PRIO Blogs
Putin’s Much Ado About the BRICS Summit
The BRICS summit on October 22–24, held in Kazan, Russia, was met with great fanfare in Russian propaganda, which hailed it for its “epochal” significance. The BRICS summit, held in Kazan, was met with great fanfare in Russian propaganda. Propagan...
Book Chapter
"Buddhism has Made Asia Mild" : The Modernist Construction of Buddhism as Pacifism
Book chapter in Buddhist Modernities: Re-inventing Tradition in the Globalizing Modern World
Journal Article
Muslims and Christians in Lebanon: Common Views on Political Issues
Journal article in Journal of Peace Research
Journal Article
Oil Wealth Dissatisfaction and Political Trust in Norway: A Resource Curse?
Journal article in West European Politics
Journal Article
Digital Vigilantism as Weaponisation of Visibility
Journal article in Philosophy & Technology
Popular Article
Russia Struggles with Cold and Shivers from Energy Insecurity
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Popular Article
Hiç Bu Kadar Kıbrıslı Olmadıydık!
Popular article in Havadis Newspaper, 28 February
Popular Article
Şikayet Yerine Yapılabilecek O kadar Şey Var ki!!
Popular article in Havadis Newspaper
PRIO Report
Belirsizlik Döneminde Kıbrıs Sorunu: Bağlantı Kültürü Oluşturmak
PRIO Cyprus Centre Report
PRIO Blogs
ISIS Women Hoping to Return Home Are Met with a Cold Shoulder from State Officials
The media has yet again turned its attention toward the women of ISIS. Currently ISIS only occupies one square kilometre of the so-called caliphate they once had, and as the final battles to regain former ISIS-controlled territory are unfolding, m...
PRIO Blogs
The Norwegian Libya Commission: An Important Report, But We’re Still Missing Answers
The Norwegian government must have known that the 2011 bombing campaign in Libya could lead to the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, argues PRIO researcher Kristian Berg Harpviken. In light of the recent release of the commission’s official report on Norwa...
PRIO Blogs
Totalitarianism Closing in on China
The only drama in the “two sessions” jamboree in Beijing this spring is that there was no drama at all. Each year the Chinese political élite, 5000 men and a few women strong, congregate in the capital for a week of meetings of the legislature, th...
PRIO Blogs
Justice, Truth, Peace
The human mind seems to have a natural tendency to assume that all good things go together. This may be a result partly of what psychologists call tradeoff aversion and partly of wishful thinking. Let me offer some examples. Marx asserted that in ...
PRIO Blogs
Truth and Logic for a More Peaceful World: Kristian Berg Harpviken in Conversation with Arne Strand
Kristian Berg Harpviken in conversation with Arne Strand.
PRIO Blogs
Children in Lockdown: Children’s Rights, Covid-19 and the Case of Norway
“The lost generation of the Covid-19 pandemic is not those at risk over 65, but our children and youth, particularly at present here in Larvik municipality. We communicate with children subjected to violence by siblings, threats, mothers who cry a...
PRIO Blogs
The Nordic Countries and Sweden: the battle against COVID-19 continues
This piece is part of our blog series Beyond the COVID Curve. COVID-19 has quickly changed everything from our daily routines, to the policies of governments, to the fortunes of the global economy. How will it continue to shape society and the con...
PRIO Blogs
Peace with a Human Rights Perspective: Asbjørn Eide Interviewed by Helge Øystein Pharo
Asbjørn Eide, interviewed by Helge Øystein Pharo.