News & Media
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Niklas Swanström on TV4 on the China-Taiwan tensions
August 8, 2022: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, spoke to TV4 on the recent China-Taiwan tensions. He analyzes the situation and argues that Taiwan needs the international space and these visits but at the same time says that “the risks have increased radically”. You can watch the interview here (in Swedish).
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Russia grows closer to North Korea amid international isolation: Sangsoo Lee quoted in Nikkei Asia
August 5, 2022: Sangsoo Lee, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center, was quoted in Nikkei Asia on the topic of “Russia grows closer to North Korea amid international isolation”. Sangsoo Lee said that “sending North Korean workers abroad is a violation of U.N. sanctions, and the Russian ambassador’s remarks are intended to blatantly weaken these U.N. […]
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Niklas Swanström in the Swedish media on Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and China’s reaction
August 5, 2022: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed in several Swedish media outlets on Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and China’s reaction: The largest ever exercises in the area, as close as a dozen kilometers from Taiwan. “These are the biggest exercises in the region yet, and they could definitely intensify the insecurity […]
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Sangsoo Lee in The Japan Times on South Korea’s defense industry and how Yoon’s low approval ratings affect the foreign policy
August 5, 2022: Sangsoo Lee, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center, was quoted in The Japan Times on the topics of South Korea’s growing defense industry and how Yoon’s low approval ratings affect South Korea’s foreign policy. “This is why Sangsoo Lee, head of the Stockholm Korea Center at the Institute for Security and Development […]
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Sangsoo Lee participated in the conference “30 Years of the ROK-China Diplomatic Relations: Review and Prospect”
July 15, 2022: Sangsoo Lee, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center, attended the conference “30 Years of the ROK-China Diplomatic Relations: Review and Prospect” (July 15, 2022) and spoke about the Yoon government’s policy towards China and the challenges. Here you can find more details about the conference:
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Larissa Stünkel was quoted in GZERO on Kiribati’s decision to exit the PIF
July 15, 2022: Larissa Stünkel, a Research Fellow at ISDP, was quoted in GZERO on Kiribati’s decision to exit the PIF and how this decision could affect other Micronesian nations. For the moment, Kiribati’s refusal to accept that assurance — the reason it has cited for its pullout from the group — is unlikely to […]
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Lars Vargö on TV4 on the death of Shinzo Abe
July 11, 2022: Lars Vargö, Head of the Stockholm Japan Center, was interviewed by TV4 on the death of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He describes Shinzo Abe as a politician who tried to wash away Japan’s bad reputation after the wars with neighboring countries. You can watch the interview here (in Swedish).
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A look back: ISDP publications for your summer reading 2022
More than half of the year 2022 has passed – here ISDP highlights some of the publications from the last six months on topics such as the war in Ukraine and its effects on different regions in Asia, the election in South Korea, economic self-defense, the crisis in Sri Lanka, challenges for the democratic world […]
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Lars Vargö interviewed in SVT’s Morgonstudion on the death of Shinzo Abe and the election in Japan
July 11, 2022: Lars Vargö, Head of the Stockholm Japan Center, was interviewed in SVT’s Morgonstudion and talked about the death of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the election in Japan. You can watch the interview here (in Swedish).
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Jagannath Panda in the Japan Forward podcast on Japan-Korea Relations
July 11, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), contributed to the Japan Forward Podcast “Real Issues, Real Voices, Real Japan Podcast” and talked about Japan-Korea Relations. You can listen to the podcast here.