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March 6, 2026: Josephine Ørgaard Rasmussen, Project Manager of the Korea Center at ISDP, has recently travelled to Seoul alongside Anna Collins Falk, from the Swedish Gender Equality Agency,​ to exchange perspectives on gender equality in South Korea and Sweden. One of the main events of the visit was the 2026 KWDI-ISDP Conference in Commemoration […]

March 6, 2026: The Issue Brief “Changing Geometries: The Rise of a Middle-Power Tech Triangle”, written by Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, and Tristan Eng, Associated Junior Research Fellow at the center, was featured by ANI. 2A new strategic partnership among Australia, Canada, and India is emerging […]

March 6, 2026: The recording of the third Silk Cage Webinar “Corridors, Coasts, and Contestation: China’s Influence Operations in the Bay of Bengal and the BCIM Space” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. This webinar, the third in the Silk Cage Series, examined how China uses the Bay of Bengal and the BCIM space to operationalise […]

March 5, 2026: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was quoted by AFP on China’s increased military spending with an eye on the US and Taiwan. “That is proportional to its economy and legitimate defence needs,” said Niklas Swanström. “However, the absolute spending level (second globally) and rapid capability development concern neighbours,” Swanström told AFP. Read […]

March 2, 2026: Are you looking for work experience in the field of international security and development? Do you have a particular interest in Asia? Now is the time to apply for our fall 2026 internships: Specifically, we are looking for interns for our Korea Center, Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, Taiwan Center, and […]

March 2, 2026: The recording of the webinar “Research and Innovation Series (RIS) – Part III: Are US Research Security Policies Working?” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. The Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) is pleased to host a new webinar in its Research and Innovation Series (RIS), focusing on the new study, “Are […]

February 27, 2026: Dr. Jagannath Panda, the Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, spoke in an online panel on “India’s recalibration towards Russia and China: Strategic autonomy at play” organised by The Democracy Forum (TDF), London. The panelists were Prof. Amitabh Mattoo, Dean, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New […]

February 27, 2026: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, joined the CISAD Workshop: EU-US-China Science and Technology Competition in the Age of Complexity, which was organized within the European Hub for Contemporary China (EuroHub4Sino) project. The conference explored how China’s technological strategies impact Europe and the EU’s position, including the shaping of digital space by Chinese firms […]

February 20, 2026: The recording of the webinar “Silk Cage Series – Webinar II: Corridor, Client, or Catalyst? CPEC and Beijing’s Strategic Leverage from Pakistan to the Indian Ocean” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. This webinar examines CPEC as a strategic mechanism through which China operationalises the Global Security Initiative across South Asia […]

February 19, 2026: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, joined a public townhall about European defense at the Munich Security Conference 2026. You can watch the recording of the livestream here.