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July 4, 2024: The recording of the webinar “Beyond the Game: Taiwan’s Soft Power Through Sports Diplomacy” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. The upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics offers a global stage for countries to advertise themselves through sports. What is the future of Taiwan’s sports diplomacy and what do international sporting events mean […]

July 2, 2024: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in a panel titled “A Year of Elections: From the Strategic Communications Perspective” organized by the Strategic Communications Education and Research Unit (SCERU), Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP) at the University of Tokyo on 28 June 2024. […]

July 1, 2024: Mats Engman, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center and Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, participated in a webinar on the European experience and how it can be brought to bear on the search for peace on the Korean peninsula, organized by the Universal Peace Federation – UK. In Europe’s rich tapestry, diverse […]

June 27, 2024: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated and spoke in a panel at the Indian Ocean Regional Workshop organized by the Near East South Asia (NESA) of the Center for Strategic Studies in Washington DC, the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in Honolulu, and […]

June 27, 2024: The recordings of the second and third Korea Strategic Talk Webinars are now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. Here, you can access the recording of the second webinar. Here, you can find the recording of the third webinar. To further promote dialogue and exchange of views related to the developments on the […]

June 27, 2024: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by Expressen on the continuing “balloon battle” between North and South Korea. Now South Korea’s military says it has found 350 new trash balloons sent by its neighboring enemy. What is this battle about? “The big loser on this has been North Korea,” says Niklas […]

June 20, 2024: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was quoted by Reuters about the North Korea-Russia relationship against the backdrop of Putin’s visit to North Korea and the defense pledge. “The North Korea-Russia relationship started out as a marriage of convenience focusing on arms and tech transfers, so very transactional, but is now moving into […]

June 19, 2024: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, participated in a live broadcast on Swedish Radio Ekot when it became clear that the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, is very likely to become the next Secretary General of NATO and thus succeed Jens Stoltenberg. This is made possible as Hungary has […]

June 19, 2024: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by Reuters on “China keeps its distance as Russia and North Korea deepen ties”. China would most likely become concerned if North Korea’s partnership with Russia leads to provocative behavior that makes the regional situation more difficult for Beijing, said Niklas Swanström. “China wants to […]

June 19, 2024: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by Svenska Dagbladet on Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea and Russian-North Korean relations. “Now is a good time to present Putin as a hero. This has not always been the case with the Soviet leader. North Korea is looking for its own security and […]