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June 17, 2026: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), participated in the Skopje Security Forum 2026, held on 15 June in Skopje, North Macedonia. Convened under the theme “Architects of Stability: The Security Identity of the Western Balkans,” the forum brought together policymakers, diplomats, security practitioners, […]

June 17, 2026: Svante Cornell, ISDP’s Director, was quoted by Al Jazeera on Armenia’s election. The result also demonstrates that the nationalist mantras peddled by opposition leaders have not been able to sway the majority of Armenians, said Svante Cornell. “The opposition represented a return to oligarchy, nationalism and forever conflict,” Cornell told Al Jazeera. […]

June 17, 2026: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by the South China Morning Post on the outcome of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea: “Pyongyang isconsciously separating its external relationships by function. Russia is a military accelerator, China is an economic anchor.” “The Russia track has delivered battlefield experience, arms co‑development, […]

June 9, 2026: The recording of the webinar “LGBTQ+ in South Korea and Learning Opportunities from Taiwan” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. In celebration of Pride Month, ISDP’s Korea and Taiwan Center, with the support of Macoll Consulting Group, organized a one-hour webinar with the primary goal of identifying tangible policy proposals for […]

June 8, 2026: ISDP had the great pleasure of welcoming Professor Ryosei Kokubun, Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow, to Stockholm last week. During his visit, he took part in the following activities: A meeting with H.E. Daniel Wolven, Ambassador, Head of Department for Asia, the Pacific Region, and Latin America in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs A […]

June 8, 2026: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by the South China Morning Post about Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea. “[Russia’s] role with Pyongyang is military and transactional, whilst China provides long-term economic and political sustainability.” “Overall, Xi’s message is one of managed proximity: close enough to prevent instability or exclusion, distant […]

June 5, 2026: On June 4th, the Stockholm Taiwan Center had the pleasure of hosting a roundtable discussion with Dr. Shan-Jan Sarah Liu. The roundtable discussion was moderated by Yi-Chieh Chen. Dr. Shan-Jan Sarah Liu is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Gender and Politics at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. The […]

June 5, 2026: The Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), represented by Dr. Niklas Swanström, Director of ISDP, and Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), participated in the 11th Ulaanbaatar Dialogue (UBD) International Conference held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on 4–5 June 2026. Organized by the […]

June 5, 2026: Svante Cornell, ISDP’s Director, moderated the seminar “Reframing Central Asia: Uzbekistan’s Reform Transformation and the Region’s Emerging Strategic Role” organized by the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Stockholm on June 3, 2026. Featuring keynote remarks by Senator Sodiq Safayev, First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Uzbekistan, alongside contributions from Director of the […]

June 4, 2026: Alicia Hennig, Associated Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Center for Research and Innovation Security (SCRIS), was interviewed by Deutsche Welle about China’s growing espionage campaign in Germany. Listen to the interview here.