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May 31, 2024: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by TV4 on North Korea reportedly sending trash-filled balloons across the border. “It is psychological warfare,” explains Niklas Swanström. Niklas Swanström believes that the attack is a reaction to the fact that civil society in South Korea has sent balloons with information to North Korea […]

May 30, 2024: The recording for the ISDP-KWDI Webinar on Gender and Climate: Towards Promoting Inclusive Peace and Strengthening Global Partnerships is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. This webinar aimed to provide an overview of ongoing efforts to integrate climate issues within the existing WPS agenda in different country contexts, and to review the lessons […]

May 29, 2024: Agust Börjesson, Acting Head of the Stockholm Taiwan Center and Research Fellow, spoke to DiTV about China’s military drills and Taiwan’s Presidential Inauguration. You can watch the interview here (in Swedish, minutes 3:26 to 4:22).

May 24, 2024: In-bum Chun, a Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, participated in the “PISM Strategic Ark 2024” (May 23-24), organized by the Polish Institute for International Affairs. He joined the panel: Moscow, Teheran, Beijing & Pyongyang: A Discussion Club or New League of Calamitous Intent?  Read more about the program and find the recording […]

May 21, 2024: The recording of the ISDP-KIIP Webinar: “A Strategy to Securitize the Economy? The EU’s Partnerships in the Indo-Pacific” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. The economic instability due to the disruption of supply chains post the COVID-19 pandemic has compelled states across the world, including the European Union (EU) and its […]

May 20, 2024: The recently published special paper “Why Taiwan Matters to Europe” by ISDP’s Stockholm Taiwan Center was discussed in Radio Taiwan INTL featuring some of the authors of the publication. The War in Ukraine and the upcoming European Parliament elections are bringing the EU back in the spotlight. So where does Taiwan stand […]

May 14, 2024: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was interviewed by the South China Morning Post on the new ‘Squad’ bloc that could allow the Philippines to ‘borrow strength’ of Australia, Japan, and the U.S. to counter China. He said it would be unsurprising if the Squad […]

May 14, 2024: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, moderated a panel and spoke at the conference titled “CHINA AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE – Towards Multipolar World” organized by the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Belgrade and the Institute of Asian Studies, Belgrade. The conference […]

May 14, 2024: The recording of the Taiwan Lecture “Global Health in the Wake of Covid-19: Understanding Taiwan’s Bid for Meaningful Participation in the WHA” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. The Covid-19 pandemic brought Taiwan’s exclusion from international organizations to the forefront of debate as global health became a tangible concept for people […]

May 7, 2024: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed in Yle Arena’s podcast on “China’s Xi on European tour – trying to both charm and divide the EU”. Chinese leader Xi Jinping is on a charm offensive in Europe. The aim is to pour oil on the waves and make the EU friendlier to […]