News & Media

September 4, 2025: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, participated in the 2025 Tylösand Summit arranged by SNS Center for Business and Policy Studies. She addressed questions like “Where is NATO heading after the Hague Summit? Will the US stay committed? How can Europe step up in the Alliance?”. Read more about the event […]

September 4, 2025: Lars Vargö, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center, was interviewed on SVT News about the meeting between the leaders of China, Russia, and North Korea. “Isn’t that really a reflection of what Trump did in Washington?”, asks Lars Vargö in the interview. Watch the program here (in Swedish) or watch the summary […]

September 4, 2025: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was interviewed on SVT Utrikesbyrån about President Trump’s interest in receiving the Nobel Peace Prize and possible implications for the US tariff policy, as well as the negotiations in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Watch the program here (in Swedish).

September 2, 2025: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was interviewed by Basque daily GARA about the US tariffs on India and Russia and the Russia-India-China equation. The Trump administration’s pressure on India over Russian oil imports has far less to do with energy markets than with political […]

On August 21, Jason Hsu, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute and a former Taiwanese legislator, visited ISDP. He gave a presentation about a 2025 Taiwan Contingency Tabletop Exercise and its core findings, followed by a roundtable discussion on the topic. Dr. Klement Ruey-sheng Gu, Representative of Taipei Mission in Sweden, gave welcoming remarks at the event. […]

August 25, 2025: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, joined James Heappey on Times Radio Superpowers to discuss the Baltic response to ongoing Russia-Ukraine negotiations. Watch the program here.

August 21, 2025: The Policy Brief “The Ecological Cost of Security: Military Development and Environmental Change in Tibet”, written by Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, has been featured in international media. Read the article published by Phayul here, Ani also covered the policy brief.

August 21, 2025: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was interviewed on TV4Nyhetsmorgon about what Europe can do to increase pressure on Russia to cooperate for a sustainable peace in Ukraine. Watch the program here (in Swedish).

On August 7, Chih-Mei Luo, EU Jean Monnet Chair and Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at National Taipei University (NTPU), visited ISDP’s Stockholm Taiwan Center. During the visit, she engaged in a fruitful discussion on Sweden’s green transition strategy and experience, as well as the challenges Taiwan faces and the lessons […]

August 19, 2025: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, appeared on SVT Aktuellt speaking about President Zelensky and European leaders’ meetings at the White House. Watch the program here (in Swedish).