Taiwan-Nordic Forum 2025

The Institute for Security and Development Policy’s Stockholm Taiwan Center is hosting the annual Taiwan-Nordic Forum 2025 on May 7. The forum will bring together distinguished Nordic and Taiwanese scholars and experts for discussions and an exchange of ideas around important issues of mutual interest.  

The Taiwan-Nordic Forum 2025 will consist of three sessions:  

• Session I: Navigating Geopolitical Risks: Enhancing Supply Chain Security 
• Session II: Crisis Preparedness: Total Defense in Taiwan and Sweden    
• Session III: Democratic Resilience in Taiwan and the Nordic Countries  

This year’s forum takes place in Stockholm and is open to registering attendees. The number of seats at the venue is limited. RSVP here to secure your attendance today.  

When: Wednesday, May 7, 2025, from 9:30 AM -16:40 PM  

The registration session is between 9:30 – 10:00 AM, and there will be a break during lunchtime. Complementary fika is included for all attendees.   

Where: Sjöfartshuset, Skeppsbron 10, 111 30 Stockholm, Room: Strömsalongen 

  

Program: 

10:00 – 10:30  

Inaugural Session and Opening Remarks  

Dr. Niklas Swanström, Executive Director of the Institute for Security & Development Policy 

Dr. Klement Ruey-Sheng Gu, Representative of Taipei Mission in Sweden  

  

10:30 – 11:50 

Session I: Navigating Geopolitical Risks: Enhancing Supply Chain Security 

• Threats to Supply Chain Security   
• Restructuring Global Supply Chains   
•  Industry Partnerships and Alliances 

Moderator:   

Dr. Niklas Swanström, Executive Director, Institute for Security & Development Policy 

Speakers:   

Dr. Da-Jung Li 李大中, Director and Professor, Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies, Tamkang University 

Dr. Fredrik Erixon, Director, the European Centre for International Political Economy 

Dr. Jeremy Chih-Cheng Chang 張智程, Chief Executive Officer, Research Institute for Democracy, Society, and Emerging Technology 

  

13:00 – 14:20 

Session II: Crisis Preparedness: Total Defense in Taiwan and Sweden   

• Total Defense Concept and Strategy  
• Crisis Management and Civil Preparedness 
• Resilience to Hybrid Threats 

Moderator:   

Agust Börjesson, Acting Head of the Stockholm Taiwan Center and Research Fellow, Institute for Security and Development Policy 

Speakers:   

Karl Lallerstedt, Senior Analyst, Swedish Defence Research Agency 

Dr. Tzu-yun Su 蘇紫雲, Director and Research Fellow, Division of Defense Strategy and Resources, Institute for National Defense and Security Research 

TBC

  

15:00 – 16:20  

Session III: Democratic Resilience in Taiwan and the Nordic Countries   

• Safeguarding Democracy and Democratic Institutions      
• Democratic Debate and the Challenge of Foreign Disinformation 
• Strengthening International Partnerships and Areas of Potential Cooperation 

Moderator:    

Yi-Chieh Chen 陳奕傑, Project Manager and Junior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Taiwan Center, Institute for Security and Development Policy 

Speakers:   

Dr. Charlotte Wagnsson, Professor, Department of Political Science, Swedish Defence University 

Dr. Cho-Hsin Su 蘇卓馨, Associate Professor, Department of Diplomacy, National 

Chengchi University 

Dr. Marina Nord, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg   

 

16:20-16:40 

Concluding Remarks