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May 17, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), participated in a seminar on “India and the Sino-Russian reorder in Eurasia”, which was organized by the East-West Center. Here you can find more information about the event.

Commentary on the appointment of the new Chief Executive in Hong Kong by Simona Mohamsson: On May 8, 2022, Mr. John Lee Ka-chiu was “elected” as new Chief Executive in Hong Kong replacing Carrie Lam. He was the sole candidate, so there was really no choice. In this sham election, ordinary people in Hong Kong […]

May 16, 2022: ISDP is pleased to announce that Khurram Maqsood Ahmed and Sara Naqvi join the Institute as Visiting Fellows from May to July, 2022. Dr. Khurram Maqsood Ahmed is serving as a Senior Research Analyst at the Federal Government Department of Pakistan. He completed his Ph.D. in International Relations from the National Defence […]

May 16, 2022: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet on North Korea’s problem in the case of a covid outbreak: North Korea has major problems with the health care system, no vaccination program and if a pandemic were to spread, North Korea would have great difficulty managing it. […]

Last week, the ISDP Stockholm Korea Center welcomed six journalists from the Nordic countries to a first in-depth session on South Korea as part of the ISDP-KF Nordic Journalist Fellowship Program, which was initiated together with the Korea Foundation. In the last two decades, South Korea has become one of the strongest middle powers on […]

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”.