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March 21, 2023: The recording of the second day of the 2023 Taiwan-Nordic Forum is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. As part of ISDP’s Taiwan Studies Project, the Institute is hosting the Taiwan-Nordic Forum 2023. The forum will bring together Nordic and Taiwanese scholars and experts who are distinguished figures in their respective fields, in […]

March 20, 2023: The recording of the first day of the 2023 Taiwan-Nordic Forum is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. As part of ISDP’s Taiwan Studies Project, the Institute is hosting the Taiwan-Nordic Forum 2023. The forum will bring together Nordic and Taiwanese scholars and experts who are distinguished figures in their respective fields, in […]

March 16, 2023: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in a discussion on “India’s Aysmmetric Deterrence to Square up to China” organized by the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS),India, New Delhi, on March 15, 2023. The discussions covered broad aspects ranging from minilateralism to continental deterrence and […]

March 15, 2023: In-bum Chun, Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was interviewed by Deutsche Welle about North Korea firing a ballistic missile. “More missile launches with variations in style and scope should be expected, with even a nuclear test. More acts of intimidation from North Korea should not come as a surprise,” said In-bum Chun. […]

March 15, 2023: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by Deutsche Welle on why Turkey’s blockade ‘makes NATO weaker’. In Brussels, and even more so in the Swedish capital Stockholm, however, frustration is growing with Turkey’s blockade of Sweden’s and Finland’s membership of the NATO defence alliance. If the government of President Recep Tayyip […]

March 15, 2023: Mats Engman, Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was interviewed by Sveriges Radio on Australia buying submarines from the U.S.: Australia buys five nuclear-powered submarines from the U.S. This occurs within the AUKUS military cooperation. Listen to the interview here (in Swedish).

March 15, 2023: This episode of Japanpodden focuses on the use of social media in Japan. Did you know that Facebook and Instagram are not even close to the top of the list of the most popular social media platforms in Japan? It’s a Korean-Japanese application called Line. Japanpodden is a Swedish-language podcast about everything related […]

March 10, 2023: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in the Japan-EU Forum 2023. The forum was organized by the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Waseda Brussels Office with the support of JSPS (Japan), Institut d’études Europeennes. Jagannath Panda joined the discussion on “The EU and […]

March 7, 2023: Svante Cornell, Director, and Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, participated in Svenska Dagbladet’s podcast SvD Ledarredaktionen. Turkey continues to delay Swedish membership in NATO. Now there are signs that Finland could go first. What are the reasons for this? Anna Wieslander and Svante Cornell discussed what would happen if Finland […]

March 6, 2023: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was quoted by AFP on China’s biggest increase to its military budget since 2019. “China is modernising its armed forces overall, much-needed investments as some units are among the world’s best trained and equipped but other units are still lagging decades behind,” said Niklas Swanström. The quote […]