Niklas Swanstrom
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Executive Director for ISDP (www.isdp.eu) Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) .. more

Paul Henry Nitze was an American businessman and government official who served as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, and Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department. He is best known for being the principal author of NSC 68 and the co-founder of Team B. He helped shape U.S. Cold War defense policy over the course of numerous presidential administrations. .. more

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⛈ New Stockholm Paper: Wither Tibet in the Climate Crisis Agenda? published by our Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs.

A call for greater international engagement in ensuring that the Tibetan Plateau is not rendered invisible in global climate discourse.
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🇰🇷🇩🇰🇫🇮🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪 Why does the Republic of Korea matter to the Nordic Countries?
@niklasswanstrom.bsky.social and Josephine Ørgaard Rasmussen provide valuable insights into this question in their latest publication. Jeenou Yi translated the piece into Korean. www.isdp.eu/publication/...
Why the Republic of Korea Matters to the Nordic Countries - Institute for Security and Development Policy
This paper aims to highlight a few areas of cooperation with the intent of emphasizing the importance of Nordic-ROK strategic compatibility.
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👋 The Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) has a newly redesigned website!
🌐 We invite you to explore the site and learn more about our work. We look forward to welcoming you online, where you can explore our latest publications, upcoming events...
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Our homepage at the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) has a new look. We invite you to visit us and get involved in our work. We look forward to "seeing" you at: www.isdp.eu
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The Middle Corridor: A Perceptible Reality or a Pipe Dream?
This piece by Christopher Peterstam analyzes how the Middle Corridor can focus on global trade reorientations and assert itself as a major route between East and West. www.isdp.eu/the-middle-c...
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🧭🇰🇷 Synne Norseth, currently an intern at ISDP's Stockholm Korea Center, interviewed Bruce Cumings & explores the trajectory of Korean democracy, from the regime of Park Chung-hee to the impeachment of Yoon Suk-yeol. www.isdp.eu/publication/...
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🇨🇳 Military-civil Fusion is a key Chinese Strategy with long-term Implications: An Interview with Jingdong Yuan (@sipri.org) and Yifei Zhu (ISDP Stockholm China Center): www.isdp.eu/publication/...
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📰🌍 Excited to share our latest policy brief : "PLA in the Arctic: under the ice?" ✍️ by Niklas Swanstrom
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#ICBM #PolarRegion #Arctic #CivilMilitaryFusion #ChinaRussia #dualuse #PeoplesLiberationArmy

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🇮🇳🇸🇪 During the event, ISDP released the Stockholm Paper "India-Sweden Ties as a Gateway to India-Nordic Engagement": www.isdp.eu/publication/...

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🌟 Are you looking for work experience in the field of international security and development? Now is the time to apply for our fall 2025 internships:
🗓 We look forward to receiving your application no later than April 21, 2025. www.isdp.eu/news/the-app...

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🇸🇪🇨🇳 Sweden and China: The Use of History and Mismatched Expectations, Asia Paper by Agust Börjesson, Acting Head of ISDP's Stockholm Taiwan Center
Link to the publication: www.isdp.eu/publication/...

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👋 The Influence of Sino-Russian Cooperation on Finland’s Energy Policy – Yesterday, we had the great pleasure of welcoming Mia Landauer from the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, at ISDP for a seminar on this timely topic. www.isdp.eu/news/the-inf...
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📣 (March 20, 2025) 🇮🇳🇸🇪 India-Sweden Webinar-II: Building New Supply Chain Connections: India, Sweden, and the Nordics - organized with the Embassy of India to Sweden. www.isdp.eu/event/india-...

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Our event calendar for March is filling up! 🗓 The first webinar of the month will be on March 18: #Taiwan Lecture Series – Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy+ and EU Ties amid Trump Administration 2.0
🇹🇼➡️ To the event page: www.isdp.eu/event/taiwan...
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🗓👋 Last week, our Korea Center had the great pleasure of co-hosting a workshop on "Exploring Work-Life Balance Through a Gender Lens – Insights from the Nordics and South Korea" with the Korea Women’s Development Institute (KWDI). Recording: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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👋 Roundtable on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Uzbekistan: Earlier this week, we received a delegation of Uzbek representatives. Together with researchers from ISDP, and representatives of civil society and universities, questions and ideas were exchanged. @niklasswanstrom.bsky.social

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🇨🇳🇷🇺🌊 Policy Brief by @niklasswanstrom.bsky.social: China, Russia and Undersea Cable Vulnerability: Shoring Up Protection
The combination of physical vulnerability, technical sophistication, and geopolitical complexity creates unique challenges.
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🌟 ISDP wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 🎄❄️ We look forward to the coming year with new events, publications, and dialogues! We would like to look back on 2024 with a selected list of 24 publications by our colleagues: www.isdp.eu/news/24-isdp...

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New Asia Paper: “Yizhou 夷洲” and “Liuqiu 流求” in Historical Chinese Texts: International Relations on the Northeast Asian Seas (3rd-17th Centuries), by Man-houng Lin and Yi-chen Huang: www.isdp.eu/publication/...