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Making Women Combatants Visible: Steps Towards Gender-Responsive Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration

In October the Security Council met for its annual Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Open Debate under the theme of “Women Building Peace in a Changing Environment.” Despite the WPS agenda’s goals for including women in all aspects of security and peace-making, their participation in disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR), ...

Policy brief

2024

The EU and Peace Facilitation Organizations: Peace Multipliers or Cats to Be Herded?

PRIO Policy Brief

PRIO Blogs

Tuesday, 26 Nov 2024

Vladimir Putin (R) and Kim Jong Un before Russian-North Korean talks in June 2024 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Photo: Contributor/Getty Images.

Putin’s ‘Three Escalations’ Affect Prospect of Peace in Ukraine

Russia’s strategy in executing its aggressive war against Ukraine, passing the 1,000-day mark last week, puts the country’s economy, society, and armed forces under enormous pressure that Moscow’s militaristic propaganda cannot quite cover. As Russia’s war in Ukraine passes the 1,000-day mark, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategy has turned to ...

News

Monday, 25 Nov 2024

Syrian refugee cramp. Photo: Getty Images

Armed Conflict’s Hidden Costs: A Multidisciplinary Look at War's Impact on Human Development

A new comprehensive review reveals that the detrimental effects of armed conflict extend far beyond the battlefield, with war reverberating through every aspect of human development.

Journal article

2024

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Taylor & Francis

Coups and refugee flows in autocracies and democracies

Journal article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Podcast episode

Tuesday, 19 Nov 2024

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, takes the stage for his last rally of the election year at Van Andel Arena on November 05, 2024 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Trump campaigned for re-election in the battleground states of North Carolina and Pennsylvania before arriving for his last rally minutes after midnight in Michigan. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Will Trump 2.0 Break US Democracy?

What Donald Trump's win means for US Democracy

Journal article

2024

Fostering togetherness in superdiverse Catholic parishes

Journal article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

PRIO Blogs

Thursday, 14 Nov 2024

Perplexed Vladimir Putin Reckons With Outcome of US Elections

The Kremlin had confidently expected confusion and turmoil following the US presidential election. Instead, a definite outcome and the commitment to a smooth transition of power are set to shape the US political environment for the next couple of months. The significant majority of Russians preferred Donald Trump as the ...

News

Thursday, 14 Nov 2024

Culture Conflict Course, October 2024. Photo: PRIO

PhD level course on Culture, Conflict and Politics

As part of the Norhed project, Partnership for Peace: Better Higher Education for Resilient Societies, PRIO held the PhD level course Culture, Conflict and Politics: Introduction to interpretive theory and methodology, 29-31 October.

Recorded event

Wednesday, 27 Nov 2024 09:00–10:00 UTC+01

Bombed school in Gaza City, Palestine. Photo: Mohammed Abed/GettyImages

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Education Under Siege: Protecting Learning in Palestine, Myanmar and Beyond

How are academic institutions and individuals targeted in Palestine and Myanmar? Join us for the launch of the Scholars at Risk 'Free to Think 2024'.

PRIO Blogs

Tuesday, 26 Nov 2024

Protection of Civilians in Crisis: Geneva Conventions at 75

With the devastating news from Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan among other wars, we witness a crisis of the international regime for protecting civilians in armed conflict. However, this is not a total collapse but a return to the troubling world that the legal protections for civilians in the 1949 Geneva ...

Monograph

2024

En kort introduksjon til Israel-Palestina-konflikten. Cappelen Damm Akademisk

En kort introduksjon til Israel-Palestina-konflikten, 2. utgave

Monograph

PRIO Blogs

Friday, 22 Nov 2024

Authorship and Involuntary Attribution: How and Why Should We Contest AI Manipulation?

Technology is radically changing the work and role of scholars and the function of academic publishing. Fake and fabricated content (data, facts, arguments, claims, conclusions) undermines the foundations of knowledge in a democratic society. Faking publications and citations undermine the way we as a community of knowledge producers have organized ...

PRIO Blogs

Tuesday, 19 Nov 2024

Israel Has Escalated Its Shadow War Against UNRWA. What Happens Now?

On 4 November, the Israeli Foreign Ministry cancelled the agreement the country signed with UNRWA in 1967. A week earlier, the Knesset had passed legislation banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. Why is Israel doing this, and what could the consequences be? UNRWA a free ...

News

Monday, 18 Nov 2024

Erica Chenoweth. Photo: PRIO / Erlend Dalhaug Daae. Photo: Erlend Dalhaug Daae

How Civil Society Can Counter Global Authoritarianism – Insights from the PRIO Annual Peace Address

PRIO hosted the 15th Annual Peace Address on 12 November, focusing on a pressing global concern: the state of democracy and the vital role of civil society in its preservation and renewal.

Israel har trappet opp sin skyggekrig mot Unrwa. Hva skjer nå?

Upcoming events

Event

Thursday, 28 Nov 2024 10:30–12:30 UTC+01

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Peace NGOs in Uncertain Times: Navigating Transparency and Inclusivity During Trump’s Second Term

What is the future of Western peace mediation?

Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3, Oslo

Time: 28 Nov 2024 10:30–12:30 UTC+01

Event

Tuesday, 3 Dec 2024 15:00–17:00 UTC+01

Yan Dobronosov/GlobalImagesUkraine. Photo: Getty Images

Roundtable: The Rise of Drone Wars Against Civilians

This digital roundtable convenes experts in the field for a conversation about the rapidly growing security threat represented by drone attacks on civilians.

Place: Teams webinar

Time: 3 Dec 2024 15:00–17:00 UTC+01

Event

Wednesday, 4 Dec 2024 18:00–19:30 UTC+01

Norge som fredsnasjon og krigsmakt

Historien om det lille landet som bidrar til fred i verden både utfordres og styrkes når norske soldater og diplomater deler sine fortellinger. Hvordan skapes sannheten om Norge?

Place: Domus Bibliotheca, UiO, Karl Johans gate 47

Time: 4 Dec 2024 18:00–19:30 UTC+01

Event

Friday, 6 Dec 2024 08:30–10:00 UTC+01

. Photo: Oleksii Chumachenko/GettyImages

AI in War & Peace: the politics of truths and fakes

Welcome to a discussion about AI truths and fakes in conflict and its aftermath.

Place: Domus Bibliotheca, UiO, Karl Johans gate 47

Time: 6 Dec 2024 08:30–10:00 UTC+01

Event

Friday, 6 Dec 2024 10:00–17:00 UTC+02

Anniversaries of Cyprus: Revisiting the past, reimagining the future

2024 marks several anniversaries that constitute a watershed in the history of Cyprus.

Place: Home for Cooperation, Nicosia, Cyprus

Time: 6 Dec 2024 10:00–17:00 UTC+02

Event

Friday, 6 Dec 2024 11:30–12:30 UTC+01

The Democratic Peace in a Geopolitically Changing World

Is it still true that democracies rarely wage war against each other?

Place: Domus Bibliotheca, UiO, Karl Johans gate 47

Time: 6 Dec 2024 11:30–12:30 UTC+01

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