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October 15, 2025: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), chaired a panel on “Unity in Indo-Pacific: Mounting Climate Crisis in Tibet” at the Forum 2000 in Prague. This panel was a part of the SCSA-IPA’s research project ‘Climate Crisis in Tibet’, and featured Rayhan Asat (Senior […]

October 14, 2025: Yesterday, on October 13, the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) team had the pleasure of hosting a fireside discussion with Dr. Alicia Hennig, Associated Senior Research Fellow, who shared her first-hand insights into China’s academic environment, government structure, and ethical challenges in research and cooperation. The conversation was moderated by […]

October 10, 2025: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence’s Community of Interest Workshop on “Russian and Chinese Global Information Operations” held in Riga (Latvia) on October 7, 2025. Dr. Panda spoke on ‘The Sino-Russian Equation: Challenges for NATO’s […]

October 10, 2025: The ISDP Stockholm Paper “Wither Tibet in the Climate Crisis Agenda?”, published on October 6, 2025, was picked up by the Hindustan Times. The study warns that the Tibetan Plateau—often referred to as the “Third Pole”—is warming at more than twice the global average. Released by the Stockholm Centre for South Asian […]

October 10, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, participated in the NSP+ Think Tank Summit: “Prospects for a Resilient Indo-Pacific Policy” on October 8, 2025, in Taipei. During the event, Niklas Swanström participated in the session: “Security Resilience Chain. Advancing Readiness and Resilience in a Complex Geopolitical Landscape” Find out more about the event here.

Every semester, the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) provides an internship opportunity open to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as recent graduates. Interns have the chance to gain practical experience in a global environment, work on publications alongside staff or on their own, and gradually assume greater responsibilities within the organization. What […]

October 9, 2025: Niklas Swanström, Executive Director, and Yi-Chieh Chen, Project Manager and Junior Research Fellow, participated in a workshop on Peace and Security Governance and a seminar on Research and Education Security at the Centre for International Studies and Development (CISAD), Jagiellonian University, Krakow. The first workshop focused on the Handbook on Peace and […]

October 7, 2025: The ISDP Stockholm Paper “Wither Tibet in the Climate Crisis Agenda?”, published on October 6, 2025, was picked up by ANI and international news outlets. The Stockholm Paper draws on a wide range of scholarly, policy, and civil society perspectives to provide a consolidated set of recommendations across 10 thematic areas— from […]

October 7, 2025: The Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Andrew Scobell as Distinguished Fellow and Principal Asia Analyst, effective October 2025. Dr. Scobell joins ISDP from the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), where he served as a senior political scientist specializing in Asian security […]

October 7, 2025: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in the 2nd ASEAN Think-Tank Forum held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 2-3 October 2025. Dr. Panda spoke on a panel titled “Ocean Governance and Maritime Security.” This event was co-organized by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, […]