Policy Brief
Children affected by armed conflict, 1990–2024
Conflict Trends
Record high: One in five children in conflict zones
From Gaza to Sudan to Ukraine, the headlines keep reminding us of a painful truth: children are always among the hardest hit during conflict and war.
Peace and sustainability – two sides of the same coin
The world is severely off track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the rise in armed conflicts a major cause.
            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.
            Friday, 3 Oct 2025
PRIO secures new funding from RCN and ERC
PRIO researchers have recently been awarded grants for exciting new projects, from the Research Council of Norway (RCN) and the European Research Council (ERC).
Putin attempts to shift nuclear brinkmanship
Russian President Vladimir Putin is shifting from overt nuclear brinkmanship to using Russia’s nuclear energy program as a “peaceful” tool of influence.
            Monday, 22 Sep 2025
Record number of women living in conflict in 2024
An estimated 676 million women – nearly 17 percent of the global female population – lived within 50 kilometres of a deadly conflict last year, according to a new PRIO report.
The starvation of Gaza is a deliberate policy
In recent days, Israel has commenced new attacks on Gaza, with humanitarian aid playing a key role in its forced expulsion of Palestinians.
            Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
PRIO migration project selected as 'success story'
The project Quantifying Migration Scenarios for Better Policy (QuantMig) is featured by the European Commission as a success story of impactful research.
            Journal Article
The European Iron Network: the remaking of the political economy of European defence production following the Ukraine War
Journal article in Journal of European Integration
            Journal Article
How Economic Inequalities Shape International Migration Aspirations: A Multilevel Analysis of Perceptions and Context
Journal article in Population, Space and Place
            Journal Article
Education Provision in Rebel Governance: Comparative Insights from Yemen and Syria
Journal article in Civil Wars
Adding a new piece to the puzzle: How the UN Peace and Security Data Hub can support peace and conflict research
By offering structured, publicly accessible and regularly updated data on various aspects of UN peace support, the UN Peace and Security Data Hub opens new avenues for empirical research and policy-relevant analysis – not least for forecasting pla...
Multipolarity matures, but not according to Putin’s plan
The intensity of turbulence on the global arena has reached such high levels that the 2025 BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro on 6–7 July attracted far less attention than expected.
            Wednesday, 25 Jun 2025
Reimagining Humanitarianism. Special issue on relational accountability in locally-led crisis response
The special issue examines the transformative potential of centering communitarian practices, including mutual assistance networks, relational support systems, and local accountability frameworks, in order to rethink humanitarian action from the g...
            PRIO Report
From Isolation to Imitation: The “Dubaization” of North Cyprus and the New Demography of a De Facto State
PRIO Cyprus Centre Report
            Journal Article
Discussions on locally-led humanitarian assistance amongst European INGOs and donors — shifting practices or challenging mental models?
Journal article in Fennia
            Policy Brief
Beyond a Comprehensive Settlement in Cyprus: CBMs and the Reinstatement of Maronite and Buffer Zone Villages
PRIO Cyprus Centre Policy Brief
The US nuclear umbrella over Europe was a myth
Is it possible to imagine that one state would risk its own destruction in defence of another state?
The asylum paradox – yes. But what now?
Stating that the asylum system in Europe is dysfunctional, is hardly a novelty. It’s even been described as contributing to what has been referred to as an “asylum paradox.”
            Journal Article
Armed conflict and birthweight: The role of organized violence and anti-coca fumigation in Colombia
Journal article in Social Science & Medicine
Peace research is not defense research: Time to insist on tougher questions
It requires greater engagement from us as a peace research community to show why peace itself is important — indeed, the most important — public good of our time.
Russia’s maximalist demands undermine peace talks despite mounting domestic strains
The key goal of the most recent round of talks between Russia and Ukraine, held on Monday, June 2, in Istanbul, is supposed to be an exchange of memoranda on the conditions for ending the war.
Putin holds firm to war course, conjuring mirage of victory
The fever of diplomatic battles around Russia’s war against Ukraine in the first three weeks of May has broken, leaving few meaningful results.
            Journal Article
The 2023/24 VIEWS Prediction challenge: Predicting the number of fatalities in armed conflict, with uncertainty
Journal article in Journal of Peace Research
            Journal Article
Discourse and Norms along China’s Digital Silk Road
Journal article in Asia Policy
Russia May be Switching Tactics From Sabotage of Peace Deal to Bargaining
On April 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a three-day ceasefire in his war against Ukraine in the lead-up to the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Second World War (President of Russia, April 28). The ceasefire is due to b...
The Hype, Delusions and Risks of the Arctic Geopolitics
The surge of political attention to the Arctic may appear counter-intuitive to the experts overtaxed with assessing the consequences of the global trade war, perplexed by the deadlock of the Ukraine War, and frustrated by the deepening indifferenc...
Putin’s Warpath Goes Through Arctic
Russia’s war against Ukraine is stuck in a rigid deadlock. The prospect of agreeing on a ceasefire, which had appeared within reach a couple of weeks ago, has, however, become distant and blurred.
Africa in the Global Disorder of Trumpism
Africa is not a homogeneous entity. Unlike the United States or China, it does not have a unified political power capable of defending a common interest.