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After America: Can Europe Defend Itself?

Watch along as host of PRIO's Peace in a Pod Arnaud Siad is joined by Kori Schake and Bruno Oliveira Martins to unpack the changing transatlantic relationship and what lies ahead for Europe’s security future.

Journal article

2025

The 2023/24 VIEWS Prediction challenge: Predicting the number of fatalities in armed conflict, with uncertainty

Journal article in Journal of Peace Research

Book chapter

2025

Religion

Book chapter in Volume 3: A Cultural History of War in the Renaissance

News

Tuesday, 29 Apr 2025

WPS conference banner. Illustration: PRIO

Oslo Conference to Mark 25 Years of UN Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security

PRIO’s Centre on Gender, Peace and Security is co-hosting a conference marking the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.

Journal article

2025

Asia Policy. The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)

Discourse and Norms along China’s Digital Silk Road

Journal article in Asia Policy

PRIO Blogs

Wednesday, 23 Apr 2025

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio alongside U.S. President Donald Trump in April 2025. Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images.

Putin Weighs Risks of U.S. Readiness to Move on From Stalled Peace Efforts in Ukraine

The Kremlin has used delays and distractions to gain all the time and concessions available to it before seriously engaging in peace talks, or at least a genuine pause, in its war against Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin will soon be compelled to admit that procrastination works fine until it ...

PRIO Blogs

Tuesday, 15 Apr 2025

Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg April 2025. Photo: kremlin.ru.

Decision Point for Putin is Set Too Close for His Comfort

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Steven Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s key negotiator, last Friday, in St. Petersburg, likely to buy himself more time before making any concessions. On Sunday, Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian city of Sumy, killing 34 people including two children.Russia appears to hope that the ...

Decision point for Putin is set too close for his comfort

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Podcast episode

Tuesday, 6 May 2025

EU Commission vice-president, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas talks to media about the White Paper on the Future of European Defense and the ReArm Europe plan in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter on March 19, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Photo: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

After America: Can Europe Defend Itself?

Europe unveils its 800 billion euros rearm plans

Book chapter

2025

Norsk fredsengasjement. Spenning mellom idealisme og interesser?

Book chapter in Dilemmaer i norsk utenrikspolitikk

Journal article

2025

Coding as analytical process: From profound to productive uncertainty

Journal article in Area

PRIO Blogs

Tuesday, 29 Apr 2025

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 begin at midnight on May 7 and last until ...

PRIO Blogs

Thursday, 24 Apr 2025

Nuclear icebreaker in the Arctic. Photo: Sepp Friedhuber / Getty Images.

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 indifference to the Gaza war. No notable power shifts are indeed registered in ...

Putin weighs risks of US readiness to move on from stalled peace efforts in Ukraine

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

The hype, delusions and risks of Arctic geopolitics

Global Trade Wars: All Against All — But Where is Africa?

The trade war, unilaterally launched by Donald Trump on April 1, 2025, will go down in global history as a hostile act against globalization and international rules — rules that were once defended by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States themselves. This act also marks one of ...

Upcoming events

Event

Monday, 12 May 2025 09:00–10:15 UTC+02

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Online

What Limits Should Be Placed on the Use of AI in Warfare?

There has been a steep increase in the reliance on AI tools for warfighting.

Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3, Oslo

Time: 12 May 2025 09:00–10:15 UTC+02

Event

Monday, 12 May 2025 15:00–16:30 UTC+02

Humanitarian aid trucks enter Gaza on 19 June 2024. . Photo: Getty Images

Online

From Shock to Strategic Thinking: What Now for the Aid Sector and a Leading Donor Like Norway?

This seminar will look at the future of humanitarian aid in the new global context, and Norway's role in the sector.

Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3, Oslo

Time: 12 May 2025 15:00–16:30 UTC+02

Event

Tuesday, 13 May 2025

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The International Aid System in Shock: What Role for Research?

One day Roundtable – space for reflection – hosted at PRIO.

Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3, Oslo

Time: 13 May 2025

Event

Wednesday, 14 May 2025 15:30–17:00 UTC+03

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Online

Migration in the Eastern Mediterranean

Since 2001, the Eastern Mediterranean has served as a vital gateway for refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers entering Europe from the Middle East, Asia, and Africa — mainly via Türkiye, but increasingly also from Lebanon, Egypt, and Libya.

Place: Zoom webinar

Time: 14 May 2025 15:30–17:00 UTC+03

Event

Tuesday, 20 May 2025 09:00–10:30 UTC+02

Smart Communications leads 5G deployment in the Philippines, with the widest coverage and a 2017 partnership with Huawei to develop the local 5G ecosystem. Photo: PRIO / Nic Marsh

Online

Fractured Order, Rising Influence: Southeast Asia and China’s Digital Ambitions

Join us to discuss the shifting world order and the digital revolution, exploring how Southeast Asia’s response to the Digital Silk Road could redefine the geopolitical landscape.

Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3, Oslo

Time: 20 May 2025 09:00–10:30 UTC+02

Event

26–28 May 2025

Cyprus Conference: Contested Borderlands as Spaces of Negotiation and Adaptation

The PRIO Cyprus Centre, UCLan Cyprus and the Estonian Research Council are co-organizing this conference.

Place: UCLan Cyprus

Time: 26–28 May 2025

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