PRIO Middle East Centre

Led by Kristian Berg Harpviken

Aug 2019 – Dec 2023

Members

Martin Tegnander / PRIO

Kristian Berg Harpviken

Eva Chalkiadaki

Photo: PRIO / Teuta Kukleci

Taylor Clark

Photo: PRIO / Teuta Kukleci

Celestyna Hamad

Indigo Trigg-Hauger

Bjørn Schirmer-Nilsen

Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn

Khaled Zaza

The PRIO Middle East Centre conducts research on the dynamics of peace and security in the Middle East, informing constructive political engagement for the prevention, management and resolution of armed conflicts in the region.

The PRIO Middle East Centre conducts research on the dynamics of peace and security in the Middle East, informing constructive political engagement for the prevention, management and resolution of armed conflicts in the region.

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12/12/2022
Scenarios for UNRWA and the way forward. New report out

A CMI report co-authored by PRIO researcher Jørgen Jensehaugen takes stock of the UNRWA, its role and way forward in context of a funding crisis.

27/10/2022
FAIR project workshop takes place in Cyprus

The PRIO project “On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation” (FAIR) organized a workshop in Cyprus in partnership with the PRIO Cyprus Centre, PRIO Middle East Centre, and the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security, 19-21 October.

13/05/2022
UN Resident Coordinator for Syria Visits PRIO

On 12 May, researchers and practitioners held interesting discussions on Syria at a roundtable at PRIO.

27/10/2020
Kurds, Rojava and the YPJ Today

Listen to PRIO Senior Researcher Pinar Tank’s lecture on the current situation

Pavel K. Baev (2024)
Russia's influence takes another cut

Brookings Commentary The Impact of Iran's attack on Israel

Pinar Tank (2024)
Turkey’s Aspirations in Africa: Soft Power as a Tool for Geopolitical Positioning

MidEast Policy Brief

Júlia Palik & Nicholas Marsh (2024)
Arming Saudi Arabia: Navigating the Paradox of Power and Vulnerability

MidEast Policy Brief

Bruno Oliveira Martins, Pinar Tank & Beste İşleyen (2023)
Turkish Drones as a Foreign Policy Tool: A Technology-Mediated Search for Autonomy

MidEast Policy Brief

Jørgen Jensehaugen (2023)
Israel and the Abraham Accords: A Failed Expansion

MidEast Policy Brief

Jørgen Jensehaugen (2023)
Kartet og terrenget: Israel, Palestina og norsk utenrikspolitikk

Journal article in Internasjonal Politikk

Jørgen Jensehaugen (2023)
Photographing 1948: Robert Capa’s Absent Palestinians

Journal article in Journal of Palestine Studies

Pinar Tank (2023)
Transactional Alliances: The Impact of the Ukraine War on the Middle East

MidEast Policy Brief

Júlia Palik (2023)
The Impact of the Israel-Hamas War on the Saudi-Israeli Normalization Process

MidEast Policy Brief

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Anna Borshchevskaya (2022) Putin's War in Syria

Book review in JPR Book Notes

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Putin's war is stuck, beware the rising risks

Journal article in Panorama Global Academy

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Moscow scrables to sustain its positions in the Middle East

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Júlia Palik & Pinar Tank (2022)
Rebel Governance: Ansar Allah in Yemen and the Democratic Union Party in Syria

MidEast Policy Brief

Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn (2022)
Can the EU be an Effective Foreign Policy Actor Working for Peace in Libya?

MidEast Policy Brief

Pinar Tank (2022)
Erdoğans "nei": finsk og svensk NATO-medlemskap i skyggen av tyrkisk utenrikspolitikk

Popular article in Den norske Atlanterhavskomité - Ukens analyse

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Erdogan and Putin cordially probe one another's faults and failures

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Kristian Berg Harpviken (2022)
Dømt til å mislykkes? USA og det afghanske statsbyggingsprosjektet, 2001–2021

Journal article in Internasjonal Politikk

Kristian Berg Harpviken (2022)
Stø kurs i møte med globale utfordringer: Norges utenrikspolitikk

Book chapter in Det norske samfunn, 8. utgave

Pinar Tank (2022)
Rebel governance and gender in northeast Syria: Transformative ideology as a challenge to negotiating power

