Ingolf Kiesow
Ambassador (Retd), Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Researcher, Swedish Defence Research Agency

Ambassador Ingolf Kiesow has served most of his life as a diplomat in countries in Asia, inter alia New Delhi, Pyongyang, Tokyo and Vientiane. He has also been Consul General in Hong Kong 1997-2000. His many years as an active diplomat in Asia and the Middle East has provided him with in-depth knowledge regarding conflict issues and conflict resolution mechanisms at the very highest political and military levels.

In addition to his position at the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Kiesow is also a Researcher at the National Defence Research Agency in Stockholm, Sweden, where he is conducting research at the department of defence analysis. His extensive publications concern conflict areas in the Middle East and the Western Pacific, Korean, Taiwanese and Chinese domestic and foreign policy, Sino-US relations as well as non-proliferation issues and issues related to energy in Asia.

Ambassador Kiesow is also a member of the Royal War Science Academy of Sweden and the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London and he served as the Head of Chancery of the Stockholm Conference on European Security and Confidence Building Measures in 1983-84.

Books and Articles

De internerades folkrättsliga ställning, chapter in Interneringsläger 1945, 1963, (The Status of the Military Internees according to International Law) Uddevalla, Kungl. Bohusläns Regementes Historiekomitte`, p.p. 297-348,

Faktasamling angående Sydvästafrikafrågan i Förenta Nationerna,1965, ( Collection of facts regarding the South West African Issue), Stockholm, Aktstycken utgivna av Kungl.Utrikesdepartementet.

Mina år vid Östersjön, 1993, ( My Years at the Baltic Sea, a translation of the memoirs by Yuriko Onodera, wife of the Japanese Military Attaché in Stockholm 1940-45), Stockholm, Probus Förlag.

Svensk Kuwait, 1993, (Swedish, Kuwait, personal memories from the Gulf War, Stockholm, Probus Förlag.

Asien Attraherar,Rysslands förändrade säkerhetspolitiska miljö I Asien, 1993, ( Asia Attracts, The changed Security Policy Environment of Russia in Asia), National Defence Research Establishment, Stockholm, Report A 10043-1.4 .

Kinas Nya Stora Språng: WTO, 2001, (China´s New Great Leap Forwards:WTO), Stockholm, Swedish Total Defence Research Agency, FOI-R—0022---SE.

Ballistic Missile Defence in Asia, 2001, Stockholm, Swedish Defence Research Agency, FO-R—0095—SE.

Ambitions and Perils in the Western Pacific, 2001, Stockholm, Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI-R –0266---SE.

Se upp För Asien! 2001, (Watch out for Asia!), Stockholm, Ministry for Defence,

From Taiwan to Taliban;Two Danger Zones in Asia, 2002, Editor Ingolf Kiesow, Stockholm, Swedish Defence Research Agency , FOI-R—0393—SE. (available at www.asia.foi.se).

Asiens Brännpunkter, 2002, ( Asia´s Hot Spots) Stockholm, The Institution for Security Policy and Strategy, Department for Defence Analysis, FOI Memo 02-2747.

Energy in Asia, 2003, Stockholm, Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI-R—0793--SE. (available at www.asia.foi.se).

The Role of Oil and Consequences in Asia of the American-Iraqi War, 2003, chapters in The Iraq War 2003, A Preliminary Analyses, edited by Bo Ljung, Stockholm, Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI-R—0852---SE.

Spelen kring kärnvapnen I Norkorea och Iran, 2003, (The Games around the Nuclear Weapons in North Korea and Iran) FOI Memo 03-2038,Strategiskt Forum No 10, September 2003.

Asien och den farliga bågen( Asia and the Arch of Danger), in Framsyn,No 6, 2003, issued by the Swedish Defence Research Agency.

Konkurrens om Stilla havet (Competition about the Pacific Ocean), in Framsyn,No 6, 2003, issued by the Swedish Defence Research Agency.

USA:s kamp mot kärnvapenspridning och terrorism I Asien, ( The U.S. War against Nuclear Proliferation and Terrorism in Asia), in Framsyn,No 6, 2003, issued by the Swedish Defence Research Agency.

Uttunning av USA: s militära resurser, (Over-extension of the U.S. Military Resources). Articles in Framsyn,No 6, 2003, issued by the Swedish Defence Research Agency.

Non-Proliferation issues and U.S. Military Presence in Asia; Observations by an Outsider (2003) in 2003 Tamkang University International Forum The Graduate Institute of International Affairs & Strategic Studies, Tamkang University, Taipei.

Asien och den transatlantiska länken(Asia and the Transatlantic Link) Published in The Proceedings and Journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences, No 6, 2003, Stockholm.

Perspectives on North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs (2004) Stockholm, Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI-R—1209—SE (available at www.asia.foi.se).

Kampen hårdnar om gas och olja (The Struggle for Gas and Oil is becoming harder) in Framsyn,,No 5, 2004, Issued by the Swedish Defence Research Agency.

Kinesiska draken slukar energi,(The Chinese Dragon is Gulping Energy) in Framsyn,,No 5, 2004, Issued by the Swedish Defence Research Agency.

China’s quest for energy; impact on foreign and security policy (2004) Stockholm, Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI-R—1371—SE ( November 2004). Aavailable at
www.asia.foi.se

Three Giants around a Dangerous Crescent; India, Russia China and Central Asia (2004) Chapter in Strategic Yearbook 2005, A wider Middle East, issued in Stockholm by the Swedish National Defence College and the Finnish National Defence College.

Kina inför framtiden; Några viktiga trender i Mittens Rike ( China confronting the future) Sandström, Kristina and Kiesow, Ingolf, (2004) Issued by The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm.

A Perspective from Pyongyang through Foreign glasses (2004) article in Conflict Prevention and Conflict Management in Northeast Asia, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute/Silk Road Program, edited by Niklas Swanström, Uppsala University, Uppsala. P.195 .

Some ideas about CBM: s in the Taiwan Straits, Speech at the National Defense University, Taipei, published in May 2005.

Confidence Building Measures in Europe during the Cold War; Possible Relevance for Asia today,(2005) Article in Contemporary International Relations, the Quarterly journal of the Institute for American Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, 12.2005, Beijing.

North Korea’s relevance to its Region (2005) Conference Paper, published by the National Defense University, Taiwan, in December 2005.

Quest for oil, geostrategic thinking, article in the Winter issue of the CEF Quarterly, The Journal of the China-Eurasia Forum, Central-Asia-Caucasus Institute, Silk Road Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University/Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala.
Available at
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/CEF_quarterly.htm

Relevance of European CBM s in inter-Korean and Chinese-Taiwanese relations (2005) Conference Paper,(2005) Conference on "Comparing Different Approaches to Conflict Prevention and Management: Korean Peninsula and the Taiwan Strait",Stockholm 16-17 December 2005, to be published by the Silk Road Studies program, Uppsala

Kina i ett tjugoårsperspektiv (China in a Twenty Years’ Perspective) (2006) Stockholm, Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI-R—1927—SE ( February 2006) , available at
www.asia.foi.se

Kiesow, Ingolf and Norling, Nicklas(2007) The Rise of India:Problems and Opportunities, Central-Asia-Caucasus Institute, Silk Road Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University/Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala.
Available at
www.silkroadstudies.org

Forthcoming:

India’s Quest for Energy Security,(2007) Stockholm, Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI-R— 2225 ( February 2007)