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May 27, 2025: On the 16th of May, Maj Gen (ret) Mats Engman, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center and a Distinguished Military Fellow, was invited to moderate an Author’s Talk at the Korean Culture Center in Stockholm. The talk was centered on the launch of the book “A New History of South and North” […]

May 23, 2025: The recording of the webinar “The Underrepresentation of Women in South Korean Politics – How to Empower Women’s Participation?” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. The Stockholm Korea Center of the Institute for Security and Development Policy and the Korea Young Leaders Forum organized a one-hour webinar commemorating the International Day […]

May 22, 2025: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was quoted in the Guardian on the Russian shadow fleet and its importance for the Russian war economy and national security. “Anna Wieslander, the director for northern Europe at the Atlantic Council, said in the middle of last year “we realised that this not in […]

May 21, 2025: The recording of the digital Taiwan Lecture “Assessing the Challenges of Taiwanese Semiconductor Firms’ Expansion into Europe” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. The semiconductor shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the urgency of restructuring the semiconductor supply chain. To strengthen its supply chain security, the European Union (EU) […]

May 20, 2025: Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy, an Associated Research Fellow at ISDP, was quoted in Table Briefings on the topic “Taiwan: Investment as fuel for Lithuanian support”. Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy recommends that both Vilnius and Taipei adjust their respective expectations. Cooperation needs less rhetoric and more robust projects. “A semiconductor facility without the necessary infrastructure […]

May 14, 2025: Last week, the Stockholm Taiwan Center hosted the annual Taiwan-Nordic Forum 2025 on May 7. The forum brought together distinguished Nordic and Taiwanese scholars and experts for discussions and an exchange of ideas around important issues of mutual interest, reflecting growing international attention to the Indo-Pacific region and Taiwan’s role within it. […]

May 13, 2025: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, delivered a speech at the Asia Center of the University of Tartu, Estonia. He was a part of a panel at the conference titled ‘Engaging India in a Multipolar World’. The conference was held on 7-8 May 2025. […]

May 12, 2025: On 8 May in Stockholm, GLOBSEC GeoTech, Microsoft, and the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) brought together government leaders, legislators, and tech experts to answer one big question: What does it take to build—and defend—resilient digital infrastructure when both physical and cyber threats keep multiplying? The three standout insights identified […]

Do you want to learn more about contemporary politics on the Korean Peninsula? Are you from one of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, or Finland) and are you in your early career or pursuing a Master’s degree or PhD?   To promote greater awareness and more balanced knowledge, the ISDP Stockholm Korea Center and the […]

May 12, 2025: On May 6–7, representatives from the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) participated in the Defence24 Days 2025 conference in Warsaw, one of the most prominent defense and security forums in Central and Eastern Europe. ISDP was represented by Major General (Ret.) Mats Engman and Filip Borges Månsson, from the Korea […]