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September 26, 2024: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, spoke at the European People’s Party (EPP) Group Study Day in Naples this week. She argued against two widespread beliefs on Russia that can have devastating effects on European security. “First, there is a widespread but mistaken belief that Russia’s war on Ukraine is a […]

September 24, 2024: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), spoke at a panel on “China & India: Global South Partners or Himalayan Rivals?” organized by the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP) in Vienna. Dr. Justyna Szczudlik, Deputy Head of Research & Coordinator Asia-Pacific Program (The […]

September 23, 2024: Maj Gen (ret) Mats Engman, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center, attended the High North Security Dialogue on 17-20 September, in Garmisch Partenkirchen organized by the George C Marshall Center and the Ted Stevens Center. The theme of this year’s conference was “A divided Arctic: Is an Ice Curtain Emerging?”. A group […]

September 20, 2024: Anna Wieslander, Chair of ISDP’s Board, gave the opening speech at the M100 Sanssouci Colloquium, a Media Conference for Democracy and Press Freedom. In her speech, she warned that the West is underestimating the Russian threat, including hybrid, and called for a new recipe for peace and prosperity in Europe, with solid […]

September 19, 2024: Are you looking for work experience in the field of international security and development? Do you have a particular interest in Asia? Now is the time to apply for our spring 2025 internships: Specifically, we are looking for interns for our China Center, Korea Center, Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, and […]

September 19, 2024: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in the Global Town Hall 2024, session 11: “The UN Summit of the Future: Whose Future and Who Shapes It?”. The session provided an overview of the lessons already learned, key actors, challenges, and what still needs to […]

September 19, 2024: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed in SVT about North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visiting a uranium facility. New propaganda photos show North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un touring a uranium facility. “It shows how far North Korea has come in its nuclear weapons program,” says Niklas Swanström. “They want to send […]

September 9, 2024: The Astana Times published an article about The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (CACI) webinar on August 29, focusing on the rise of middle powers in Central Asia. “In spite of the acceleration of great power competition, the Central Asian states and the greater Central Asian states, including the Caucasus and Mongolia, have doubled […]

September 9, 2024: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, participated in the Global Dialogue Forum conference on “Strengthening the Afro Asian Dialogue on Climate Crisis: Reaching out to the North”. This conference took place on September 7, 2024, at The United Service Institution of India, New Delhi.

September 4, 2024: Why didn’t Mongolia arrest Vladimir Putin? Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, explains in Yle. “If Mongolia were to arrest Putin, the economic, political, and even military consequences would be disastrous. Russia has shown that it is willing to act militarily and that it is willing to do whatever it takes to maintain […]