News & Media
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Niklas Swanström will participate as speaker at the Delphi Economic Forum VII: New Realities
March 21, 2022: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, will participate as speaker in Delphi Economic Forum VII: New Realities (April, 6-9). Niklas Swanström will talk about China’s relationship with the world on Thursday, April 8. Here you can find more information about the Delphi Economic Forum VII.
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Niklas Swanström interviewed by TT on Biden and Xi’s conversation against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine
March 18, 2022: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by the Swedish news agency TT about the conversation between Biden and Xi against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. “That Biden would warn Xi not to actively support Russia was obvious”, explains Niklas Swanström in the interview. You can read the interview for […]
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Lars Vargö will participate in an event related to his book on Zen Buddhism at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm
March 18, 2022: Lars Vargö, Head of the ISDP Stockholm Japan Center, will participate in an event related to his book “Tomhetens filosofi” at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm (Östasiatiska museet) on Sunday, March 20 (14:00 CET). Sigrid Falkman talks to the diplomats Hans Gunnar Adén and Lars Vargö. Lars Vargö’s book […]
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Women in Politics: A Comparative Perspective of Sweden and Japan – Recording available online
March 17, 2022: The full recording of the webinar “Women in Politics: A Comparative Perspective of Sweden and Japan” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. Democratic progress is critically intertwined with female participation and democratic institutions and societal actors are stronger with female participation. Japan is the oldest democracy in Northeast Asia. Yet challenges […]
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Jagannath Panda participated in Great Decisions 2022
March 16, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of ISDP’s Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), participated as speaker in the conference GREAT DECISIONS 2022 organized by the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations. Here you can read more about the event.
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Shoichi Itoh has been quoted on Japan’s involvement that is driving closer energy cooperation between China and Russia
March 13, 2022: Shoichi Itoh, an Associated Senior Research Fellow, has been quoted in Nikkei Asia’s article on “Russia looks to Northern Sea Route as its military ambitions expand”. “Shoichi Itoh, a manager and senior researcher at the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan, said before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that Japan’s involvement is driving closer […]
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NATO nonalignment creates risk for Finland and Sweden – Anna Wieslander was interviewed by the Washington Post
March 14, 2022: Anna Wieslander, Chairman of the ISDP Board, spoke to the Washington Post about the topic of the NATO nonalignment of Finland and Sweden in the current situation of the war in the Ukraine. “In Sweden, defense was a low priority before the Ukraine war. Now, it’s the number one issue”, said Anna […]
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An overview of the reactions of China, Japan and the Korean Peninsula to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
March 7, 2022/ Updated March 9, 2022: China: China maintains a position of neutrality and refuses to condemn the ongoing Russian “special military operation” in Ukraine as an invasion. Citing the eastward expansion of US-led NATO and the West’s failure to take Russian security concerns into account as the root causes of the ongoing invasion […]
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Sangsoo Lee participates in RUSI’s webinar on Climate Change and North Korea
March 9, 2022: Sangsoo Lee, Head of ISDP’s Stockholm Korea Center, will participate as a speaker in a webinar on non-traditional security challenges related to North Korea organized by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) on Thursday, March 10. The discussion will focus on the impacts of climate change. Here you can find more information […]
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Indo-Pacific Regional Cooperation – Jagannath Panda participates in a conference organized by ISB and American Consulate in Hyderabad
March 9, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of ISDP’s Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), participates as speaker in the conference “A roadmap for Indo-Pacific Regional Cooperation in a Post-COVID-19 World Order” (March 10-11) organized by the Indian School of Business (ISB) and the American Consulate in Hyderabad. Jagannath Panda joins the digital […]