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May 13, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), testified before the US-China Economic & Security Review Commission of the US Congress. Dr. Panda spoke on China’s Influence in South Asia. The recording of the hearing can be seen here.

May 12, 2022: ISDP is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Peter Adolfsson as a Junior Research Fellow. He holds a Bachelor’s degree with Honors in Japanese and Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh and a Masters degree in Japanese studies from the University of Cambridge. Mr. Adolfsson has both studied and worked in […]

May 12, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), talked about India‘s position on the Ukraine War and the changing geopolitical environment in the Indo-Pacific, including tense ties with China in ChinaObserver’s podcast “Voice for CHOICE”. Here you can listen to the episode.    

May 6, 2022: ISDP is pleased to welcome Jakob Kiefer as a member of our board. Jakob Kiefer is a former career diplomat with 25 years of experience from three continents with a focus on negotiations, economy, trade and security policy. Jakob Kiefer had leading central functions and served as EU Foreign Affairs Council Sherpa, […]

May 5, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), participated in the Belt and Road Initiative Conference organized by the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, Volkswagen Foundation and Armenian State University of Economics. Jagannath Panda talked about “India’s and Sri Lanka’s experience with the Maritime Silk Road”.

May 5, 2022: Anna Wieslander, Chairman of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by the Financial Times on the topic of the security dilemma that Sweden and Finland are facing ahead of Nato decisions. “By various informal steps and declarations in this period by major allies and working with Nato, I think we’ll get through this […]

May 5, 2022: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by the Swedish student newspaper Läget (Stockholm University) on North Korea’s recent missile tests, their background, and predictions for further tests. “After all, North Korea has demonstrated that it has the capability and the nuclear weapons. They have the ability to use them and the […]

May 4, 2022: Lars Vargö, Head of the Stockholm Japan Center, interviews Yu Miri, the author of “Tokyo Ueno Station”, in the Swedish literary magazine Karavan. Lars Vargö also translated Tokyo Ueno Station into Swedish. “It’s like I always start writing after I’ve just collided with something,” says Yu Miri in the interview. Here you […]

May 3, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), spoke to Ticker News on why China’s response to the Ukraine war matters to Russia’s overall strategy. “China’s relations with Russia will only continue to strengthen… they both need each other,” said Jagannath Panda. Here you can watch […]

May 2, 2022: This episode of Japanpodden focuses on the economy and in particular the fact that the Japanese currency – the yen – has lost a lot of value recently. 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 […]