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April 29, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by Svenska Dagbladet on North Korean soldiers being praised in Russia for their bravery on the Kursk battlefield. Where the survivors will go now is not yet known. “It is not impossible to imagine them continuing to fight in the four occupied territories of Ukraine,” […]

April 29, 2025: On April 25, Dr. Klement Ruey-sheng Gu, Representative of Taipei Mission in Sweden, visited ISDP for a roundtable discussion on the topic of Taiwan and the World Health Assembly (WHA). Taiwan under Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leadership has demonstrated a firm commitment towards gaining meaningful participation in the United Nations (UN) World […]

April 28, 2025: On April 9, the ISDP team was present in Uppsala for the Career Day organized by the Uppsala Association of Foreign Affairs (UF). At this career day, ISDP had the pleasure of connecting with students to discuss their studies, career aspirations, and key academic interests. The team had the opportunity to share […]

April 25, 2025: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of Stockholm South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, spoke at a hybrid seminar titled “Securing the Seabed, Shaping the Seas: Undersea Infrastructure and the Geopolitics of Maritime Order in the Indo-Pacific” organized by The Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo and the […]

April 23, 2025: On April 22, ISDP co-hosted a seminar with the Stockholm Free World Forum (Frivärld), exploring the evolving threats posed by disinformation and the increasing convergence of authoritarian narratives within democratic societies. The event built on ISDP’s recent publication “The Convergence of Disinformation: Examining Russia and China’s Partnership in the Digital Age,” which […]

April 22, 2025: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, attended and spoke at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) in Turkey titled “Reclaiming Diplomacy in a Fragmented World”, 11-13 April 2025. He was a panellist with H.E. Abdulla Khaleel – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Maldives, and Dr. […]

April 22, 2025: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal on the Nordic countries leading the defense effort and support to Ukraine. “For a long time, the Nordic countries were better known for their peace efforts and cozy living than militarism.” “Now, they are shedding that persona. The […]

April 22, 2025: In-bum Chun, a Distinguished Military Fellow, was interviewed by Deutsche Welle on whether South Korea’s military is undergoing a leadership crisis. “In Korean society, an expectation has developed that there will be zero accidents in the military, particularly zero fatalities during training,” said In-bum Chun. And while no officer wants his troops […]

April 22, 2025: Svante Cornell, ISDP’s Director, was quoted by AzerNews on the hope for a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. He expressed hope for a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but noted that it would require a shift in thinking within Armenia’s leadership and society. “I’m not sure that shift has fully […]

April 22, 2025: On April 4, the recently founded Stockholm Center for Research and Innovation Security (SCRIS) from ISDP was invited to the Jagiellonian University by the Centre for International Security & Development (CISAD) to host a RES Workshop on Cybersecurity.   The main objective of the workshop is to develop strategies and best practices […]