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March 13, 2026: The National Assembly Research Service Health and Welfare Women’s Team in South Korea published a report about meetings with ISDP’s Korea Center and Anna Collins-Falk. Anna Collins-Falk, a Swedish gender specialist, and Josephine Ørgaard Rasmussen, Project Manager at the Stockholm Korea Center, visited the National Assembly Research Service Health and Welfare Women’s Team […]

March 12, 2026: Last week, Josephine Ørgaard Rasmussen, Project Manager at the Stockholm Korea Center, travelled on behalf of the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) to South Korea alongside Mrs. Anna Collins-Falk, International Coordinator and Senior Policy Advisor at the Swedish Gender Equality Agency. Their mission? To facilitate a crucial dialogue between Swedish […]

March 9, 2026: On March 6, 2026, ISDP welcomed the Student Association of Russian and Eurasian Studies (TSARES), Uppsala University, to a study visit on Central Asia. The students learnt about ISDP’s work, research focus, and engagement with the region. They also had the opportunity to discuss various topics related to the current situation and […]

March 6, 2026: Josephine Ørgaard Rasmussen, Project Manager of the Korea Center at ISDP, has recently travelled to Seoul alongside Anna Collins Falk, from the Swedish Gender Equality Agency,​ to exchange perspectives on gender equality in South Korea and Sweden. One of the main events of the visit was the 2026 KWDI-ISDP Conference in Commemoration […]

March 6, 2026: The Issue Brief “Changing Geometries: The Rise of a Middle-Power Tech Triangle”, written by Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, and Tristan Eng, Associated Junior Research Fellow at the center, was featured by ANI. 2A new strategic partnership among Australia, Canada, and India is emerging […]

March 6, 2026: The recording of the third Silk Cage Webinar “Corridors, Coasts, and Contestation: China’s Influence Operations in the Bay of Bengal and the BCIM Space” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. This webinar, the third in the Silk Cage Series, examined how China uses the Bay of Bengal and the BCIM space to operationalise […]

March 5, 2026: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was quoted by AFP on China’s increased military spending with an eye on the US and Taiwan. “That is proportional to its economy and legitimate defence needs,” said Niklas Swanström. “However, the absolute spending level (second globally) and rapid capability development concern neighbours,” Swanström told AFP. Read […]

March 2, 2026: Are you looking for work experience in the field of international security and development? Do you have a particular interest in Asia? Now is the time to apply for our fall 2026 internships: Specifically, we are looking for interns for our Korea Center, Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, Taiwan Center, and […]

March 2, 2026: The recording of the webinar “Research and Innovation Series (RIS) – Part III: Are US Research Security Policies Working?” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. The Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) is pleased to host a new webinar in its Research and Innovation Series (RIS), focusing on the new study, “Are […]

February 27, 2026: Dr. Jagannath Panda, the Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, spoke in an online panel on “India’s recalibration towards Russia and China: Strategic autonomy at play” organised by The Democracy Forum (TDF), London. The panelists were Prof. Amitabh Mattoo, Dean, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New […]