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June 26, 2026: Alicia Hennig, Associated Senior Research Fellow with ISDP’s Stockholm Center for Research and Innovation Security (SCRIS), commented on the Frankfurt Dragon Boat Festival, a Chinese United Front Event, in Hessenschau. The interview was also picked up by one of Germany’s largest broadcasters, ARD. She joined the event as a journalist and was […]

On 12 June 2026, Yifei Zhu and Maud Descamps from ISDP’s Stockholm China Center attended the Europe–China Knowledge Forum 2026 (ECKF) at the Egmont Palace in Brussels. Organized within the framework of the ReConnect China project, the forum brought together policymakers, diplomats, academics, and security experts from across Europe to discuss key issues in EU–China […]

June 22, 2026: On 10 and 11 June, ISDP participated in the inaugural Annual Conference of the Institute for China-Europe Studies (ICES) in Brussels. Convened by ICES and co-hosted by ISDP and two other partners, the conference brought together leading diplomats, academics, and researchers for critical dialogues on EU-China relations amid great power competition and […]

June 17, 2026: On June 8, 2026, the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs at the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) hosted a panel discussion with Dr. Ivan Lidarev, a research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and Dr. Abhishek Pratap […]

June 17, 2026: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), participated in the Skopje Security Forum 2026, held on 15 June in Skopje, North Macedonia. Convened under the theme “Architects of Stability: The Security Identity of the Western Balkans,” the forum brought together policymakers, diplomats, security practitioners, […]

June 17, 2026: Svante Cornell, ISDP’s Director, was quoted by Al Jazeera on Armenia’s election. The result also demonstrates that the nationalist mantras peddled by opposition leaders have not been able to sway the majority of Armenians, said Svante Cornell. “The opposition represented a return to oligarchy, nationalism and forever conflict,” Cornell told Al Jazeera. […]

June 17, 2026: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by the South China Morning Post on the outcome of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea: “Pyongyang isconsciously separating its external relationships by function. Russia is a military accelerator, China is an economic anchor.” “The Russia track has delivered battlefield experience, arms co‑development, […]

June 9, 2026: The recording of the webinar “LGBTQ+ in South Korea and Learning Opportunities from Taiwan” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. In celebration of Pride Month, ISDP’s Korea and Taiwan Center, with the support of Macoll Consulting Group, organized a one-hour webinar with the primary goal of identifying tangible policy proposals for […]

June 8, 2026: ISDP had the great pleasure of welcoming Professor Ryosei Kokubun, Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow, to Stockholm last week. During his visit, he took part in the following activities: A meeting with H.E. Daniel Wolven, Ambassador, Head of Department for Asia, the Pacific Region, and Latin America in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs A […]

June 8, 2026: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by the South China Morning Post about Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea. “[Russia’s] role with Pyongyang is military and transactional, whilst China provides long-term economic and political sustainability.” “Overall, Xi’s message is one of managed proximity: close enough to prevent instability or exclusion, distant […]