PRIO Middle East Centre

Led by Kristian Berg Harpviken

Aug 2019 – Dec 2023

Members

Kristian Berg Harpviken

Eva Chalkiadaki

Taylor Clark

Celestyna Hamad

Bjørn Schirmer-Nilsen

Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn

Khaled Zaza

The PRIO Middle East Centre conducts research on the dynamics of peace and security in the Middle East, informing constructive political engagement for the prevention, management and resolution of armed conflicts in the region.

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12/12/2022
Scenarios for UNRWA and the way forward. New report out

A CMI report co-authored by PRIO researcher Jørgen Jensehaugen takes stock of the UNRWA, its role and way forward in context of a funding crisis.

27/10/2022
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.

13/05/2022
UN Resident Coordinator for Syria Visits PRIO

On 12 May, researchers and practitioners held interesting discussions on Syria at a roundtable at PRIO.

27/10/2020
Kurds, Rojava and the YPJ Today

Listen to PRIO Senior Researcher Pinar Tank’s lecture on the current situation

Pavel K. Baev (2024)
Russia's influence takes another cut

Brookings Commentary The Impact of Iran's attack on Israel

Pinar Tank (2024)
Turkey’s Aspirations in Africa: Soft Power as a Tool for Geopolitical Positioning

MidEast Policy Brief

Júlia Palik & Nicholas Marsh (2024)
Arming Saudi Arabia: Navigating the Paradox of Power and Vulnerability

MidEast Policy Brief

Bruno Oliveira Martins, Pinar Tank & Beste İşleyen (2023)
Turkish drones as a foreign policy tool: A technology-mediated search for autonomy

MidEast Policy Brief

Jørgen Jensehaugen (2023)
Israel and the Abraham Accords: A failed expansion

MidEast Policy Brief

Jørgen Jensehaugen (2023)
Kartet og terrenget: Israel, Palestina og norsk utenrikspolitikk

Journal article in Internasjonal Politikk

Jørgen Jensehaugen (2023)
Photographing 1948: Robert Capa’s Absent Palestinians

Journal article in Journal of Palestine Studies

Pinar Tank (2023)
Transactional alliances: The impact of the Ukraine War on the Middle East

MidEast Policy Brief

Júlia Palik (2023)
The Impact of the Israel-Hamas War on the Saudi-Israeli Normalization Process

MidEast Policy Brief

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Anna Borshchevskaya (2022) Putin's War in Syria

Book review in JPR Book Notes

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Putin's war is stuck, beware the rising risks

Journal article in Panorama Global Academy

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Moscow scrables to sustain its positions in the Middle East

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Júlia Palik & Pinar Tank (2022)
Rebel governance: Ansar Allah in Yemen and the Democratic Union Party in Syria

MidEast Policy Brief

Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn (2022)
Can the EU be an Effective Foreign Policy Actor Working for Peace in Libya?

MidEast Policy Brief

Pinar Tank (2022)
Erdoğans "nei": finsk og svensk NATO-medlemskap i skyggen av tyrkisk utenrikspolitikk

Popular article in Den norske Atlanterhavskomité - Ukens analyse

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Erdogan and Putin cordially probe one another's faults and failures

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Kristian Berg Harpviken (2022)
Dømt til å mislykkes? USA og det afghanske statsbyggingsprosjektet, 2001–2021

Journal article in Internasjonal Politikk

Kristian Berg Harpviken (2022)
Stø kurs i møte med globale utfordringer: Norges utenrikspolitikk

Book chapter in Det norske samfunn, 8. utgave

Pinar Tank (2022)
Rebel governance and gender in northeast Syria: Transformative ideology as a challenge to negotiating power

Journal article in Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Irrelevant intrigues and diminished power projection: Russia in retreat from the Middle East

PONARS Eurasia Memo

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Russia cannot count on Global South to confront the West

Journal article in Panorama

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Russia's war in Ukraine: Misleading doctrine, misguided strategy

Russie.Nei.Reports

Júlia Palik & Pinar Tank (2022)
The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Saudi-Iranian Relationship

