Jagannath Panda participated in the Annual Oxford Taiwan Studies Conference 2026
May 20, 2026: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), participated in the Annual Oxford Taiwan Studies Conference 2026, titled “Taiwan and Its Neighbours: Indo-Pacific States in a Changing World Order,” held at the Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, on 14 May 2026.
Dr. Panda joined a panel on “Other Indo-Pacific States: India, Vietnam, and New Zealand,” chaired by Dr. Bo-jiun Jing of the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA), University of Oxford. The panel also featured Dr. Robyn Klingler-Vidra of King’s College London and Professor Alexander C. Tan of the University of Canterbury. Discussions focused on the changing geo-political landscape of the Indo-Pacific and Taiwan’s growing relevance amid intensifying great-power competition and regional strategic realignments. The conference brought together leading scholars, strategic experts, and policymakers from across Europe and Asia to deliberate on Taiwan’s evolving role in regional and global affairs. Key sessions examined US-China competition, cross-strait tensions, Indo-Pacific security frameworks, economic resilience, democratic partnerships, and emerging geopolitical trends shaping the wider region.
During his intervention, Dr. Panda highlighted India’s evolving Indo-Pacific vision and reflected on the broader strategic implications of Taiwan-related developments for regional middle powers. He underlined the growing importance of resilient connectivity, democratic cooperation, and strategic coordination among Indo-Pacific stakeholders in an increasingly fragmented world order. The conference was organised by the Oxford Taiwan Studies Programme under the leadership of Dr. Bo-jiun Jing and featured prominent speakers from institutions including the University of Oxford, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), National Chengchi University, Queen’s University Belfast, King’s College London, and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).
