News & Media

July 28, 2020: ISDP’s Distinguished Military Fellow Mats Engman participated in a video event hosted by the Hudson Institute to debate the economic and national security threats posed by China and Russia and what Europe can do to counter their increasingly aggressive stance.

July 24, 2020: Tensions between the U.S. and China continue to rise. The U.S. consulate in Chengdu in southwestern China has been closed in response to the closing of a Chinese consulate in Texas following spying allegations. Meanwhile, the military presence in the South China Sea is escalating. Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, Mats Engman, […]

July 9, 2020: ISDP’s Associated Senior Research Fellow, and Professor emeritus at Stockholm University, Torbjörn Lodén spoke to Sveriges Radio Studio Ett (Swedish) about the recently implemented Hong Kong national security law. “Syftet är naturligtvis att tysta oppostionen helt och hållet, och på kort sikt kommer man antagligen att lyckas med det, eftersom att om […]

July 5, 2020: ISDP’s Executive Director Niklas Swanström spoke to SVT Nyheter (Swedish) about the possible consequences of the new national security law that China passed in Hong Kong on the last of June. “I det här läget [är det] väldigt svårt att säga att det här inkluderas och det här inkluderas inte i lagen.”

June 30, 2020: ISDP’s Executive Director Niklas Swanström spoke to TT, appearing in Västerbottenskuriren (Swedish), about the news that China’s National People’s Congress passed the Hong Kong national security law. “Nu har det antidemokratiska systemet tagit över. Nu är det förenat med fara att uttrycka åsikter om demokrati och mänskliga rättigheter.”

Every semester ISDP runs an internship program which is open to university students and recent graduates. The Institute currently has an opening for its Japan Center for the fall of 2020 and is looking for an intern to start in late August or early September. The internship will last between 4-6 months at the main […]

June 16, 2020: The Head of ISDP’s Korea Center, Sangsoo Lee, spoke to Izvestia Daily (Russian) about escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula. “The U.S. government has already cautioned Pyongyang not to escalate further tensions. But as long as it won’t be nuclear or ICBM tests, threatening his election campaign, Trump doesn’t care much about […]

June 16, 2020: ISDP’s Executive Director Niklas Swanström spoke to TT, with appearances in Göteborgsposten and Västerbottens-Kuriren, about the news that North Korea has blown up the joint liaison office with South Korea in Kaesong. “Det är inte mycket omvärlden kan göra nu. Jag tror att vi kommer se en större vilja att kompromissa med […]

June 16, 2020: ISDP’s Executive Director Niklas Swanström spoke to SVT Nyheter (Swedish) about rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula following the news that North Korea has blown up the inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong. “Uppgifterna om att Nordkorea sprängt det gemensamma sambandskontoret på gränsen mot Sydkorea [är] minst sagt oroande, men inte särskilt förvånande. […]

June 10, 2020: The Head of ISDP’s Korea Center, Sangsoo Lee, spoke to Urdu Point about rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula. “[It] seems that Pyongyang is gearing up to lay the groundwork for escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, while blaming South Korea’s hostile acts. By rising the military tensions with provocations, brinkmanship tactics […]