Journal article in Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Irrelevant intrigues and diminished power projection: Russia in retreat from the Middle East

PONARS Eurasia Memo

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Russia cannot count on Global South to confront the West

Journal article in Panorama

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Russia's war in Ukraine: Misleading doctrine, misguided strategy

Russie.Nei.Reports

Júlia Palik & Pinar Tank (2022)
The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Saudi-Iranian Relationship

MidEast Policy Brief

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Russian influence fades in the Middle East

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
As Ukraine conducts deep strikes, Russia turns to Iran

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Jørgen Jensehaugen (2022)
Bridge over Troubled Waters: Jordan’s Position in the Middle East

MidEast Policy Brief

Júlia Palik, Anna Marie Obermeier & Siri Aas Rustad (2022)
Conflict Trends in the Middle East, 1989–2021

PRIO Paper

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Russia and Turkey Deconflict Their Geopolitical Moves in the Caucasus

Journal article in Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Kremlin Tests Limits of New US Administration

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
West's renewed focus on solidarity and coordination perturbs Kremlin

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Russia tries to counter US moves in the Middle East, in vain

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Maria Louise Clausen (2021)
Piloting Humanitarian Biometrics in Yemen

MidEast Policy Brief

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Russia and Turkey: Strategic Partners and Rivals

Russie.Nei.Reports

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Moscow cannot find opening to boost its role in the Middle East

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Magnus Seland Andersson & Hilde Henriksen Waage (2021)
The Geopolitics of Syria’s Reconstruction

PRIO Paper

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Putin's predictable Syrian compromise amidst hostile Russian behavior

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Russia and America's overlapping legacies in Afghanistan

Popular article in Order from Chaos

Ilaria Carrozza & Henrik Buljo Anstorp (2021)
Kommer Kina til å gjenoppbygge Afghanistan, Irak og Syria?

Popular article in Aftenposten

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Russia takes measure of how Afghanistan resonates in the Middle East

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Fake elections and Russia's belligerent foreign policy

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Kristian Berg Harpviken & Bjørn Schirmer-Nilsen (2021)
Irresolvable Dilemmas? The Prospects for Repatriation for Syrian Refugees

MidEast Policy Brief

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Russia's four diplomatic encounters and a summit

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Predictable and Unexpected Compromise: UN Humanitarian Aid Comes to Syria for Another Year

MidEast Policy Brief

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Between Syria and Afghanistan, crisis management becomes too onerous for Russia

Journal article in UIK Panorama

Ilaria Carrozza & Henrik Buljo Anstorp (2021)
Protecting Interests in Highly Volatile Countries: China’s Engagement in Iraq and Syria

PRIO Policy Brief

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Putin’s Surprise and Russia’s Foreign Policy

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Russia Exploits Middle East to Subvert Europe

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Moscow Downplays the Mixed Warnings From Munich

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Bad Judgment and a Chain of Blunders: Soviet Responses to the Iranian Revolution

Book chapter in The Iranian Revolution at Forty

Júlia Palik & Ibrahim Jalal (2020)
The Yemen War: Addressing Seven Misconceptions

MidEast Policy Brief

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Russia Has Designated Itself as the Loser in the Trilateral Oil War

Journal article in Panorama

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Putin’s Leadership Damaged by Chain of Recent Blunders

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Pondering upon Post-Pandemic Revolutions…and Russia

Popular article in ISPI Commentary

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Russian Oil Bluff Is Called, and Economic Losses Keep Mounting

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Jørgen Jensehaugen et al. (2020)
A House Divided: EU Policy on the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict

MidEast Policy Brief

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
The imperatives and limitations of Putin's rational choices

Popular article in Order from Chaos

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
The Russian-Saudi Oil Deal Bodes Ill for Russian Intervention in Syria

Journal article in Panorama

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Russia’s Multiplying Foreign Policy Constraints

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Russia Muddles Through Fog of Libyan War and Haze of Syrian ‘Peace’

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Russia's Syrian Predicament Grows Unmanageable

