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February 5, 2024: ISDP is pleased to announce the appointment of Yifei Zhu as a Research Fellow at the Stockholm China Center. Yifei Zhu is an affiliated researcher at the Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST) at the Universität Duisburg-Essen in Germany. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the Freie Universität Berlin with […]

February 1, 2024: ISDP is pleased to announce the appointment of Filip Borges Månsson as Executive Assistant. Mr. Filip Borges Månsson holds a bachelor’s degree in political science with a minor in history from Stockholm University. Mr. Borges Månsson also studied at the University of Warsaw as an exchange student, where he gained a broad knowledge of security issues and foreign policy. His […]

February 1, 2024: ISDP’s Taiwan Project took its Taiwan lecture series on the road, visiting the UPF Lund – The Association of Foreign Affairs at Lund University on January 29, 2024. In an event co-organized by UPF and the Center for East and South East Asian Studies at Lund University, Research Fellow Agust Börjesson and Junior […]

January 31, 2024: The recording of the Taiwan Lecture “Decoding Taiwan’s 2024 Election: Voices from Taiwan” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. On January 13, after a suspenseful campaign, the people of Taiwan elected Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to be their next president. He will officially take office on May 20th, […]

January 30, 2024: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by the Swedish news agency TT on North Korea no longer wanting to reunite with South Korea. “Most likely, Kim Jong-Un is taking the step of abandoning the reunification plans – championed by his father and grandfather – because he has realized that the states […]

January 30, 2024: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was interviewed on TV 4 Nyhetsmorgon about the Turkish parliament’s approval of Sweden’s membership to NATO. Has every country undergone a two-year entry process? Is it possible to change one’s mind once the ratification process has started? Anna Wieslander answers viewers’ questions about NATO. Listen […]

On Monday, January 22, 2024, ISDP received a delegation from the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCSS), Haikou, People’s Republic of China. NISCSS specializes in research on issues of the South China Sea (SCS). The delegation was led by Mr. Wang Sheng, President of the NISCSS. Colleagues from ISDP and the members of […]

January 25, 2024: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by SVT on North Korean-Russian relations. North Korea has been accused of supplying weapons systems to the Russian government, which North Korea strongly denies. “These are two states that are sanctioned by the international community. So there is a natural overlap here,” says Niklas Swanström. […]

January 23, 2024: The recording of the Taiwan Lecture “Taiwan’s 2024 Elections Through a European Lens” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. On January 13, 2024, the people of Taiwan elected Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to be their next president. With growing pressure from Beijing in recent years, the question […]

January 23, 2024: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, comments for the Atlantic Council on how close Sweden is to joining NATO following the Turkish parliament’s approval. “There is one word that sums up the feelings in Stockholm today: FINALLY! The Turkish parliament has, at last, voted yes to Sweden’s accession protocol to NATO. […]