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ISDP is pleased to announce the appointment of Torbjörn Lodén as the new Head of the Stockholm China Center. Mr. Lodén’s most recent post was as Professor of Chinese language and culture at Stockholm University, through 1990 to 2014. He has a bachelor’s degree in Russian and philosophy from Stockholm University (1968), and took up […]

August 19, 2020: Associated Senior Research Fellow, Torbjörn Lodén, appeared on the Swedish Radio program Studio Ett to discuss the news that Taiwan has established relations with Somaliland. “Det har symbolisk betydelse . . . Det handlar i första hand inte alls om att uppmäta fullvärdiga diplomatiska förbindelser, för det är under den närmaste tiden […]

August 18, 2020: ISDP’s Associated Senior Research Fellow, Torbjörn Lodén, spoke to Studio Ett (Swedish) about Cai Xia, the expelled Chinese Communist Party member and former professor at the Central Party School in Beijing, openly criticizing the CCP and its leader, President Xi Jinping. “Jag tror att man ska lägga ganska stor vikt vid den […]

August 4, 2020: The Head of ISDP’s Korea Center, Dr. Sangsoo Lee, participated in a webinar organized by the Korean Women’s Development Institute on the topic of humanitarian aid to North Korea as well as the issue of gender equality during the Covid-19 crisis. Dr. Lee made a presentation on disaster management and the current […]

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 […]