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Soft Power and Disinformation: The Strategic Role of Media in Wagner’s Expansion in Africa

After its first steps on the African continent in Libya in 2017, the Wagner Group has been deployed in Sudan, Mozambique, Madagascar, the Central African Republic, and at the end of 2021 in Mali. This rapid expansion over the years contributes to the instability and insecurity in these regions. The ...

News

Monday, 27 Mar 2023

In Search of the Radicalized Mainstream: Mobilizing, Normalizing and Normativizing Far-Right Ideologies from the Centre

Call for Papers for an international symposium & workshop, 9-10 November 2023. PRIO is co-hosting this event.

PRIO Blogs

Tuesday, 21 Mar 2023

Four Complications for the Rushed Putin-Xi Summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Moscow, which started yesterday and is expected to go for three days, is certain to be rich in pomp and ceremony. Yet, its content remains rather uncertain. Russian President Vladimir Putin, in most cordial terms, invited his Chinese counterpart during their video conversation ...

Journal Article

2023

Taiwan is feeling the pressure from Russian and Chinese autocracy

By Pavel K. Baev in Order from Chaos

PRIO Blogs

Wednesday, 15 Mar 2023

Monks and Militias in Myanmar

The political implications of ultra-nationalist Buddhist monks and ideologies in Myanmar received much attention in the years before the 2021 military takeover. As Myanmar has turned more violent since the coup, ultra-nationalist monks have been radicalised further. What role are these monks playing in the political landscape of Myanmar today? ...

PRIO Paper

2023

Country Contributions to Global Public Goods for Health

By Simon Reid-Henry, Sinead Dwyer, Christoph Benn & Ida Rødningen

Event Recording

Monday, 13 Mar 2023 17:00-18:00

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Resisting Occupation through Art - A Conversation with Ahmed Tobasi

How does occupation affect art and individual artists? Is it possible to look at art from occupied areas without considering the restrictions on freedom and other rights? Is free art possible in occupied territories?

Journal Article

2023

Russia-Ukraine war compels Japan to reassess China challenge, change course on security

By Pavel K. Baev in China Brief

News

Monday, 27 Mar 2023

PRIO’s Historical Archive Is Now Publicly Available

The PRIO Archive (about 1500 physical boxes) is now deposited at the National Archives of Norway. Most of the material ias accessible to all users.

News

Wednesday, 22 Mar 2023

Chinese Foreign Policy in Focus

Senior Researcher Ilaria Carrozza discussed Chinese foreign policy at the Norwegian Foreign Policy Conference 2023 on March 21.

PRIO Blogs

Monday, 20 Mar 2023

Taiwan Is Feeling the Pressure from Russian and Chinese Autocracy

Taiwan is where Russia’s war in Ukraine and China’s economic underperformance overlap and produce a dangerous resonance. The war may be far away from Taipei, but it brings material problems, like delays in deliveries of U.S. armaments, and disturbing changes in the regional security environment. The end of China’s fast-paced economic growth ...

Four complications for the rushed Putin-Xi summit

By Pavel K. Baev in Eurasia Daily Monitor

PRIO Blogs

Tuesday, 14 Mar 2023

China Adjusts Limits on Partnership With Russia

The Russian army’s ongoing struggle to capture Bakhmut might appear to be primarily a tactical episode in the larger geo-strategic picture of Russia’s war against Ukraine. However, it also affects the key political interactions shaping this picture, including the formally cordial, but in fact rather uneasy, relations between Moscow and ...

Policy Brief

2023

Collective Reintegration: Social and Political Advantages for Female Ex-Combatants

By Wenche Iren Hauge, GPS Policy Brief

China adjusts limits on partnership with Russia

By Pavel K. Baev in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Report

2023

The Cypriot Presidential Election of 2023 and its Aftermath

By Vasiliki Triga & Nikandros Ioannidis

Upcoming events

Event

Thursday, 30 Mar 2023 09:00-10:00

Climate Change, Conflict and Russia's War on Ukraine: Consequences for Global Food Security

Extreme weather events and armed conflict are among the main drivers of food insecurity. Already before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the need for food assistance in the world was at its highest since after the Second World War, and the situation has since worsened.

Time: 30 Mar 2023 09:00-10:00

Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3, Oslo

Event

10 - 17 Sep 2023

PRIO Writing Retreat 2023 in Aegina, Greece

In a hectic work environment, sometimes it's hard just to take a deep breath, focus, and think. A change of scenery and a slower pace can inject your writing with renewed purpose.

Our retreat combines writing sessions with group discussions and one-on-one coaching. (Separate full program and information sheet available). Emphasis is on giving you time and space to write in a supportive environment.

Sign up here by filling in this form.

Time: 10-17 Sep 2023

Place: Kavos Bay Hotel, Aegina, Greece

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