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May 19, 2022: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, participated in Sveriges Radio P1’s China Podcast and talked about China’s complicated relationship with its Korean neighbors. Here you can listen to the podcast (in Swedish).

May 19, 2022: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, participates in the digital international conference in connection with the “Emerging Leaders Fellowship 2022 Unification Academy” organized by the National Institute for Unification Education in Seoul. Niklas Swanström moderates the session “International Case Studies: Conflict and Peace Building Process”. Here you can read more about the conference.

May 18, 2022: Svante Cornell was quoted in the Swedish Svenska Dagbladet on Turkey’s position on Finland and Sweden’s NATO application. “It could be an attempt to score domestic political points ahead of the upcoming elections and a chance to show itself as a strong defender of the country. Another purpose may be that they […]

May 18, 2022: ISDP received the delegation from the Korea National Defense University (KNDU) on May 16, 2022. ISDP welcomed MG Jung Hae Il, President of the Korea National Defense University (KNDU) and Professor Youngjun Kim, accompaied by Col. Daeseo Park, Defence Attaché to the Swedish Embassy of the Republic of Korea.

May 17, 2022: The full recording of the webinar “The Screams from Hong Kong Are Heard, but Who Is Listening?” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. The city which has been the symbol of the gate between East and West has become a window for the Chinese Communist Party’s power ambitions and brutal oppression. […]

May 17, 2022: Sangsoo Lee, the Head of ISDP’s Korea Center, talked to Nikkei Asia about the current situation in North Korea. “In the case that China’s support is not sufficient, North Korea may decide to reach out to European humanitarian aid groups to get more help,” said Sangsoo Lee. “If North Korea has to […]

May 17, 2022: Jagannath Panda, the Head of the Stockholm Centre for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), participated in a seminar on “India and the Sino-Russian reorder in Eurasia”, which was organized by the East-West Center. Here you can find more information about the event.

Commentary on the appointment of the new Chief Executive in Hong Kong by Simona Mohamsson: On May 8, 2022, Mr. John Lee Ka-chiu was “elected” as new Chief Executive in Hong Kong replacing Carrie Lam. He was the sole candidate, so there was really no choice. In this sham election, ordinary people in Hong Kong […]

May 16, 2022: ISDP is pleased to announce that Khurram Maqsood Ahmed and Sara Naqvi join the Institute as Visiting Fellows from May to July, 2022. Dr. Khurram Maqsood Ahmed is serving as a Senior Research Analyst at the Federal Government Department of Pakistan. He completed his Ph.D. in International Relations from the National Defence […]

May 16, 2022: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet on North Korea’s problem in the case of a covid outbreak: North Korea has major problems with the health care system, no vaccination program and if a pandemic were to spread, North Korea would have great difficulty managing it. […]