They are this year’s speakers
It is with great pleasure that we now present this year’s castle panel during the Kastelholm Talks 2025: Minna Kukkonen-Karlander, Anders Lidén and Annika Söder. Minna Kukkonen-Karlander is Senior Manager at Crisis Management Initiative’s (CMI) Asia Programme since August 2021, focusing on North East and South East Asia. Prior to that, she worked as a manager and advisor in several of CMI’s mediation and conflict resolution activities in sub-Saharan Africa and Indonesia. Between 2011 and 2018, she worked as an advisor to President Ahtisaari, supporting him in his global initiatives and commitments related to conflict resolution, peacebuilding and sustainable development. She has over ten years of experience in peace mediation and conflict resolution, policy advice and practical implementation. Ms Kukkonen-Karlander holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from Uppsala University specialising in International Law. Anders Lidén holds a PhD in political science. He was Sweden’s UN Ambassador in New York from 2004-10. He has also served as Ambassador to Israel, Zimbabwe and Finland with side accreditations in Cyprus, Malawi and Mauritius, and as Counsellor for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Stockholm. Mr Lidén is the author of two books on diplomacy: Diplomati och uppriktiga samtal 2017 and […]