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June 2, 2023: Mats Engman, Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was quoted in Svenska Dagbladet on whether China can mediate in the Ukraine war. Read the interview here (in Swedish).

June 2, 2023: ISDP is delighted to welcome Sanjiao Tang as a Visiting Fellow during May-June 2023. Sanjiao Tang is an early-career researcher focusing on the history of Mao’s China.He defended his dissertation in August 2021 and received his PhD from the University of Auckland in December 2021. In 2022, he was a visiting research […]

June 1, 2023: On May 26, 2023, ISDP, in cooperation with the city of Malmö, ERIA (Economic Research Institute of ASEAN and East-Asia), and STRING, a cross-border organization spanning cities and regions in Northern Europe, organized a one-day forum in Malmö on pressing issues surrounding the ongoing climate change, development of new technologies and changes […]

June 1, 2023: On May 27, the Swedish Haiku Society, in cooperation with the Japanese Modern Haiku Association and the Haiku International Association, organized a special haiku session in Malmö, Sweden. Three haiku poets had traveled from Japan to Sweden for the occasion: Nishimura Gania, Tsushima Yasuko, and Hotta Kika. From Sweden, a number of […]

May 30, 2023: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal on Turkey making impossible demands in its negotiations for approving Sweden’s NATO membership. Read the interview here.

May 30, 2023: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was interviewed by Deutsche Welle on how China is driving Indian and U.S. engagement in the Pacific Islands. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised support in a meeting with leaders of 14 Pacific island states in Papua New […]

May 29, 2023: The Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs publishes a bi-monthly newsletter, the ‘India-Sweden Strategic Compass’. The newsletter focuses on current affairs, highlighting Sweden and India relations, India-Nordic relations, EU-India relations, domestic developments in India, and relevant international updates. The latest issue can be accessed here. The latest Strategic Compass is a […]

May 29, 2023: The recording of the ISDP-KWDI International Day for Women, Peace, and Disarmament Webinar is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. UNSCR 1325, Two Decades and One Pandemic Later: Comparing Experiences of Sweden and South Korea In the year 2000, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approved Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325), marking a […]

May 25, 2023: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was quoted in Dagens Nyheter on NATO and internal tensions. “You could say that there are two completely different fears about Russia. The French and continental fear is that Russia will come out of this too badly. French President Macron has said that Russia must […]

May 25, 2023: Jan Mörtberg, Deputy Chairman of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by Expressen on what is critical for Ukraine in order to defeat Russia. For Ukraine to defeat Russia, two things are needed: the will to fight and a united West, explains Jan Mörtberg. “There is no way out for Russia that does […]