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November 27, 2025: The recording of the Korea Strategic Talks Webinar IX: Re-Engagement with the DPRK & A New Playing Field is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. This discussion focuses on the challenges and possibilities for re-engaging Pyongyang. Our guests for this session are Park Won-Gon, Department of North Korean Studies at Ewha Womans University, and Nobukatsu […]

November 26, 2025: ISDP was honored to co-host the Inaugural Central Asia-Nordic Think Tank Forum with the International Institute for Central Asia in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Forum, following up on a May 2025 seminar hosted by ISDP in Stockholm that brought together Nordic and Central Asian experts, seeks to be a driving force in developing closer […]

November 26, 2025: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) in Tokyo 2025 workshop titled “ASEAN in the Trump 2.0 Era” from November 25-26, 2025. He delivered a speech on “Beyond Washington: Shaping the Indo-Pacific through ASEAN-India-Japan Synergy” and […]

November 26, 2025: Lars Vargö, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center, was interviewed by Firstpost on China-Japan Tensions. “Tensions have escalated between Tokyo and Beijing after the new Japanese premier suggested military intervention in response to a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan. China has responded by curbing tourism to Japan and cutting off seafood imports. […]

November 26, 2025: Mr. Johannes Nordin, Research Fellow at ISDP’s Asia Program, attended the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavík, Iceland, from 16-18 October 2025. Mr. Nordin spoke on the panel titled “The European Union’s Competitiveness Compass – A Chance or Risk for the Arctic?.” The panel was co-organized by Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung Nordics and the High […]

November 25, 2025: The recording of the Korea Strategic Talks Webinar VIII: Re-Engagement with the DPRK & A New Playing Field is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. This discussion focuses on the challenges and possibilities for re-engaging Pyongyang. Our guests for this session were Mr. Antoine Bondaz, Foundation for Strategic Research, and Mr. Andrew Yeo, […]

November 25, 2025: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, attended the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific Forum (AOIP) 2025 in Kuala Lumpur from 14-15 November 2025. This event was co-organized by the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Kuala Lumpur and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

November 17, 2025: From October 27 to 31, ISDP’s Korea Center and Executive Director Niklas Swanström conducted their yearly trip to Seoul to meet up with their Korean counterparts to discuss the latest developments and collaboration opportunities. This included a roundtable discussion at the Sejong Institute, meetings with MP’s from both the opposition and ruling […]

November 14, 2025: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was quoted in the South China Morning Post on Pakistan’s navy being set to acquire Chinese submarines in 2026 and what this means for India. He said a completed Hangor-class submarine fleet would “thicken” Pakistan’s sea-denial posture in the […]

November 14, 2025: The Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA) at the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) undertook a strategic undertaking to Brazil during COP30 in Belém, followed by high-level dialogues in Rio de Janeiro, to highlight one of the world’s most neglected ecological flashpoints: the accelerating climate crisis across […]