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May 30, 2023: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal on Turkey making impossible demands in its negotiations for approving Sweden’s NATO membership. Read the interview here.

May 30, 2023: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was interviewed by Deutsche Welle on how China is driving Indian and U.S. engagement in the Pacific Islands. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised support in a meeting with leaders of 14 Pacific island states in Papua New […]

May 29, 2023: The Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs publishes a bi-monthly newsletter, the ‘India-Sweden Strategic Compass’. The newsletter focuses on current affairs, highlighting Sweden and India relations, India-Nordic relations, EU-India relations, domestic developments in India, and relevant international updates. The latest issue can be accessed here. The latest Strategic Compass is a […]

May 29, 2023: The recording of the ISDP-KWDI International Day for Women, Peace, and Disarmament Webinar is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. UNSCR 1325, Two Decades and One Pandemic Later: Comparing Experiences of Sweden and South Korea In the year 2000, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approved Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325), marking a […]

May 25, 2023: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was quoted in Dagens Nyheter on NATO and internal tensions. “You could say that there are two completely different fears about Russia. The French and continental fear is that Russia will come out of this too badly. French President Macron has said that Russia must […]

May 25, 2023: Jan Mörtberg, Deputy Chairman of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by Expressen on what is critical for Ukraine in order to defeat Russia. For Ukraine to defeat Russia, two things are needed: the will to fight and a united West, explains Jan Mörtberg. “There is no way out for Russia that does […]

May 22, 2023: On May 17, ISDP’s Associated Research Fellow Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy visited ISDP for a discussion on “Unpacking Taiwan’s Internationalization across the EU”. Against the backdrop of growing geostrategic competition and China’s tendency toward regional aggression, Taiwan’s profile has increased across the EU. While constraints for an upgrade in cooperation remain, the EU […]

May 8, 2023: Mats Engman, Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was interviewed by Expressen on a new report revealing that China is tripling its nuclear weapons. “China wants to create a military capability so that it can make it more difficult for American military forces to come and help Taiwan, which it has said it […]

May 5, 2023: Torbjörn Lodén, Head of the Stockholm China Center, discusses the question “What is China?” at Stockholms bokhelg (Stockholm’s book weekend) on May 13, 2023. The sinologists Torbjörn Lodén and Lena Rydholm discuss the concept of China from different perspectives: cultural, linguistic, historical, and geographical. The discussion is based on the recent book […]

May 5, 2023: Svante Cornell, Director, was interviewed by Sveriges Radio on a man being accused of collecting money for PKK through extortion in Sweden. The prosecution will be the first of its kind, but according to Svante Cornell, this type of crime has been known for decades. It is not an approach unique to […]