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May 8, 2025: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was quoted by the South China Morning Post on why China may find it hard to play peacemaker in India-Pakistan conflict. “China have always maintained an ambivalent position on Kashmir issue while being aligned strategically towards Pakistan. But what […]

May 8, 2025: The recording of the digital Taiwan Lecture on “Taiwan’s National Security Strategy Under Trump’s Second Presidency” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. Dr. William Chung gave a lecture exploring how Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te plans to navigate the shifting global landscape following Donald Trump’s return to office—with the goal of protecting […]

May 8, 2025: The roundtable organized by ISDP’s Stockholm Taiwan Center on “Taiwan’s Bid for WHA participation as the WHO Faces Uncertainty” was featured by the Central News Agency of Taiwan. You can find the report here (in Mandarin) or read more about the event here.

May 5, 2025: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, spoke at the conference titled “Back to the Future: Reinventing Europe-Asia Cooperation in a Shifting Global Order” organized by the Central European Institute of Asian Studies and the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, held in Bratislava from 28–29 April 2025. […]

April 29, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by Svenska Dagbladet on North Korean soldiers being praised in Russia for their bravery on the Kursk battlefield. Where the survivors will go now is not yet known. “It is not impossible to imagine them continuing to fight in the four occupied territories of Ukraine,” […]

April 29, 2025: On April 25, Dr. Klement Ruey-sheng Gu, Representative of Taipei Mission in Sweden, visited ISDP for a roundtable discussion on the topic of Taiwan and the World Health Assembly (WHA). Taiwan under Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leadership has demonstrated a firm commitment towards gaining meaningful participation in the United Nations (UN) World […]

April 28, 2025: On April 9, the ISDP team was present in Uppsala for the Career Day organized by the Uppsala Association of Foreign Affairs (UF). At this career day, ISDP had the pleasure of connecting with students to discuss their studies, career aspirations, and key academic interests. The team had the opportunity to share […]

April 25, 2025: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of Stockholm South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, spoke at a hybrid seminar titled “Securing the Seabed, Shaping the Seas: Undersea Infrastructure and the Geopolitics of Maritime Order in the Indo-Pacific” organized by The Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo and the […]

April 23, 2025: On April 22, ISDP co-hosted a seminar with the Stockholm Free World Forum (Frivärld), exploring the evolving threats posed by disinformation and the increasing convergence of authoritarian narratives within democratic societies. The event built on ISDP’s recent publication “The Convergence of Disinformation: Examining Russia and China’s Partnership in the Digital Age,” which […]

April 22, 2025: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, attended and spoke at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) in Turkey titled “Reclaiming Diplomacy in a Fragmented World”, 11-13 April 2025. He was a panellist with H.E. Abdulla Khaleel – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Maldives, and Dr. […]