News & Media

August 5, 2021: The Head of ISDP’s Stockholm Japan Center, Dr. Lars Vargö, answered questions from Folk och Försvar (in Swedish) about Japan’s future security policy alternatives.

July 11, 2021: Niklas Swanström was interviewed on P4 Extra (Swedish) about the Covid-19 situation in North Korea.

The full recording of ISDP’s webinar, Tokyo Olympics – An Uphill Battle, is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel.

June 29, 2021: Major General (ret.) Mats Engman participated in an event hosted by the Universal Peace Foundation titled Europe and Russia’s relations with the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK – North Korea). The full recording of the webinar is available via this link.

The Head of ISDP’s Stockholm Japan Center, Dr. Lars Vargö, has written a book chapter in Songs on the Road: Wandering Religious Poets in India, Tibet, and Japan. Vargö’s chapter, The Travels and Poems of Matsuo Bashô, explores the life of Matsuo Bashô (1644-1694), who traveled around Japan and recorded his experiences in a poetic […]

June 9, 2021: Mats Engman, Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, Larissa Stünkel, Junior Research Fellow at ISDP’s Stockholm China Center, and Julian Tucker, Research Fellow at ISDP’s Stockholm China Center, spoke to Mediapart (in French) about Taiwan’s security environment and the PLA.

The full recording of ISDP’s webinar, Chinese thought, Confucianism and Christian Faith: Contributions to an Ecological Culture, is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel.

June 26, 2021: The Head of ISDP’s Stockholm China Center, Dr. Torbjörn Lodén, spoke to Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish) about the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.

June 23 & 24, 2021: The Head of ISDP’s Stockholm China Center, Dr. Torbjörn Lodén, spoke to Svenska Dagbladet and Sveriges Radio (in Swedish) about the closure of the Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily.

June 11, 2021: ISDP’s Executive Director, Dr. Niklas Swanström, spoke to SvD (in Swedish) about the G7 summit in Cornwall.