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April 15, 2024: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, participated in the Delphi Economic Forum IX (April 10-13, 2024). In a panel on World Order, she argued that “Europe has to let go of the idea of Russia included in an all-European security architecture. The focus must be to make EU and NATO as strong […]

April 15, 2024: This episode of Japanpodden focuses on cherry blossoms in Tokyo and the current news in Japan. Japanpodden is a Swedish-language podcast about everything related to Japan. The editors are Göran Edman, Hans Rhodiner, Lars Vargö, and Jon Thunqvist. Listen in here. Language: Swedish

April 8, 2024: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, participated in the South China Sea Sub-forum, which was part of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2024, themed “Guided by Cooperation, Building a Community with a Shared Future in the South China Sea”. The forum took place from March 28 to March 29, 2024, […]

March 27, 2024: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was quoted by BNR on India-Russia Relations. “All this has major implications for India-Russia relations. In the coming years, it will be colored by Russia’s declining international status and stronger relationship with China, India’s growing ties with the United […]

March 25, 2024: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal on the Russian threat forcing Europe to choose between bolstering defense or protecting social spending. She spoke about European countries waking up to Russia’s danger and the need to increase defense spending. Because militaries need years to plan, […]

March 25, 2024: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, delivered a speech on ‘Korea as a ‘Plus’ Actor in the Quad’ at the event titled ‘Korea-EU-NATO Next Generation Policy Experts Network’ organized by the Asia Institute of the University of Bologna, Italy. This event was supported by the […]

March 21, 2024: ISDP is excited to announce the launch of the Stockholm Taiwan Center. The Stockholm Taiwan Center (STC) consists of Mr. Agust Börjesson, Research Fellow and Acting Head of STC, Ms. Yi-Chieh Chen, Junior Research Fellow, Dr. Niklas Swanström, Executive Director of ISDP, and Mr. Kurt Abalos, Intern. As part of STC launch, […]

March 21, 2024: The recording of the conference “Elevating Democracy via Transatlantic Collaboration” that was held in Stockholm on March 13, 2024, is now available to watch on YouTube. This recording shows Introductory remarks by H.E. Ambassador Erik D. Ramanathan and Panel I on Research Security: Effective Risk Management & Conscious Partnerships. This recording shows […]

March 20, 2024: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was quoted in the South China Morning Post on the Philippines’ ties with Australia being ‘stronger than ever’. Jagannath Panda explains that “A closer strategic contact with Australia does help the Philippines to strengthen its contacts with the Anglosphere […]

March 19, 2024: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was interviewed by Euronews Next on the prediction of more GPS disruption in Nordic countries now that NATO operates there. Jagannath Panda said the most recent North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) exercise will help “NATO countries prepare for the […]