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January 7, 2025: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, recently published an Opinion Piece in the Diplomat together with Varuna Shankar on “COP29 Failed the ‘Third Pole’: Wither Tibet in the Climate Agenda?” ANI shared a summary of the piece.

January 7, 2025: A new contingent of North Korean soldiers in Russia? In-bum Chun, a Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was quoted by CNN. “Lieutenant General, Chun In-bum, of the South Korean army stressed that soldiers belonging to the Storm Corps, one of the elite units of the Kim Jong-un-led regime’s armed forces, would be […]

January 7, 2025: In-bum Chun, a Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was quoted on the political crisis in South Korea in The Munich Eye. “Retired General Chun In Bum articulated the gravity of the situation by stating that the populace must now choose between a path of accountability, reform, and unity, or one that leads […]

January 7, 2025: How serious are the implications of South Korea’s political crisis? In-bum Chun, a Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was interviewed by Al Jazeera. Watch the interview here.  

January 7, 2025: In-bum Chun, a Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was interviewed in NZZ about the political situation in South Korea. What impact will this crisis have on the military and the morale of the soldiers? “The soldiers who were sent predominantly came from our special forces. These men are professionals, not conscripts. The […]

December 19, 2024: Elite troops or amateurs: Mats Engman, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center and Distinguished Military Fellow, discusses the North Korean soldiers in Russia in an interview with Omni. Read the interview here (in Swedish).

December 19, 2024: The recording of the webinar “Climate Crisis in Tibet – Part I: CCP’s Tibet Takeover: Wither Global Climate Action?” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. The Tibetan Plateau (also called the Roof of the World and the Third Pole) spans around 2.5 million square kilometers and is rich in biodiversity and […]

In 2024, the various programs and centers of the ISDP, as well as guest authors, published a considerable number of publications. Now at the end of the year, we would like to share a selected list of 24 publications by ISDP colleagues to look back on the eventful year. January: Asia Paper: Sino-Russian Relations, From […]

December 16, 2024: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by Aftonbladet about the current situation in South Korea, focusing on the impeachment proceedings and the demonstrations in the country. “300 members of parliament have decided this. And then Yoon will be automatically removed from the presidency while the constitutional court decides. Then Prime Minister […]

December 13, 2024: Svante Cornell, ISDP’s Director, was interviewed on the John Batchelor Show. He spoke about “Central Asia: Where the uranium ore is found”. Listen to the interview here.