News & Media

November 5, 2024: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was quoted in several Swedish media on the latest developments regarding North Korean soldiers participating in the war in Russia. North Korean soldiers “cannon fodder for a week”, Hufvudstadsbladet via TT “Would not be surprised if she meets Putin”, about Choe Son-Hui in Russia, Svenska Dagbladet What […]

October 28, 2024: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was interviewed by Business Insider on the backdrop of China’s Xi Jinping negotiating a truce with India’s leader, Narendra Modi. “So definitely, this is a setback for the United States of America’s Indo-Pacific outlook, given the kind of rapprochement […]

October 28, 2024: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was quoted in Business Insider on the topic of North Korea solidifying ties with Russia, a change from its usual focus on China. “Officially, they might not really welcome it, they might see it as an alarming situation,” said […]

October 25, 2024: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, quoted in several Swedish media on the latest developments regarding North Korean soldiers participating in the war in Russia. “Now we are talking about a completely different escalation”, in “Now North Korea is practising live’ – why 12,000 troops could escalate the war in Ukraine”, Omni “‘Axis […]

October 22, 2024: ISDP is pleased to announce the appointment of Josephine Ørgaard Rasmussen as a Project Coordinator at the Stockholm Korea Center. Ms. Ørgaard Rasmussen graduated with a master’s degree from the University of Southern Denmark in International Security and Law. Through her master’s degree, she concentrated on the security situation surrounding the Korean […]

October 22, 2024: Mats Engman, Head of the Stockholm Korea Center and Distinguished Military Fellow, spoke to SVT Aktuellt about South Korea calling for North Korean soldiers to go home. North Korea has decided to assist Russia with 12,000 troops in the war against Ukraine. This is according to both South Korea and Ukraine, which […]

October 22, 2024: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, spoke to TVP World about how the BRICS Summit underscores the global divide. China and Russia aim to promote the BRICS as a credible (political) multipolar organization. Expanding BRICS serves the global agendas of China and Russia, and it […]

October 22, 2024: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was quoted about the BRICS summit in Kazan in abp. The article focuses on Pakistan and BRICS: “However, one of the key takeaways of the summit is likely to be India’s green signal to Pakistan’s long-pending bid for membership […]

October 22, 2024: Anna Wieslander, Chair of the ISDP Board, talked about the difference between Trump and Harris regarding foreign policy in SVT Morgonstudion. Specifically, she talked about Ukraine, the Middle East, NATO, and China. You can watch the interview here (in Swedish).

October 22, 2024: On Monday, October 14, 2024, ISDP had the great pleasure of welcoming a delegation from Uzbekistan. During an informal roundtable discussion, the delegation discussed the ongoing reform process and the efforts to prepare a more open and competitive environment for the upcoming parliamentary elections. The meeting facilitated a productive exchange between the […]