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Russia hits strategic ceiling with attack, strikes and bluffs
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Russia hits strategic ceiling with attacks, strikes, and bluffs
Each attempt at nuclear blackmail exposes the disarray in Russian elites and society.
PRIO Paper
As local as possible, as international as necessary? Knowledge review on locally-led humanitarian responses in Ukraine
PRIO Paper
The war in the shadow of Iran
While global attention is focused on the Iran conflict, the war between Pakistan and Afghanistan continues.
Surge in nuclear brinksmanship cannot regain Russia’s position of strength
The accumulation of setbacks in Russian economic, military, and foreign policies this spring has reached such a scale that the pattern of deadlocked war is beginning to shift toward the prospect of defeat
Monday, 18 May 2026
PhD Course in Advanced Qualitative Methods in Conflict Studies
The PRIO Research School on Peace and Conflict hosted doctoral candidates at the PhD-level course “Advanced Qualitative Methods in Conflict Studies”, May 4-8, 2026.
The Gaza effect
Following the war in Gaza, killings of journalists and UN staff have become part of Israel's modus operandi. If we allow these actions to continue, we risk them becoming a model for others.
Putin’s Beijing visit promises few rewards
Putin’s one-day working visit is set to be a much plainer affair than Trump’s summit.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026
The Crown Prince of Norway visits the Peace Research Institute Oslo
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway visited PRIO today for a series of briefings on pressing global challenges, including developments in the Middle East, emerging technologies, migration and the human consequences of war.
Journal Article
Strikes and Machines: Investments in the Norwegian Inter-War-Period
Journal article in The Journal of Economic History
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Climate futures require politics
Journal article in Nature Communications
Journal Article
The underreported death toll of wars: a probabilistic reassessment from a survey with UCDP coders
Journal article in Journal of Conflict Resolution
It’s time for academics to take community action on AI
The situation is critical – Academic publishing urgently needs life support.
Deadlocked war subtly changes to Russia’s detriment
This year’s 32-hour-long Easter truce for Russia’s war against Ukraine did not lead to a lasting ceasefire nor a resumption in peace talks.
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
Wednesday, 18 Mar 2026
Nobel Peace Prize 2026: PRIO Director’s list announced
Today PRIO's Director announced her list for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
Journal Article
Forced migrant arrivals can reduce political trust in African host communities
Journal article in World Development
Peace with an entry fee: Trump’s Board of Peace as a blueprint for ending wars
Talk of peace and war has been prevalent of late. In the last few weeks, President Trump’s Board of Peace met for the first time, tasked with securing peace amidst ongoing violence in Gaza.
Thursday, 12 Mar 2026
Research shows Gaza death toll higher than reported
A new study published in The Lancet journal, co-authored by PRIO Research Professor Håvard Hegre, finds that the human cost of the conflict in the Gaza Strip was significantly higher than previously recorded by local health authorities.
Book Chapter
Post-Conflict Disarmament, Demobilisation, and Reintegration in Yemen: Lessons Learned from Other Conflicts
Book chapter in Yemen at the Crossroads
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.
Rights and duties in the Norwegian welfare state
How do we think about the balance of duties and rights in the welfare state: and specifically in the Norwegian welfare state?
Moscow calculates benefits of Gulf conflict, coming short
As the aerial conflict in the Persian Gulf moves into week three, assessments generally assume Russia is a key beneficiary.
Wellbeing of women goes hand in hand with wellbeing of nations
In 2024, 676 million women lived in proximity to conflict, that is almost every 6th woman in the world — the highest number and proportion ever recorded.
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.
PRIO Paper
How artificial intelligence can support peace
PRIO Paper
Naming the moment without despair: Women mediators in a shifting global order
Women mediators are not guests in the future order – they are architects.
Trump’s attention-grabbing tactics
With a keystroke, the Trump administration shifted the world’s attention onto something that didn’t happen. At the same time, the most serious abuses happened absent our attention.
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Lamentations for the New START Treaty are immaterial
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Lamentations for the New START Treaty are immaterial
The sum total of shortcomings has not only made the New START Treaty irrelevant but also turned it into a false promise.