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June 19, 2023: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in the 86th EU-US Inter-Parliamentary Meeting of the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue (TLD), which took place from June 16-17, 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden. The main discussion topics include Transatlantic cooperation in support of Ukraine, Security, and Stability in the […]

June 15, 2023: Svante Cornell, Director, was quoted in Nikkei Asia on Sweden, Turkey and NATO. “Sweden is very eager to meet Turkish expectations. But whenever Sweden tried to meet expectations, those expectations have changed,” Svante Cornell said. Underlining that Sweden has already amended its laws, ended its arms embargo and has prosecuted PKK members […]

June 12, 2023: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, participated in a Saab Security Talk on “NATO – how does it affect Sweden?”. Micael Bydén, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, and Anna Wieslander talk with Katarina Tracz about how Sweden will be affected by joining NATO. Watch the interview here (in Swedish).

June 12, 2023: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in the 2023 Helsinki Workshop: New Security Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific: Strategies, Partnerships and Rivalries. The workshop took place from May 29 to May 30. Jagannath Panda talked about “India’s China Challenge in the Indo-Pacific: Foreseeing the Future”. […]

June 9, 2023: On June 8, Professor Torbjörn Lodén, Head of the ISDP China Center, gave a keynote lecture at the Biannual Conference of the Nordic Association for China Studies in Gothenburg. The topic of his lecture was “What is China? Observations and Perspectives”. Here you can find more information about the conference.

June 9, 2023: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, moderated a session at the Three Seas One Opportunity Conference (May 16-17): Asian Card in the Game for the Security of the Three Seas Initiative. Read more about the conference program here.  

June 8, 2023: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was quoted in abp live on the topic of the U.S., Australia, and Japan forming a new Quad with the Philippines and if India should be concerned. Jagannath Panda said that India’s strategic significance will be “unaffected” since all […]

June 8, 2023: ISDP is delighted to welcome Tzu-Yi Yang as a Guest Researcher at the Asia Program during June-July 2023. He serves as the Section Chief of the Department of NGO International Affairs within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan and worked at Taiwan’s overseas missions in Sydney, Australia and Saint Lucia. He […]

June 7, 2023: ISDP is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Agust Börjesson as a Research Fellow with the Asia Program. Mr. Börjesson recently completed an internship at ISDP’s Stockholm China Center and his work as a Research Fellow will include a focus on Taiwan, particularly in relation to Sweden and the Nordic countries. […]

June 2, 2023: Mats Engman, Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was quoted in Svenska Dagbladet on whether China can mediate in the Ukraine war. Read the interview here (in Swedish).