News & Media

January 15, 2026: Svante Cornell, ISDP’s Director, was quoted in the Caspian Post on the Organization of Turkic States (OTS). “As Svante Cornell has argued, the OTS has become the vehicle through which these states are asserting themselves as security providers rather than security consumers. This is a profound shift. It means that Eurasia is […]

January 14, 2026: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was quoted in the South China Morning Post about Chinese arms exporters may be the big winners in any Pakistan-Saudi JF-17 talks: He said that for China the reported Pakistan-Saudi JF-17 understanding was “less about revenue and more about […]

January 14, 2026: In-bum Chun, Distinguished Military Fellow, was quoted by The Korea Times on the US Army unit in Korea. “There may be strategic reasons for why officials are being deliberately vague,” he said. “But regardless of organizational changes, the operational capability of USFK does not change.” Read the article here.

Yesterday, on January 8, Ulrik Nilsson, Member of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) from the Moderaterna party, visited the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) office to discuss international election observation missions in countries including Poland, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Serbia, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. The discussion focused on his experiences, observations, the challenges posed by […]

January 9, 2026: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was quoted by Al Jazeera about Greenland and NATO’s future. “The move on Venezuela illustrates the Trump administration’s determination to dominate the Western Hemisphere – of which Greenland geographically is a part,” said Anna Wieslander. “Since the successful intervention in Venezuela immediately was followed with […]

January 9, 2026: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by Sveriges Radio on the topic of President Trump, NATO, and Grönland. The situation is extremely serious, and without a path to negotiation, the future of defense cooperation within NATO is at risk. This is according to Anna Wieslander in response to Donald […]

January 9, 2026: In December 2025, Svante Cornell, ISDP’s Director, and Brenda Shaffer published the piece “The US returns to region between Russia, China and Iran” in Nikkei Asia. This piece was featured in Turkish media as the country’s rising role in the Middle East and Asia was given extensive space. One example is available […]

January 9, 2026: In-bum Chun, Distinguished Military Fellow, was quoted by Aju Press on lights-out warfare and why it should worry South Korea. “This is modern warfare,” said retired South Korean Army Lieutenant General Chun In-bum. “Drones didn’t just support the operation — they reshaped the battlefield itself.” Chun cautioned that many tactical details remain […]

January 9, 2026: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, participated in Aktuellt, SVT, to discuss the consequences of the USA’s new foreign policy. How does the division of the world into spheres of interest affect Europe, and what can we do about it? What will happen to NATO when the USA threatens to annex […]

January 5, 2026: Yi-Chieh Chen, Junior Research Fellow and Project Manager, was interviewed by Radio Taiwan International about Taiwan’s sport diplomacy. In this interview, she explains how sports can be seen as a diplomatic tool and their potential for Taiwan. Listen to the interview here.