Security
What does it mean to be secure in today’s world? The Security research group focuses on the changing landscape of security actors (state and non-state, the European Union, NATO, United Nations) and practices, aiming to recast and develop the concept of security through new approaches and methodologies.
New Case Brief: The Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS)
This new FAIR case brief by Eli Stamnes and Cedric de Coning focuses on the peace negotiations resulting in the Revitalised
Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in
the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS), finalized in September 2018.
NORM Project Kick-Off Meeting
The NORM project ('Shaping the Digital World Order: Norms and Agency along the Digital Silk Road in Southeast Asia') was officially launched with a kick-off meeting on 4 May.
New Horizon Europe Project at PRIO on Security Research
A collaborative project in which PRIO participates has been awarded a large grant from the European Union's Horizon Europe programme.
New Case Brief: Controversies of Inclusion in the Colombian Peace Process: The Balancing Act of Introducing New Norms and Gaining Popular Support
This new FAIR case brief by Isabel Bramsen argues that inclusion is in fact a controversial issue with several dilemmas in relation to peace processes.
New Case Brief: Ethical Issues and Controversies in the Astana Process: Questioning Representation and Ownership
This new FAIR case brief by Zenonas Tziarras focuses on how the Astana process became central to the peace efforts regarding the Syria conflict after 2017, but it has been heavily influenced by the interests and positions of its three sponsors or guarantor powers: Russia, Turkey, and Iran.
Ukraine: PRIO Expertise
The most relevant PRIO researchers to comment on aspects relevant to the Russia-Ukraine War are listed here.
PRIO Researchers Join New UN Network on Protection of Vulnerable Targets
We are proud to announce that PRIO researchers Bruno Oliveira Martins and Ilaria Carrozza are joining a new UN network as expert members.
New Case Brief: The Role of Civil Society in Peace Processes – A Case Study of Guatemala: Ethical Reflections
The new case brief by Wenche Iren Hauge examines the Guatemalan peace process from 1990 to
1996 as an early example of the inclusion of civil society in a negotiation process.
The Guatemalan case is an important
illustration of the challenge in having
to prioritize between different norms
in a peace process – and in this
case, ending violence came before
important implications of inclusivity
on other issues on the negotiation
agenda.
New Case Brief: Excluded Palestinians: Mediator Gatekeeping in the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict
This new case brief by Jørgen Jensehaugen examines the dilemma of inclusion/exclusion, which is one of many central problems
in Arab–Israeli peacemaking, by using three instances of international
mediated involvement in the conflict to highlight how mediation gatekeeping has served
to exclude Palestinians, either as a people, as a
political unit, or as a spoiler group.
New Case Brief: Malian Women’s Participation in the Algiers Negotiations
This FAIR case brief focuses on Malian women's participation in the Algiers negotiations in 2014–2015. It shows how there were stark differences in perceptions of fairness when it came to women's participation among the different actors involved, including relatively strong resistance to women's participation from the international mediation team and the conflict parties in Algiers.
The relationship between the G5 Sahel Joint Force and external actors: a discursive interpretation
Journal Article in Canadian Journal of African Studies
South–South Knowledge Production and Hegemony: Searching for Africa in Chinese Theories of IR
Journal Article in International Studies Review
Food Governance in India: Rights, Security and Challenges in the Global Sphere
Edited Volume
Introduction: Food for a growing India
Book Chapter in Food Governance in India Rights, Security and Challenges in the Global Sphere
A better foundation for national security? The ethics of national risk assessments in the Nordic region
Journal Article in Cooperation and Conflict
National Security Strategies Development in Africa: A Toolkit for Drafting and Consultation
Report - Other
Human Rights Violations and the Security Forces in Mali and Niger
PRIO Policy Brief
Public address to the UNOCT on UAS threats against vulnerable targets, including soft targets and critical infrastructure
Conference Paper
Drone Use for COVID-19 Related Problems: Techno-solutionism and its Societal Implications
Journal Article in Global Policy
Ethics and border control technologies
Book Chapter in Border Control and New Technologies: Addressing Integrated Impact Assessment
Helping Refugees from Ukraine and Preventing Exploitation
UTSATT: Prøvestansavtalen 25 år
Small States and Great Powers Balancing, Affecting Change, and Navigating Dangers - Small State Perspectives in the Arctic and Asia
Drones, Robotics, and New Military Technologies: Debating the Norwegian Position
Drones, inteligência artificial e as novas tecnologias militares: contributos para uma posição portuguesa
Tech-Based States of Emergency: Public Responses and Societal implications
COVID-19 and challenges to multilateralism, peace, and democracy
The Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict – New Agendas
Countering the Drone Threat: C-UAS technology and implications for Norway in an EU and NATO context
The Future of EU Security: issues, concepts and approaches
Autonomy Framework for Safe and Secure Integration of Civillian Drones in European Airspace
Digital Competence for Defense (DigiComp)
Disparate Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Norway and Sweden: lessons and opportunities for the Nordic region
Energy in Cyprus and East Mediterranean
e-Topia: China, India and Biometric Borders
Fact-Finding Study Preparing a “Drone Strategy 2.0”
Humanitarianism, Borders, and the Governance of Mobility: The EU and the 'Refugee Crisis'
Migration of asylum seekers and the politics of labelling: The discursive construction of the refugee label in the Norwegian government 2016-2021
On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation (FAIR)
Peace, Security and Global Digital Politics: ePOLITICS Initiative
RegulAIR: The integration of drones in the Norwegian and European Airspaces
Rising Powers in Conflict: The Role of Non-Western States in Afghanistan and the Sahel
Shaping the Digital World Order: Norms and Agency along the Digital Silk Road in Southeast Asia (NORM)
The Dilemmas of Communicating Terror Threats
The Role of Dual-Use Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology in the Current International “Arms” Race
Coordinator
Bruno Oliveira Martins
Senior Researcher
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