The most relevant PRIO researchers to comment on aspects relevant to the Russia-Ukraine War are listed here.

Pavel Baev

  • PRIO's foremost Russia expert
  • Russian foreign and security policy
  • Russia's military reform
  • Russia's nuclear weapons
  • Russian energy policy, with relevance for foreign and security policies
  • Russia's relations with Europe and NATO
  • pavel@prio.org - +47 906 57 163

Kristin M. Bakke

  • Surveys about geopolitical orientations in Ukraine and Donbas (as well as Crimea and other post-Soviet states and de facto states)
  • De facto states (e.g. Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh)
  • Civil wars
  • Post-war societies
  • Protests
  • kmbakke@ucl.ac.uk

Haakon Gjerløw

  • Politics in autocracy and democracy
  • Political economy, with particular focus on development
  • Political regimes and institutions
  • Mass-mobilization and protest movements
  • haagje@prio.org - +47 995 99 128

Marianne Dahl

  • Autocratic/dictatorial regimes and personalist dictators
  • Elite and security force defection from regimes
  • Regime breakdown
  • Democratization
  • Social mobilization and democratization
  • mdahl@prio.org - +47 988 22 886

Ilaria Carozza

  • China-Russia relations
  • Chinese perspectives on military interventions
  • Chinese defense and security policies
  • Eurasia
  • Global order
  • ilacar@prio.org

Júlia Palik

  • Hungarian foreign policy
  • Types and effects of third-party interventions
  • Internationalized conflicts
  • julpal@prio.org - +47 925 26 687

Nicholas Marsh

  • Arms exports
  • Military aid
  • Arms trade regulations
  • Use of weapons in insurgencies
  • nic@prio.org - +47 993 14 945

Stein Tønnesson

  • Triangular relations China-Russia-US
  • China's emphasis on national sovereignty and territorial integrity
  • Effects of the Ukrainian crisis on the East Asian Peace
  • stein@prio.org - +47 481 01 292

Marta Bivand Erdal

  • Migration and refugee issues
  • Neighboring countries' humanitarian assistance
  • Polish perspectives on the situation
  • marta@prio.org - +47 452 17 648

Louise Olsson

  • Gender equality and armed conflict in Europe
  • Women, peace and security in Nordic defence
  • louise@prio.org - +47 413 65 305

Sebastian Schutte

  • Conventional military strategy and geopolitics
  • Dynamics of insurgency
  • Social media in violent conflicts
  • Long-term effects of political violence
  • sebastian@prio.org