SIPRI's video: Swedish Ambassador Michael Sahlin on the implications of the Turkish elections

In this SIPRI Conversation, Stephanie Blenckner, Director of Communications at SIPRI, speaks with Ambassador Michael Sahlin, Distinguished Associate Fellow at SIPRI, about the implications of the upcoming Turkish elections. In his long career as a Swedish diplomat, Michael Sahlin served as Ambassador to Türkiye and Azerbaijan (1995–⁠98), the former Yugoslavia/Macedonia (2000–⁠2002), Norway (2007–⁠2010) and as European Union Special Representative in FYR Macedonia (2004–⁠2005). Additionally, he served as State Secretary in the Swedish Ministry of Defence (1991–⁠94) and was Director General of the Folke Bernadotte Academy (2002–⁠2007). About SIPRI Conversations: The SIPRI Conversations series is a collection of conversation-style interviews with SIPRI experts. The aim of the series is to highlight issues pertaining to peace and security from an insider's perspective and provide further insight into the projects, methodologies and data that SIPRI experts work with. Music by Luciano Music Co., Premium Beat. Like: https://www.facebook.com/sipri.org​ Follow: https://twitter.com/SIPRIorg​ Connect: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sipri