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September 12, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in a panel discussion on ‘India’s Geo-Economic Policy in the Indo-Pacific’ organized by 9DashLine in conjunction with The Indo-Pacific Circle and The Council for Strategic Defense Research (New Delhi) on September 8, 2022. Here you can see the […]

September 5, 2022:  This episode of Japanpodden focuses on the assassination of Shinzo Abe and welcomes Jakob Edberg, GR Japan, for an interview. Japanpodden is a Swedish-language podcast about everything related to Japan. The editors are Göran Edman, Hans Rhodiner, Lars Vargö, the Head of the ISDP Stockholm Japan Center, and Jon Thunqvist. Listen in […]

September 5, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in the 26th annual Forum 2000 Conference and discussed topics on the Russia-Ukraine War. The 26th annual Forum 2000 Conference, titled “Democracy’s Clear and Present Danger: How Do We Respond?”, was held in Prague from August 31 to […]

September 1, 2022: Larissa Stünkel, a Research Fellow at ISDP, was quoted in The Straits Times on Taiwan’s plan for a record-high defense budget. “The Tsai administration had to show resolve in the face of China continuously conducting drills and provocations in the Taiwan Strait,” explained Larissa Stünkel.  “Nancy Pelosi’s visit has arguably exacerbated tensionsand […]

September 1, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was quoted in Voice of America on the topic “India and China to Take Part in Joint Military Drills with Russia”. Jagannath Panda said Moscow is hoping to ensure “Eurasian unity” against the West, “owing to its traditional partnership […]

August 31, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in the KACUNS (Korea Academic Council on the United Nations System) Annual Conference 2022 on August 29, 2022. He presented a paper titled “India and the Thucydides Trap: Between Security and Strategy”. You can read more about the conference […]

August 26, 2022: Svante Cornell, Director, was quoted in the Financial Times on the topic of Sweden’s NATO ambitions and Turkey’s demands. “The big question is whether Turkey will take a literal approach to these demands that they put in writing … or if they’re going to focus on the general shift in approach that has taken […]

August 26, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, spoke at the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), Islamabad. The topic of discussion on Monday 22, 2022, was “Analyzing the Trajectory of India’s External Relations”. You can find more information here.

August 25, 2022: Yesterday, on August 24, 2022, Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated as a discussant in a webinar organized by ICS (Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi). The topic of the webinar was “Japanese foreign policy: Challenges in the post-Abe era”. You can find more information […]

August 25, 2022: Jingzheng Ren, an Associated Senior Research Fellow at ISDP, was awarded the APEC Science Prize 2022 ASPIRE. “The transition to a more sustainable practice for our industries in the region is complex and costly, but very much critical,” said Jingzheng Ren. “My research aims to improve the understanding of this transition by […]