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Chandler Williams Succesfully Defends Master's Thesis

Chandler Williams has succesfully defended his thesis "Airstrike-only Military Interventions and Their Civilian Consequences - Evidence from the Kosovo War".

Congratulations, Chandler!

Book Chapter

2022

Key Risks Across Sectors and Regions

By Brian O'Neill, Maarten van Aalst, Zelina Zaiton Ibrahim, Lea Berrang Ford, Suruchi Bhadwal, Halvard Buhaug, Delavane Diaz, Katja Frieler, Matthias Garschagen, Alexandre Magnan, Guy Midgley, Alisher Mirzabaev, Adelle Thomas & Rachel Warren

Report

2022

Tacit engagement as a form of remote management: Risk aversity in the face of sanctions regimes

By Ayşe Bala Akal

Journal Article

2022

Poor Prospects—Not Inequality—Motivate Political Violence

By Henrikas Bartusevičius & Florian van Leeuwen in Journal of Conflict Resolution

PRIO Blogs

Thursday, 14 Jul 2022

Should Norway Join the EU? Research on Democracy and Peace Suggests So.

The debate about Norwegian EU membership has gained new life in the wake of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Norway has applied for EU-membership on multiple occasions. Charles de Gaulle blocked two applications in the 60s and the Norwegian population voted NO in referendums in 1972 and 1994 despite a clear ...

News

Wednesday, 13 Jul 2022

Halvard Buhaug Awarded ERC Advanced Grant

Research Professor Halvard Buhaug has been awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for the project "POLIMPACT: Enabling Politically Sensitive Climate Change Impact Assessments for the 21st Century".

PRIO Blogs

Thursday, 7 Jul 2022

Russia’s War in Ukraine Is a Stress Test of Norway’s Public Debate

What Do We Talk about When We Talk about War? The public debate on foreign and security policy is facing new challenges following Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The strength of our democracy depends on our ability to move beyond emotions and moral outrage, to discuss openly, argue logically, ...

PRIO Blogs

Tuesday, 5 Jul 2022

Steadfast Military Support for Ukraine Is the Route to Peace

In his essay Pacifism and the war, George Orwell wrote that “pacifism is objectively pro-Fascist.”, because “[if] you hamper the war effort of one side, you automatically help that of the other. Nor is there any real way of remaining outside such a war as the present one.” The war ...

Report

2022

'Something Is Better than Nothing': Online Learning Pursuits of Rohingya Youth and Teachers in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

By Jessica Olney, Khin Maung , Lucky , Shabbir Ahmad, Marte Nilsen & Gudrun Østby

Rerouting Europe-bound refugees to the Global South ignores their human rights

By Ayşe Bala Akal & Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn in Peace News Network

Policy Brief

2022

Europe’s Green Transition: New Areas of Conflict and Cooperation in Divided Cyprus

By Emine Eminel Sülün, PRIO Cyprus Centre Policy Brief

News

Sunday, 17 Jul 2022

PRIO Personified: Nils Petter Gleditsch at 80

Nils Petter Gleditsch turns 80 years today. He has been an international leader in peace research and an institution builder at PRIO since 1964.

PRIO Blogs

Wednesday, 13 Jul 2022

War and Food Insecurity: New Survey Evidence from Ukraine

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, food insecurity and food prices have become increasingly concerning. However, the focus has largely been on the consequences of war for the international market and food insecurity abroad, leaving less attention to the lack of food among civilians in Ukraine. Ukrainians have fled their ...

PRIO Blogs

Tuesday, 12 Jul 2022

Russian Assault on World Order Falters and Fails

Russia’s attack on Ukraine has clearly lost momentum, but the intensity of its multi-prong confrontation with the West keeps rising. Russian military command announced an “operational pause” in Donbas after the hard battles for Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, implicitly admitting that a regrouping of battalions, which have not been rotated in ...

PRIO Blogs

Thursday, 7 Jul 2022

Sweden and Finland Entering NATO: Norway Must Now Reconsider the Scope and Mission of Its Armed Forces

Norway is becoming more secure. Not only will the military balance change, but also the geographical situation. The Nordic region is now more militarily capable than it has been for centuries. And Russia is in a historically weak position. Norway was in an isolated position during the Cold War: we ...

Seeking to crack Western unity, Putin sinks Russian economy

By Pavel K. Baev in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Upcoming events

Event

Monday, 15 Aug 2022 19:00-20:00

Forces for Good and Bad: Emerging Technologies and the Future of Humankind

PRIO Event at Arendalsuka 2022

Time: 15 Aug 2022 19:00-20:00

Place: Auditoriet, Arendal bibliotek

Event

Tuesday, 16 Aug 2022 10:30-12:00

Putin og Xi: To alen av samme stykke?

PRIO-arrangement under Arendalsuka 2022

Time: 16 Aug 2022 10:30-12:00

Place: Sal 3, Arendal Kino

Event

Tuesday, 16 Aug 2022 17:30-20:00

Meet the Residents

Join the participants in Artist Residency "Repression – Expression // Violence – Creative Resistance as they give short presentations of their practices before opening up for questions and discussion".

Time: 16 Aug 2022 17:30-20:00

Place: Praksis Oslo, Rådhusgata 19

Event

Thursday, 18 Aug 2022 10:00-11:30

UN Security Council Post-Ukraine: What Role for Norway?

PRIO Event at Arendalsuka 2022

Time: 18 Aug 2022 10:00-11:30

Place: Grand Hotel Arendal

Event

Monday, 15 August 2022

Repression - Expression // Violence - Creative Resistance

This residency seeks to create a space for exploration and community between artists whose creative practices respond to lived experiences of conflict and oppression. It is underpinned by PRIO’s ongoing research project INSPIRE which investigates creative practice and activism in contexts of war. The residency was developed by PRAKSIS, PRIO and Motaz Habbash.

Time: 15 Aug 2022

Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3, Oslo

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