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July 2023: ISDP is delighted to welcome Woohyung Seon as a Visiting Fellow! Woohyung Seon, the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Unification, joined ISDP as a Visiting Researcher in July 2023. During her stay at ISDP, she will focus her research on “The agenda for Inter-Korea dialogue in the filed of climate and environment”.

July 25, 2023: Mats Engman, Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was interviewed by Sveriges Radio on how the UN tries to mediate on a defected U.S. soldier in North Korea. Tensions between North Korea and the U.S. were potentially re-fueled when a U.S. soldier reportedly ran across the border from South Korea into North Korea. […]

July 22, 2023: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by SVT on why the U.S. contacted Sweden to help a soldier in North Korea. “The times Sweden has acted as an intermediary have been quite successful. When it comes to North Korea, Sweden is probably the channel that is most appreciated internationally, and that […]

July 21, 2023: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was quoted in VOA on Japan’s signing of a chip development deal with India. Jagannath Panda said that the international community “wants a safe region where the semiconductor industry can continue to supply the global market. This chain of […]

July 20, 2023: Bo-jiun Jing, a Research Fellow at ISDP’s Asia Program and Stockholm China Center, was quoted in Nikkei Asia on Taiwan-Southeast Asia relations in an article on “Taiwan presidential hopefuls woo Southeast Asian diaspora”. “Since the 1990s, four successive Taiwanese administrations have attempted to expand Taiwan’s economic presence in Southeast Asia to capitalize […]

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July 7, 2023: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Boards, was interviewed by BBC on Sweden’s NATO prospects and stronger terrorist laws. Watch the interview here.

July 7, 2023: The recording of the webinar “Pivotal States, Minilateralism, and Indo-Pacific: Positioning India & South Korea” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. This webinar (supported by the Korea Foundation) aimed to position India and South Korea through the debate of the pivotal state. In particular, it aimed to address the following: How […]

July 7, 2023: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was quoted in IBT (International Business Times) on increasing defense ties between Philippines and India amid tensions with China. He told IBT that the recent developments reflect the Philippines’ emergence “as a critical defense and security partner for India in […]

July 4, 2023: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in the NZ-India Dialogue: Charting the Geopolitical Landscape of the Indo-Pacific, organized by the Aspen Institute, New Zealand. The event took place on June 28, 2023. During the discussion, Dr. Jagannath Panda highlighted the distinct approaches of NZ […]