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June 16, 2025: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by TVP World on urgency, unity, and Russia’s hybrid war on the West. During the interview, Wieslander reflects on missed warnings about Putin, the urgent need for Western unity, and how Russia’s hybrid warfare is designed to undermine European democracies and institutions. “We […]

June 16, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, spoke at the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism Focal Points meeting in Vancouver (June 11-13). He participated in the panel “Russian FIMI Operations in the Indo-Pacific Region”.  

June 12, 2025: The recording of the “Korea Strategic Talks Webinar VI: Presidential Election in South Korea – What Next?” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. In June 2024, the ISDP Stockholm Korea Center introduced a new series of “Korea Strategic Talks,” to further promote dialogue and exchange of views related to the developments […]

On May 29, Yi-Chieh Chen, Project Manager and Junior Research Fellow at ISDP’s Stockholm Taiwan Center, was invited to speak at the Graduate Institute of International Politics, National Chung Hsing University. Her presentation, titled “A Taiwanese Perspective on Working at a Swedish Think Tank: Experience Sharing,” offered insights into her role as a bridge between […]

June 10, 2025: On May 13, 2025, the Institute for Security and Development Policy’s Stockholm Taiwan Center visited National Chengchi University (NCCU), where Director Niklas Swanström gave a lecture titled “Taiwan and Trump 2.0: The Need for Stronger Europe-Asia Relations.” He argued that Taiwan is Europe’s natural partner in the Indo-Pacific, highlighting its democratic values, […]

June 10, 2025: Yesterday, ISDP staff convened for a roundtable discussion with Mr. Jeenou Yi, the current guest researcher at the Stockholm Korea Center. Mr. Yi’s research during his guest researcher residency focuses on strengthening strategic partnerships between Korea, the EU, and Nordic countries in areas such as human rights, international rule-based order, and democratic […]

June 5, 2025: Mats Engman, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center and a Distinguished Military Fellow, was interviewed by TV4 Nyhetsdagen about the election result in South Korea. The interview (in Swedish) can be watched here (approx 3 hrs 26 min into the broadcast).

June 4, 2025: Yesterday, the Stockholm Korea Center had the pleasure of hosting a delegation from the National Assembly Research Service (NARS). During the visit, a roundtable discussion about DPRK-Russia-China cooperation was held. In continuation of this, the consequences for Europe, as well as the importance of the EU and the ROK increasing their cooperation across […]

June 4, 2025: Jeenou Yi, a current guest researcher at the Stockholm Korea Center, presented a lecture at Uppsala University on June 2, 2025. His lecture highlighted the potential for the EU and South Korea to enhance collaboration in areas such as international rule-based order, democracy, and human rights. In addition, with South Korea’s presidential […]

June 3, 2025: In May 2025, the Stockholm China Center, represented by Fatoumata Diallo and Maud Descamps, engaged in high-level discussions in Prague as part of the EuroHub4Sino (EH4S) project. On May 20, the Center participated in an expert workshop at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, co-organized by the Central European Institute of Asian […]