Ukraine’s expanding strike campaign undercuts Putin’s claims of steady progress
Russian President Vladimir Putin has a reputation for lashing out when cornered. According to some analysts, Putin’s pattern of responding to setbacks with escalation has made many Western leaders hesitant to supply heavy-impact weapon systems to ...
Thursday, 21 May 2026
Marianne Dahl appointed Acting Deputy Director at PRIO
Marianne Dahl has been appointed Acting Deputy Director at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
Putin missed another potential chance to work toward peace
Russians are tired of the Kremlin’s deadlocked war against Ukraine. Neither the keenest Russia observers nor analysts inside the Kremlin, however, have an accurate measure of this tiredness.
Putin’s war calculus keeps oscillating as spring offensive stumbles
The effect of the ongoing conflict in the Persian Gulf on Russia’s war against Ukraine grows more complex as the parties of both conflicts experience attrition of various kinds
Russia expects Iran to endure U.S.–Israeli strikes
The shock in Moscow from the February 28 launch of ongoing U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iran has eased, and extensive Russian commentary has shifted to asserting that superior air power alone cannot guarantee a meaningful victory.
Dilemmas for Greece with the war against Iran
The current state of affairs, characterized by the circumvention of the law, the discrediting of institutions, the normalization of exception and the legitimization of bullying, is disastrous for us.
Popular Article
Russia's hope for trans-Atlantic rift at MSC disappointed
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Russia’s hope for trans-atlantic rift at MSC disappointed
Russia hopes to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe through hybrid attacks and nuclear brinkmanship to increase its chances of prevailing against Ukraine.
Naming the moment without despair: Women mediators in a shifting global order
Women mediators are not guests in the future order – they are architects.
Wednesday, 17 Dec 2025
A glimpse into the multifaceted work of Manuel E. Salamanca Rangel in the RedLines project
In this interview, Dr. Prof. Salamanca Rangel of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia, tells about his work as a research partner in the PRIO led project Red Lines and Grey Zones: exploring the ethics of humanitarian negotiatio...
Book Review
Through the India–China Border: Kalimpong in the Himalayas: Prem Poddar and Lisa Lindkvist Zhang
Book review in Journal of Contemporary Asia
Popular Article
Quality of mediation is a major issue in the Ukrainian peace process
Popular article in Global Panorama
Quality of mediation is a major issue in the Ukraine peace process
The ongoing talks between the US, Russian and Ukrainian teams of negotiators may yet produce a “peace deal” – so desired by President Donald Trump – by the end of the tumultuous year 2025, or at least before the disastrous war comes to the four-ye...
Tuesday, 18 Nov 2025
PRIO Welcomes Science Journalist for ERC-Funded FRONTIERS Residency
FRONTIERS, an ERC-funded science journalism initiative, enables journalists to spend time at a research institution and pursue projects on topics of their choice.
Deciphering the militarizing effect of military practices of threat forecasting: the French Red Team Project and its relevance for contemporary civ...
Imagine being a part of a government-backed initiative that recruits artists and scientists to envision future threat scenarios. Isn’t that a promising way to overcome organizational biases and group-thinking? In my recent article published in Sec...
Aeropeace in airspace: from defensive measures to positive peace
Peace can no longer be imagined without a peaceful sky – without ‘Aeropeace’ – but what does that entail?
Thursday, 13 Nov 2025
Haakon Gjerløw appointed new Deputy Director of PRIO
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Haakon Gjerløw as its new Deputy Director, effective 1 October.
Friday, 31 Oct 2025
Security Dialogue welcomes new editorial team from 2026
From 1 January 2026, the international journal Security Dialogue will be led by a new editorial team based at its institutional home, PRIO.
Why Trump is unlikely to win the Nobel Peace Prize
U.S. President Donald Trump has presented himself as a global peacemaker-in-chief, citing his role brokering several peace agreements and suggesting he belongs among the laureates.
Tuesday, 30 Sep 2025
PRIO secures funding for three ground-breaking projects
PRIO has successfully secured funding for three timely projects on authoritarian AI (mis)use, biodiversity financing politics and ethical dilemmas in Norway’s preparedness strategies.
Cover letters – what are they good for?
Some advice on cover letters for submission to academic journals from the Desk Editor of Journal of Peace Research.
Thursday, 4 Sep 2025
PRIO Senior Researcher Julia Palik secures prestigious ERC grant to study how rituals shape the social reintegration of former combatants
PRIO is immensely proud to announce that Senior Researcher Julia Palik has been awarded the highly competitive European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant for the groundbreaking project titled Com2Civ: Rituals in Combatant-to-Civilian Transfor...
11–12 Sep 2006
9/11 Five Years After
PRIO has organized an international conference on the costs of security and the value of liberty in an age of trans-national terrorism.
14–15 Nov 2003
Federalism
Workshop on Autonomy Arrangements and Internal Territorial Conflicts
Wednesday, 19 Mar 2014 17:00–19:00 UTC+01
Elections in Afghanistan
Afghanistan Week 2014
Thursday, 4 Dec 2014 12:00–13:15 UTC+01
The Conflict Horizon to 2030 and Beyond in a Nutshell
Lunch seminar with Dan Smith in cooperation with the PRIO Conflict Trends Project
Monday, 12 Jan 2015 10:00–12:00 UTC+01
Shared Sovereignty and Territory in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
A seminar with Dr. Ephraim Nimni, Queen’s University, Belfast
Tuesday, 9 Apr 2019 14:00–16:00 UTC+02
Peace in Korea: Dream or Real Possibility?
Welcome to a seminar co-hosted by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea and PRIO.
Tuesday, 10 Nov 2020 15:00–16:00 UTC+01
How to impact policy making? The Role of Research Institutions and Civil Society Organisations in Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
This webinar discusses how the critical roles of research institutions and civil society organisations in advancing the WPS agenda can be further amplified through collaboration.
Monday, 21 Feb 2022 15:00–16:30 UTC+01
Revising the Mandate for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan: Reflections on the Recommendations of the UN Secretary-General
This webinar aims to stimulate discussion on a revised mandate for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).