The Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs received a delegation from the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS)

November 14, 2024: The Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA) of the ISDP received a Chinese delegation from the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) in Beijing.

The CIIS delegation was headed by Dr. JIN Ling, Director and Senior Research Fellow, Department for European Studies. Other members of the Chinese delegation were Mr. ZHAO Qinghai, Director and Senior Research Fellow, Center of Maritime Security and Cooperation, CIIS; Mr. XU Xinglong, Official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China; Dr. XU Longdi, Associate Research Fellow, Department for European Studies, CIIS; and Ms. JIN Chenyi, Assistant Research Fellow, Department for World Peace and Security Studies, CIIS.

From the ISDP side, Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the SCSA-IPA led the discussion. He was joined by Maj Gen (ret.) Mats Engman, Head of Stockholm Korea Center, Yifei Zhu, Research Fellow, Maud Descamps, Project Manager, Stockholm China Center, and scholars of the ISDP. The visiting delegation engaged in discussion on a range of issues such as China-EU relations, the war on Ukraine, security dynamics in Northeast Asia including other geo-political issues in the Indo-Pacific and around the world.