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January 29, 2025: Mats Engman, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center and a Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was interviewed by TV4 Nyhetsdagen about the ongoing political crisis in Seoul. During the interview he discussed both the background for the current crisis, and the two parallel legal proceedings: the Constitutional court declaring Martial Law, and […]

January 28, 2025: The recording of the webinar “Hybrid Threats in Cyberspace and Northeast Asia” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. The lecture was led by Dr. Go Myong Hyun, Guest Researcher at ISDP and Senior Fellow and Director of the Hybrid Threat Research Center at the Institute for National Security Strategy.   The lecture […]

January 27, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by Yle on how Trump uses Tiktok as a weapon in looming trade war with China. “I think the Chinese realize that they have to find something to compromise on,” says Niklas Swanström. “But in order not to lock themselves in or confront Trump, they […]

January 27, 2025: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was interviewed by ETV Bharat on the delay in elections in Bangladesh. “Political instability will appear to be a new norm in Bangladesh politics in the post-Hasina period. Bangladesh might need reform and economic recovery for a steady and […]

January 24, 2025: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, visited SASNET for a talk on India’s strategic choices in the Indo-Pacific. Yesterday, January 23, Jagannath Panda delivered a public SASNET Lecture at the Eden Auditorium, focusing on India’s foreign policy and strategic choices in the Indo-Pacific. The event was co-organized […]

January 24, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by Dagens industry on the Chinese PTL takeover of Northvolt, which is not happening due to high demands. The interview focuses on the need to protect cutting-edge technology, such as at Nortvolt. Read the interview here (in Swedish).

January 22, 2025: ISDP is excited to announce the launch of the Stockholm Center for Research and Innovation Security (SCRIS). As global research and innovation face growing threats from misuse that harms security or violates ethical norms, the SCRIS will serve as an independent and sustainable thematic center at the ISDP to address these threats […]

January 22, 2025: Dr. Jagannath Panda participated in and chaired a session on “International Order and Security in East Asia” at the International Conference titled “Maritime Security in East Asia in the Aftermath of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine” in Warsaw. This conference was jointly organized by the Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS) […]

January 22, 2025: The recording of the webinar “Climate Crisis in Tibet – Part III: China’s Rapacity for Mining Tibetan Resources: When Will the Greed End?” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. The Tibetan Plateau – Asia’s water tower and China’s major source for critical minerals like copper and lithium – is facing severe […]

January 21, 2025: The recording of the webinar “Climate Crisis in Tibet – Part II: Dam Construction & Tibet as a Hydropower Zone: Implications on Tibet’s Climate Crisis?” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. In recent years, China’s territorial aggression in the Himalayas, including in the Tibetan Plateau, has been growing. China’s strategy has […]