News & Media

February 11, 2025: The ISDP Issue Brief “Chinese Water Projects in Tibet: A ‘Continental Challenge’”, written by Antonina Luszczykiewicz-Mendis, was picked up by ANI and international news outlets. The issue brief examines China’s hydrological projects on the Tibetan Plateau and their implications for downstream countries. By exploring two key pillars of China’s water strategy—the construction […]

February 11, 2025: Last week, Mats Engman, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center and a Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, participated in a workshop on “deterrence” organized by the George C. Marshall Center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The main theme of the workshop was to try to identify gaps and challenges with the current deterrence concept. […]

February 5, 2025: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by Sveriges Radio about the consequences of the U.S. tightening its grip on Greenland, which could also be felt in Sweden. It could also split NATO. “It is worrying that this is an issue that comes this early in the new Trump administration,” […]

February 3, 2025: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by TV4 about the UK discussing with the EU how to cooperate on defense issues. Five years have passed since Brexit. But today, as EU President António Costa hosts a meeting on defense issues, the country’s Prime Minister is among those invited. Anna […]

February 3, 2025: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, participated in the Advanced Research Workshop titled Facilitating Ukraine’s Transition to NATO Standards: Military, Doctrinal, and Legal Aspects, organized by the Casimir Pulaski Foundation, in cooperation with the International Centre for Ukrainian Victory and the IAI, Istituto Affari Internazionali. Anna Wieslander shared these key points […]

January 29, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by the Swedish Epoch Times on the green transition in the hands of China. Europe is striving to lead the green transition, but its dependence on China for rare earths and technology leaves the continent vulnerable. Niklas Swanström warns that this could have similar consequences […]

January 29, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by the German Tagesspiegel about the reasons for Putin’s interest in the Swedish island of Gotland. Read the interview here (in German).

January 29, 2025: Mats Engman, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center and a Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was interviewed by TV4 Nyhetsdagen about the ongoing political crisis in Seoul. During the interview he discussed both the background for the current crisis, and the two parallel legal proceedings: the Constitutional court declaring Martial Law, and […]

January 28, 2025: The recording of the webinar “Hybrid Threats in Cyberspace and Northeast Asia” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. The lecture was led by Dr. Go Myong Hyun, Guest Researcher at ISDP and Senior Fellow and Director of the Hybrid Threat Research Center at the Institute for National Security Strategy.   The lecture […]

January 27, 2025: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by Yle on how Trump uses Tiktok as a weapon in looming trade war with China. “I think the Chinese realize that they have to find something to compromise on,” says Niklas Swanström. “But in order not to lock themselves in or confront Trump, they […]