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Getting to Know Contemporary South Korea In the last two decades, South Korea has become one of the strongest middle powers on the globe and holds a special position in Asia as one of the major promoters of democratic values, sustainable development, green technologies, and gender equality. Additionally, South Korea’s profile has been quickly spreading […]

March 23, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of ISDP’s Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, joins HCSS – The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies as Senior Fellow for the Indo-Pacific, Europe & India.  Here you can find more information.

March 21, 2022: Japan’s $ 42 billion target, India’s Quad differences on Russia-Ukraine, China, LAC & Indo-Pacific – Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, joined StratNews Global Deputy Editor Amitabh P. Revi for a conversation on these issues. You can watch the recording on StratNews Global’s YouTube channel.

March 22, 2022: The full recording of the webinar “The 2022 Presidential Elections: A glimpse into the Future of South Korea’s Foreign and Security Policies”  is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. The South Korea presidential elections took place on March 9th, 2022. As Moon Jae-in moves towards the end of his presidency, he leaves a challenging legacy in […]

March 21, 2022: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, will participate as speaker in Delphi Economic Forum VII: New Realities (April, 6-9). Niklas Swanström will talk about China’s relationship with the world on Thursday, April 8. Here you can find more information about the Delphi Economic Forum VII.

March 18, 2022: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by the Swedish news agency TT about the conversation between Biden and Xi against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. “That Biden would warn Xi not to actively support Russia was obvious”, explains Niklas Swanström in the interview. You can read the interview for […]

March 18, 2022: Lars Vargö, Head of the ISDP Stockholm Japan Center, will participate in an event related to his book “Tomhetens filosofi” at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm (Östasiatiska museet) on Sunday, March 20 (14:00 CET). Sigrid Falkman talks to the diplomats Hans Gunnar Adén and Lars Vargö. Lars Vargö’s book […]

March 17, 2022: The full recording of the webinar “Women in Politics: A Comparative Perspective of Sweden and Japan” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. Democratic progress is critically intertwined with female participation and democratic institutions and societal actors are stronger with female participation. Japan is the oldest democracy in Northeast Asia. Yet challenges […]

March 16, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of ISDP’s Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA), participated as speaker in the conference GREAT DECISIONS 2022 organized by the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations. Here you can read more about the event.

March 13, 2022: Shoichi Itoh, an Associated Senior Research Fellow, has been quoted in Nikkei Asia’s article on “Russia looks to Northern Sea Route as its military ambitions expand”. “Shoichi Itoh, a manager and senior researcher at the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan, said before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that Japan’s involvement is driving closer […]