PONARS Eurasia Memo

Jørgen Jensehaugen (2020)
Jordan and COVID-19: Effective Response at a High Cost

MidEast Policy Brief

Pinar Tank (2020)
Turkey and COVID-19: Balancing Health and Economic Priorities

MidEast Policy Brief

Júlia Palik (2020)
Iran and COVID-19: Timing Matters

MidEast Policy Brief

Bruno Oliveira Martins & Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn (2020)
Israel and COVID-19: The politics of health, security, and government formation

MidEast Policy Brief

Alaa Tartir & Yara Hawari (2020)
Palestine and COVID-19: Global Standards, Local Constraints

MidEast Policy Brief

Haakon Gjerløw & Jørgen Jensehaugen (2020)
Dealing with COVID-19 in the Middle East

PRIO Paper

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Scant Foreign Policy Choices for a Troubled and Divided Russia

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Russia Stages Parade for Troubled Naval Fleet

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Alaa Tartir (2020)
كوفيد - 19 واللامساواة في فلسطين

Popular article in Al-Araby Al-Jadeed Newspaper

Marwa Fatafta & Alaa Tartir (2020)
Why Palestinians Need to Reclaim the PLO

Popular article in Foreign Policy

Alaa Tartir (2020)
Covid-19 has become the last injustice made to Palestine

Popular article in Geneva Solutions

Júlia Palik et al. (2020)
Conflict Trends in the Middle East, 1989–2019

PRIO Paper

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Russia Caught in Web of Middle Eastern Intrigues

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Nijmeh Ali et al. (2020)
Reclaiming The PLO, Re-Engaging Youth

Al-Shabaka Policy Circle Report

Alaa Tartir (2020)
Discord Around the Abraham Accords: Three questions to Dr. Alaa Tartir

Popular article in Institut Montaigne

Júlia Palik et al. (2020)
Conflict Trends in the Middle East, 1989–2019

Conflict Trends

Alaa Tartir & Jeremy Wildeman (2020)
It's time to rethink the structure of Palestinian aid

Popular article in Middle East Eye

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
New Wave of Islamic Extremism Adds to Putin’s Troubles

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Putin Tries to Regain Initiative, as Crises Continue to Rage

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Rediscovered Moderation a Poor Fit for Russia’s Putinist Policy

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Russia Strives for an Oil and Gas Resurgence

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Alaa Tartir (2020)
Biden’s Impending Billions to Palestine

Popular article in LSE Middle East Centre Blog

Pavel K. Baev (2019)
The impacts of the Syrian intervention on Russian strategic culture

Security Insights

Pavel K. Baev (2019)
Russia ponders the burden of its "victory" in Syria

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Jørgen Jensehaugen & Pinar Tank (2019)
Kurdish and Palestinian Quests for Self-Determination

MidEast Policy Brief

Jacob Høigilt (2014)
Egypt's Tahrir revolution

Book review in Journal of Islamic Studies

Jacob Høigilt (2014)
Dispatches from the Arab Spring. Understanding the New Middle East

Book review in Journal of Islamic Studies

Friday, 22 Sep 2023 08:30–10:00 UTC+02
Pasts That Persist: Perspectives from Iraq and Palestine

Thursday, 7 Sep 2023 15:00–16:30 UTC+02
Lebanon in Crisis: Empowering Political Reform

Tuesday, 22 Aug 2023 08:30–09:45 UTC+02
Al-Hol: Flyktning-, integrerings- eller fangeleir?

Monday, 8 May 2023 16:30–18:00 UTC+02
Parallel Histories of Palestine: Art, Archives and Solidarity

Monday, 13 Mar 2023 17:00–18:00 UTC+01
Resisting Occupation through Art - A Conversation with Ahmed Tobasi

Wednesday, 15 Feb 2023 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
Uncertain Future for Millions of Palestinian Refugees: A Conversation about UNRWA

Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023 08:30–09:30 UTC+01
Turkish Drones as a Foreign Policy Tool

Tuesday, 6 Dec 2022 14:00–15:30 UTC+01
Spillet om Syria

Tuesday, 6 Dec 2022 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
The Women-led Uprising in Iran: Long lines, Current Dynamics and Future Prospects - MidEast Breakfast Seminar

Thursday, 10 Nov 2022 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
Lebanon’s Current Crisis and Prospects for Renewal - MidEast Breakfast Seminar

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