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March 8, 2024: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was quoted in the Financial Times on Sweden being a member of NATO and the relations with Russia. “Nato consists of a few great powers and lots of medium or small powers. There’s quite a potential for the Nordics,” said Anna Wieslander “The airspace over […]

March 2024: On behalf of the Institute of Security and Development Policy, I am honored to announce that the Stockholm Korea Center will be reopened through the gracious support of the Korea Foundation. Having worked with many different issues related to the Korean Peninsula, both from a practical approach on the ground and from a […]

March 5, 2024: Agust Börjesson, Research Fellow with ISDP’s Taiwan Project, Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy, an Associated Fellow with ISDP’s Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, and Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, were quoted in the South China Morning Post on Sweden joining NATO and opportunities’ […]

March 1, 2024: ISDP is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Iselin as a Senior Research Fellow at ISDP’s Taiwan Center and Senior Development and Partnership Liaison. “Joining the ISDP’s Taiwan Center as a Senior Research Fellow is not just a new chapter in my career, but a continuation of a lifelong journey dedicated […]

February 29, 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 fall 2024 internships: Specifically, we are looking for interns for our Korea Center, Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, and Taiwan Center. […]

February 28, 2024: Mats Engman, a Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was interviewed by the Wire China on China and the Arctic. “There is a need to revisit the Arctic Council’s terms of reference to include hard security issues. We are witnessing a general increase in military activity in the Arctic region and if you […]

February 21, 2024: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by Sveriges Radios Europapodden about the Munich Security Conference 2024. The Munich Security Conference was this year marked by the news of Alexei Navalny’s death. At the same time, a concerned Jens Stoltenberg noted on behalf of NATO that the absence of new […]

February 21, 2024: At the Munich Security Conference 2024, Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, participated in Monocle’s podcast “The Briefing” on how Sweden prepares to join NATO, the need for public dialogue on the risk of war, and how solid deterrence could be built over Northern Europe. Listen in here!

February 19, 2024: Dr. Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in a panel discussion on GEOPOLITICS OF CONNECTIVITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE DIPLOMACY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC: A VIEW FROM INDIA, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain, and the Spain-India Council Foundation in Madrid. Dr. Harsh Pant, […]

February 13, 2024: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by Svenska Dagbladet on Russia’s military build-up in the Arctic and NATO. “For Russia, the Kola Peninsula is militarily linked to the Baltic Sea and their base in Kaliningrad. Now that Finland and Sweden will soon join NATO, they feel crowded in the […]