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October 7, 2024: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by Dagens Nyheter about the U.S. not being ready for full-scale war, a report warns of shortcomings. “Despite its alarming content, the Commission on the National Defense Strategy has not received much attention in the election campaign. This may have to do with […]

October 7, 2024: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), participated in a special dialogue titled “Tibet Question in China’s Trans-Himalayan Aspirations” and shared remarks in a panel titled “BRI Scaled-up: The Decades Ahead” in the conference The Art of Power in Zhongnanhai organized by the Organisation […]

On September 25, ISDP’s Stockholm China Center hosted a closed-door workshop at the Residence Palace in Brussels, titled “Navigating the Dragon’s Tech Leap: European Responses to the PLA’s Technological Transformation.” Organized under the EU-sponsored EuroHub4Sino (EH4S) project, the event brought together scholars from the EH4S consortium, as well as key members of EU institutions and […]

September 30, 2024: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, participates in the Black Sea Security Conference in Tbilisi, organized by elf – European Liberal Forum. The conference takes place from September 30 to October 1, 2024. Niklas Swanström is part of the panel “The Role of Global and Regional Actors in Future of the Black Sea […]

September 30, 2024: Mats Engman, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center and Distinguished Military Fellow, spoke in the “Folk och Försvar-podden” podcast on the threat from North Korea. He joined the podcast together with the former Swedish Ambassador to South Korea, Jakob Hallengren. Find the episode here (in Swedish).

September 26, 2024: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, spoke at the European People’s Party (EPP) Group Study Day in Naples this week. She argued against two widespread beliefs on Russia that can have devastating effects on European security. “First, there is a widespread but mistaken belief that Russia’s war on Ukraine is a […]

September 24, 2024: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), spoke at a panel on “China & India: Global South Partners or Himalayan Rivals?” organized by the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP) in Vienna. Dr. Justyna Szczudlik, Deputy Head of Research & Coordinator Asia-Pacific Program (The […]

September 23, 2024: Maj Gen (ret) Mats Engman, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center, attended the High North Security Dialogue on 17-20 September, in Garmisch Partenkirchen organized by the George C Marshall Center and the Ted Stevens Center. The theme of this year’s conference was “A divided Arctic: Is an Ice Curtain Emerging?”. A group […]

September 20, 2024: Anna Wieslander, Chair of ISDP’s Board, gave the opening speech at the M100 Sanssouci Colloquium, a Media Conference for Democracy and Press Freedom. In her speech, she warned that the West is underestimating the Russian threat, including hybrid, and called for a new recipe for peace and prosperity in Europe, with solid […]

September 19, 2024: 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 spring 2025 internships: Specifically, we are looking for interns for our China Center, Korea Center, Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, and […]