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PRIO researcher Hilde Henriksen Waage was interviewed about increased tensions in Lebanon by TV2.

PRIO researcher Jørgen Jensehaugen was interviewed about the ceasefire in Gaza by Norway’s TV2.

PRIO researcher Stine Bergersen’s new project titled “Resilience or Rupture? The Nordic Security Community in an Age of Antagonistic Threats” was mentioned in a list of new Nordforsk-funded projects, by the Norwegian research magazine Khrono.

PRIO researcher Mete Hatay was interviewed by BBC World Service radio to comment on the ongoing Cyprus problem in a new episode of The Inquiry titled "Is Cyprus moving closer to reunification?"

When asked in the interview in English Politis what the EU special envoy could do for the island, PRIO Cyprus Centre researcher Mete Hatay said it depended how much he wanted to get involved. “He could be very instrumental on CBMs,” said Hatay. He could also address the “epistemic asymmetry” in Cyprus, said the researcher, referring to the imbalance in knowledge, information or understanding between the actors.

“The EU only knows one side of the problem. They could listen to both sides’ viewpoints.” He noted that the EU deals directly with Turkey but not the Turkish Cypriots. “But Turkish Cypriots have their own worries, fears, reasoning, and they are EU citizens,” he said. Rather than giving monologues to the Turkish Cypriots about what they need to do, the EU could treat them more like partners, Hatay argued.

He suggested the EU organise bicommunal workshops on specific themes, inviting both Greek and Turkish Cypriot experts, diplomats, or politicians, to work towards building a sustainable relationship and interdependency, which is key to coexistence on the island, said Hatay.'

In his article published in the Turkish daily newspaper Diken, PCC researcher Mete Hatay argues that the renewed EEZ agreement between Lebanon and the Republic of Cyprus is turning energy sharing in the Eastern Mediterranean into a permanent geopolitical order. According to Hatay, gas is no longer merely an economic resource but an explicit political weapon. The sea now speaks through coordinates rather than waves, through cubic meters rather than fish, while ecological destruction is rendered invisible under the language of “security” and “national interest.” The article concludes with a warning that what is being built today is not an energy future, but a slowly advancing “blue graveyard."

PRIO researcher Marianne Dahl was interviewed about the rise of authoritarian regimes and how popular mobilization can succeed in creating real political change, for the Norwegian podcast Ut i Verden.

PCC Senior Research Consultant Mete Hatay was invited by the BBC World Service to comment on the ongoing Cyprus problem in a new episode of The Inquiry titled “Is Cyprus moving closer to reunification?”.

The programme revisits the island’s division, past peace efforts such as the Annan Plan and Crans-Montana, and the current political landscape, including the recent election of Tufan Erhürman, a Turkish Cypriot leader who supports federation and the restart of talks. It also touches on the Eastern Mediterranean’s shifting geopolitics and the role of energy resources.

Mete joins a panel of international experts – Lefteris Adilinis, Dr Dorothée Schmid and Kathleen Doherty – to discuss whether a new window is opening for a settlement, and what kind of federal or looser power-sharing model could still be realistic for Cyprus today.

PRIO researcher Inger Skjelsbæk was featured in a profile peace by the Bosnian media outlet, Detektor, talking about sexual violence in war.

PRIO researcher Harry Tzimitras was interviewed by the US news outlet, Politico, about the new gas pipeline between Ukraine and Greece.