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Do you want to learn more about contemporary politics on the Korean Peninsula? Are you from one of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, or Finland) and are you in your early career or pursuing a Master’s degree or PhD?   To promote greater awareness and more balanced knowledge, the ISDP Stockholm Korea Center and the […]

May 12, 2025: On May 6–7, representatives from the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) participated in the Defence24 Days 2025 conference in Warsaw, one of the most prominent defense and security forums in Central and Eastern Europe. ISDP was represented by Major General (Ret.) Mats Engman and Filip Borges Månsson, from the Korea […]

May 12, 2025: Last week, on May 7, 2025, the Stockholm Taiwan Center organized the Taiwan-Nordic Forum 2025 in Stockholm. The forum was featured in reports by the Central News Agency and Radio Taiwan Intl. Read the report here (in Mandarin).

May 8, 2025: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was quoted by the South China Morning Post on why China may find it hard to play peacemaker in India-Pakistan conflict. “China have always maintained an ambivalent position on Kashmir issue while being aligned strategically towards Pakistan. But what […]

May 8, 2025: The recording of the digital Taiwan Lecture on “Taiwan’s National Security Strategy Under Trump’s Second Presidency” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. Dr. William Chung gave a lecture exploring how Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te plans to navigate the shifting global landscape following Donald Trump’s return to office—with the goal of protecting […]

May 8, 2025: The roundtable organized by ISDP’s Stockholm Taiwan Center on “Taiwan’s Bid for WHA participation as the WHO Faces Uncertainty” was featured by the Central News Agency of Taiwan. You can find the report here (in Mandarin) or read more about the event here.

May 5, 2025: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, spoke at the conference titled “Back to the Future: Reinventing Europe-Asia Cooperation in a Shifting Global Order” organized by the Central European Institute of Asian Studies and the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, held in Bratislava from 28–29 April 2025. […]

April 29, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by Svenska Dagbladet on North Korean soldiers being praised in Russia for their bravery on the Kursk battlefield. Where the survivors will go now is not yet known. “It is not impossible to imagine them continuing to fight in the four occupied territories of Ukraine,” […]

April 29, 2025: On April 25, Dr. Klement Ruey-sheng Gu, Representative of Taipei Mission in Sweden, visited ISDP for a roundtable discussion on the topic of Taiwan and the World Health Assembly (WHA). Taiwan under Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leadership has demonstrated a firm commitment towards gaining meaningful participation in the United Nations (UN) World […]

April 28, 2025: On April 9, the ISDP team was present in Uppsala for the Career Day organized by the Uppsala Association of Foreign Affairs (UF). At this career day, ISDP had the pleasure of connecting with students to discuss their studies, career aspirations, and key academic interests. The team had the opportunity to share […]