News & Media

July 1, 2022: Sangsoo Lee, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center, was quoted in NK News on why North Korea’s killing of ROK official has again erupted into scandal. “As the Moon government was still wanting to improve its relations with the North, it needed to minimize negative public perceptions of North Korea,” said Sangsoo […]

Last week, the ISDP Stockholm Korea Center co-organized a trip to Seoul with the Korea Foundation for the participants of the ISDP-KF Nordic Journalist Fellowship Program. Through a series of meetings and visits at various institutions, the participating journalists received in-depth knowledge and first-hand experiences of multiple aspects of contemporary Korean society.  To promote greater […]

June 21, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), participates in the seminar “China’s BRI in the time of economic slowdown: what does it mean for EU and Japan” (June 21, 15:00-16:30) organized by the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Warsaw. […]

June 20, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), participates in the seminar “Quad Plus: Is there a Space for Europe?” (June 20, 15:00-16:30 CET) organized by the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Warsaw. More information about the event: Critics might […]

June 17, 2022: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, explained the Swedish view in euronews’ article on the possibility of Finland breaking with Sweden on NATO membership. “I think operationally speaking it makes sense that Sweden and Finland stick together because we are so intertwined operationally,” explained Anna Wieslander. “We have a strategic moment […]

June 17, 2022: Svante Cornell, Director, was quoted in Washington Post (among others) on Swedish Parliamentarian Amineh Kakabaveh’s role in Sweden’s NATO bid. “We are not used to single members of Parliament having such influence,” said Svante Cornell. “It’s maximal bad luck for the government’s side, you could say.” You can read the whole article […]

June 14, 2022: Sangsoo Lee, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center, was quoted in Nikkei Asia on the topic of Russia and China blocking any new push by the U.S. for sanctions. “With the noncooperation of Russia and China, the effectiveness of sanctions are weakening,” said Sangsoo Lee. You can read the whole article here. […]

June 14, 2022: Mats Engman, a Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was interviewed by the Swedish Sveriges Radio Ekot on the current shortage of weapons and how this shortage affects Ukraine. “When you ask for more modern and heavier weapon systems, then you have to add a training component as well,” said Mats Engman. You […]

June 13, 2022: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, participated in the conference on Europe’s Strategic Solidarity in the Face of the Use of Force (June 10, 2022) organized by IRIS – Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques. You can find out more about the conference here.  

June 13, 2022: This episode of Japanpodden focuses on Joe Biden’s visit to Japan and what the Quad means for security policy in Asia – and for Japan. Japanpodden is a Swedish-language podcast about everything related to Japan. The editors are Göran Edman, Hans Rhodiner, Lars Vargö, the Head of the ISDP Stockholm Japan Center, […]