News & Media

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 […]

February 4, 2022: ISDP is pleased to announce that Lena Sundh has joined the research team as a Distinguished Fellow. Lena Sundh is a retired Swedish diplomat who has also served in the UN. She has i.a  been ambassador to Angola, Special Envoy of Sweden to the Africa Great Lakes region and counsellor for political […]

February 3, 2022: In light of the Winter Olympics starting soon in Beijing, ABF Stockholm is hosting a webinar on “China and human rights – what does the Beijing Winter Olympics entail?” on February 8. Torbjörn Lodén, the Head of ISDP’s China Center, will be joining the discussion. Find more information about the webinar on […]

February 2, 2022: Larissa Stünkel will participate in the virtual roundtable discussion “The Expanded Geopolitics of the Pacific Islands” (Monday, March 28, 2022) at the ISA 2022 Annual Convention in Nashville. Here you can find more information about the convention and its program.

February 1, 2022: Today, Niklas Swanström participates in ISCP Session of the Universal Peace Federation “Enlisting Global Cooperation on the Issue of the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula” (15:00 – 16:30 CET). The purpose of the session is to begin to lay bare a vision of all the initial steps that will need to […]

January 30, 2022: Niklas Swanström was interviewed in Svenska Dagbladet on the recent developments in North Korea – Pyongyang has never before test-fired so many missiles in a single month. Read the full interview on Svenska Dagbladet’s website (in Swedish).

Every semester ISDP runs an internship program which is open to university students and recent graduates and that offers the interns work experience in an international environment, encourages them to write and publish with staff members, and shoulder progressive responsibilities within the organization.  Peter Adolfsson (ISDP’s Stockholm Japan Center), Elin Bergner (ISDP’s Stockholm Korea Center) […]

January 28, 2022: This episode of Japanpodden focuses on the Japanese yakuza. Listen in here. Language: Swedish

January 27, 2022: The full recording of the webinar “Genres of Translation of Swedish Literature in Taiwan: the Past, the Present and Predictions” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel. Here you can find more information about the webinar and the speaker Teng-Chian Kuo.