News & Media

March 2, 2022: ISDP is pleased to announce that Professor Sang-Yoon Ma joined the Institute as a Visiting Fellow from February 25 to March 24, 2022. Sang-Yoon Ma is Professor of International Relations at the Catholic University of Korea. Formerly, he was Director-General for Strategy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea. […]

February 16, 2022: The full recording of the webinar “Collective Economic Self-Defense Against Authoritarianism: Lessons for EU” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. In this webinar, ISDP was delighted to arrange a webinar about the feasibility and importance of developing a mechanism for the EU to handle economic coercion by authoritarian states from some […]

February 14, 2022: The full recording of the webinar “Green Transition: Nordic and Korean Strategies for Sustainable Finance” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. In this webinar, ISDP was delighted to bring together experts from both the public and private spheres to facilitate knowledge sharing and discussions about sustainable finance and the green transition.  The […]

February 11, 2022: Anna Wieslander, Chairman of the ISDP Board, was interviewed by the Swedish newspaper Expressen about the latest developments on Russia and Ukraine. “I think there are certain things that are crucial, such as the confirmation that Russia is building up capacity to take care of wounded along the border – with blood […]

February 14, 2022: This episode of Japanpodden focuses on what it’s like to be a professional footballer 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

February 10, 2022: The full recording of the webinar “Nathan Law: Journey to Freedom – My Life that Rhythms the Fall of Hong Kong” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. In this webinar, Nathan Law presented the recent history of the democratic movement in Hong Kong through his own lens. He has been a […]

February 3, 2022: Niklas Swanström was interviewed in the Colombian TV news magazine Testigo Directo on the North Korea nuclear weapon program and the missile tests done this year. Here you can watch the whole interview (starting from minute 4:14).

February 6, 2022: Sangsoo Lee has been quoted in Radio Free Asia as saying that China allowed North Korea’s recent missile tests even though the tests were just prior to the Beijing Olympic Games. Beijing is now willing to support North Korea politically and economically due to the rise of hegemonic race between the US […]

February 4, 2022: Anna Wieslander, Chairman of the ISDP Board, has been quoted in Defense News on the topic of how the Nordic countries bundle up against NATO-Russia freeze. “We can expect to see more defense cooperation at a Nordic level, and between Finland and Sweden especially. There is already a solid foundation for closer […]

February 4, 2022: Niklas Swanström has been quoted in the South China Morning Post on the topic of China and Russia enhancing a ‘growing energy partnership’. “China and Russia have opened up for increased economic cooperation, but the Chinese interest has been relatively modest,” explains Niklas Swanström in the article. The article is available on […]