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: Trust and Fairness: Ethical Dilemmas in the Iran Nuclear (JCPOA) Negotiations
This FAIR Case Brief examines the role of threats and sanctions between the key parties and how they
impacted on trust between the various sides as
well as on perceptions of fairness in the negotiations.
FAIR project workshop takes place in Cyprus
The PRIO project “On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation” (FAIR) organized a workshop in Cyprus in partnership with the PRIO Cyprus Centre, PRIO Middle East Centre, and the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security, 19-21 October.
Lise Endregard Hemat Successfully Defends Master's Thesis
Lise Endegard Hemat has succesfully defended her thesis ‘Just’ Research: A Case Study of EU-funded Research with Experimental
Artificial Intelligence Technology for Border Control at the University of Oslo.
CHANSE Funding in Place for Project on Digital Emergency Communication
The project will examine the use of smartphone apps, mass notifications via SMS and messaging on social media platforms, in efforts to alert the public and respond to emergencies.
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.
Security and Geostrategy
Book Chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Portuguese Politics
Digital Peacebuilding: A Framework for Critical–Reflexive Engagement
Journal Article in International Studies Perspectives
Great Power Competition and China’s Security Assistance to Africa: Arms, Training, and Influence
Journal Article in Journal of Global Security Studies
Norges sårbarhet for droner var velkjent. Russlands krig har gjort sårbarheten farligere og synligere.
Popular Article in Aftenposten
Drones over Norway: A Security and Regulatory Analysis
Popular Article in PRIO Blogs
Border security and the digitalisation of sovereignty: insights from EU borderwork
Journal Article in European Security
Tecnologia, segurança e sociedade: desafios para o futuro estratégico de Portugal
Book Chapter in Janus 2022
Dual-Use AI Technology in China, the US and the EU: Strategic Implications for the Balance of Power
PRIO Paper
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
Turkish Drones as a Foreign Policy Tool - MidEast Breakfast Seminar
Humanitarian Borders & the Governance of Mobility in Europe: from 2015 to 2022
Breakfast seminar: Drones over Norway: Opportunities, Threats, and Vulnerabilities
Drones in Civilian Airspaces: Security, Regulation, and Imagination
The 2001 Intervention and the Current State of Terror in the World
Trouble in Afghanistan, Trouble in the Neighbourhood?
FAIR Cyprus workshop on ethical considerations in peace negotiations’
India's E-topia: Biometric ID and E-governance
UN Security Council Post-Ukraine: What Role for Norway?
Putin og Xi: To alen av samme stykke?
Autonomy Framework for Safe and Secure Integration of Civillian Drones in European Airspace
Digital Emergency Communication (DIGeMERGE)
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
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
Shaping the Digital World Order: Norms and Agency along the Digital Silk Road in Southeast Asia (NORM)
The Dilemmas of Communicating Terror Threats
The Impact of the China-Russia Partnership on Shifting Security Interactions in East Asia and the Pacific
Coordinator
Bruno Oliveira Martins
Senior Researcher
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