News & Media

August 19, 2025: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, appeared on SVT Aktuellt speaking about President Zelensky and European leaders’ meetings at the White House. Watch the program here (in Swedish).

August 18, 2025: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by SVT Aktuellt about the 2025 Russia–United States Summit. “The statements following the Alaska meeting do not indicate any steps toward peace,” said Anna Wieslander. “To me, it does not appear that we are moving toward lasting peace, but rather that we are […]

August 18, 2025: Brendon J. Cannon, an Associated Research Fellow with the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in a program on the undersea infrastructure under threat by TaiwanPlus News.Undersea Infrastructure Under Threat: How Do Europe and the Asia-Pacific Compare? Undersea Infrastructure Under Threat: How Do Europe and the Asia-Pacific Compare? Protecting […]

August 14, 2025: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by Times Radio about the upcoming meeting between Trump and Putin. With the Alaska summit approaching, Trump risks being “trapped by Putin” if negotiations are rushed and Ukraine is left out, warns Anna Wieslander. Watch the interview here.

August 13, 2025: Lars Vargö, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center, was interviewed by Latvian Radio about changing attitudes toward nuclear weapons in Japan 80 years after the tragedies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Listen to the interview here (in Latvian).

August 13, 2025: Mats Engman, Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was interviewed by Sveriges Radio P1 about why the loudspeakers between South and North Korea are being removed. The South Korean military began removing loudspeakers that had been installed along the border with North Korea. Among other things, they have been playing K-pop across the […]

August 1, 2025: Agust Börjesson, Acting Head of the Stockholm Taiwan Center and Research Fellow at the ISDP Asia Program, was interviewed by Latvian Radio about a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan. You can listen to the interview here (in Latvian) or read more about the topic (in Latvian).

July 30, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by SVT about North Korea’s new propaganda resort designed to attract Russian tourists. According to Niklas Swanström, tourism is important to North Korea for several reasons. Partly it is about economics and bringing foreign currency into the country, and partly it is about improving North […]

July 28, 2025: In-bum Chun, Distinguished Military Fellow, was quoted by the Guardian on the question “North Korea’s military is being transformed on the battlefields of Ukraine – so why is Seoul silent?”. “For Chun, the warning signs are impossible to ignore.” “This is like a speeding train coming towards you,” he said. “You better […]

July 28, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by the South China Morning Post about potential outcomes of the trade talks between China and the U.S. in Stockholm. Read the article here.