News & Media

May 25, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, spoke to DD News (India) on Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, Quad and PM Modi’s Japan Visit. Here you can watch the interview.

May 25, 2022: This episode of Japanpodden focuses on the Swedish pop wonder in 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, and Jon Thunqvist. Listen in here. Language: Swedish

May 25, 2022: Svante Cornell, Director, was interviewed by the Swedish SVT on the groups PKK and YPG in connection with Sweden’s NATO application. “We have seen that Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and other external powers such as Russia and the US, have at various times supported Kurdish groupings abroad while trying to counter Kurdish […]

May 23, 2022: Lars Vargö, Distinguished Fellow and Head of the Stockholm Japan Center, was interviewed by the Swedish SVT on the covid situation in North Korea and answered five questions. “If Kim Jong-un were to start keeping a longer distance from his staff, it would confirm that the situation is really serious,” said Lars […]

May 23, 2022: Mat Engman, Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was interviewed by the Spanish rtve on Sweden’s decision to join NATO after centuries of neutrality. Here you can read the interview (in Spanish).  

May 23, 2022: Dr Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, spoke at the CASI Conference 2022. The theme of the Conference was: “Great Power Competition and Deterrence”. Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered a Keynote address. The Conference agenda can be seen here.

May 23, 2022: Niklas Swanström, Executive Director, was interviewed by The New Arab/ Al-Araby Al-Jadeed on the current situation with Sweden’s decision to join NATO and the war in Ukraine. Here you can watch the interview (partly in English).

ISDP is looking for a full-time Project Coordinator to work with the Stockholm Korea Center at its main office. The position is project based and entails working with both conventional security, but especially development and non-traditional security focused projects and initiatives (e.g. gender, climate change and human security issues). Interested candidates should send their CV and cover letter, as well […]

May 20, 2022: Svante Cornell, Director, was quoted in the Financial Times on the topic of Sweden’s NATO ambitions and Turkey’s opposition. “You can’t help but look at the very peculiar agreement between the Swedish government and a single MP. This deal had less to do with Swedish politics than Kurds in Syria,” said Svante […]

May 19, 2022: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, participated in Sveriges Radio P1’s China Podcast and talked about China’s complicated relationship with its Korean neighbors. Here you can listen to the podcast (in Swedish).