000 and his initial pro-Western adventures. This was, in no small part, due to Russia's involvement in the war on terror, together with Russia's complicity in a US military presence in Central Asia which did not go down well in Beijing. P…
Russia and the CIS in 2019
I examine the relationship between Russia and the other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, including how Moscow’s responses to changing geopolitical dynamics framed these relations in 2019. In particular, I consider the changes in preparation for Russia to assume the rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, whose membership overlaps partially with the CIS and which has become a key instrument for engaging with…
Political science (10 works) · Economics (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · China (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Development economics (4 works)