Agust Börjesson
Acting Head of the Stockholm Taiwan Center and Research Fellow
Mr. Agust Börjesson is Acting Head of the Stockholm Taiwan Center and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Security and Development Policy’s Asia Program. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Chinese language and a master’s degree in Asian Studies from Lund University in Sweden. He has also studied Chinese language at Beijing Foreign Studies University as well as international relations at Tsinghua University in China. Mr. Börjesson has an interest in foreign policy and security issues related to East Asia, with a particular focus on China and Taiwan. His research interests include Sweden’s relations with Taiwan and China, Chinese foreign policy, cross-strait relations, competing international narratives and the use of history in international relations. Before coming to ISDP, Mr. Börjesson worked with communications at Taipei Mission in Sweden.
Publications by Agust Börjesson
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(UN)ambiguous Meaning? Cross-Strait Narratives of UN Resolution 2758
This Focus Asia paper examines China’s and Taiwan’s narratives about UN Resolution 2758 in the context of current cross-strait relations and the global debate surrounding Taiwan’s UN participation. The paper […]
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Sweden and China: The Use of History and Mismatched Expectations
Sweden was not the first country in the West that recognized the People’s Republic of China, but it became the first in the West to establish formal diplomatic relations in […]
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Taiwan and International Organizations – Between Security, Cooperation and Identity
International organizations are a historical point of contestation between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC), today commonly known as Taiwan. As of 2024, only […]
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Taiwan-PRC Crisis: What Cross-Strait Conflict Could Cost Europe
The escalating tensions between Taiwan and China pose significant economic and strategic challenges to the European Union, such as the inaccessibility of Taiwanese inputs, market, and capital. This issue brief […]
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Why Taiwan Matters to Europe
The Taiwan issue is known to be sensitive for Beijing, one of its so-called core interests. Taiwan has no diplomatic recognition among European Union member states but informal relations and […]