MidEast Policy Brief

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
Russian influence fades in the Middle East

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2022)
As Ukraine conducts deep strikes, Russia turns to Iran

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Jørgen Jensehaugen (2022)
Bridge over Troubled Waters: Jordan’s Position in the Middle East

MidEast Policy Brief

Júlia Palik, Anna Marie Obermeier & Siri Aas Rustad (2022)
Conflict Trends in the Middle East, 1989–2021

PRIO Paper

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Russia and Turkey Deconflict Their Geopolitical Moves in the Caucasus

Journal article in Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Kremlin Tests Limits of New US Administration

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
West's renewed focus on solidarity and coordination perturbs Kremlin

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Russia tries to counter US moves in the Middle East, in vain

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Maria Louise Clausen (2021)
Piloting Humanitarian Biometrics in Yemen

MidEast Policy Brief

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Russia and Turkey: Strategic Partners and Rivals

Russie.Nei.Reports

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Moscow cannot find opening to boost its role in the Middle East

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Magnus Seland Andersson & Hilde Henriksen Waage (2021)
The Geopolitics of Syria’s Reconstruction

PRIO Paper

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Putin's predictable Syrian compromise amidst hostile Russian behavior

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2021)
Russia and America's overlapping legacies in Afghanistan

Popular article in Middle East Eye

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
New Wave of Islamic Extremism Adds to Putin’s Troubles

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Putin Tries to Regain Initiative, as Crises Continue to Rage

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Rediscovered Moderation a Poor Fit for Russia’s Putinist Policy

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Pavel K. Baev (2020)
Russia Strives for an Oil and Gas Resurgence

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Alaa Tartir (2020)
Biden’s Impending Billions to Palestine

Popular article in LSE Middle East Centre Blog

Pavel K. Baev (2019)
The impacts of the Syrian intervention on Russian strategic culture

Security Insights

Pavel K. Baev (2019)
Russia ponders the burden of its "victory" in Syria

Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor

Jørgen Jensehaugen & Pinar Tank (2019)
Kurdish and Palestinian Quests for Self-Determination

MidEast Policy Brief

Jacob Høigilt (2014)
Egypt's Tahrir revolution

Book review in Journal of Islamic Studies

Jacob Høigilt (2014)
Dispatches from the Arab Spring. Understanding the New Middle East

Book review in Journal of Islamic Studies

Friday, 22 Sep 2023 08:30–10:00 UTC+02
Pasts That Persist: Perspectives from Iraq and Palestine

Thursday, 7 Sep 2023 15:00–16:30 UTC+02
Lebanon in Crisis: Empowering Political Reform

Tuesday, 22 Aug 2023 08:30–09:45 UTC+02
Al-Hol: Flyktning-, integrerings- eller fangeleir?

Monday, 8 May 2023 16:30–18:00 UTC+02
Parallel Histories of Palestine: Art, Archives and Solidarity

Monday, 13 Mar 2023 17:00–18:00 UTC+01
Resisting Occupation through Art - A Conversation with Ahmed Tobasi

Wednesday, 15 Feb 2023 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
Uncertain Future for Millions of Palestinian Refugees: A Conversation about UNRWA

Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023 08:30–09:30 UTC+01
Turkish Drones as a Foreign Policy Tool

Tuesday, 6 Dec 2022 14:00–15:30 UTC+01
Spillet om Syria

Tuesday, 6 Dec 2022 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
The Women-led Uprising in Iran: Long lines, Current Dynamics and Future Prospects - MidEast Breakfast Seminar

Thursday, 10 Nov 2022 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
Lebanon’s Current Crisis and Prospects for Renewal - MidEast Breakfast Seminar

Recorded event
Pasts That Persist: Perspectives from Iraq and Palestine

Recorded event
Lebanon in Crisis: Empowering Political Reform

Recorded event
Al-Hol: Flyktning-, integrerings- eller fangeleir?

Recorded event
Parallel Histories of Palestine: Art, Archives and Solidarity

Recorded event
Resisting Occupation through Art - A Conversation with Ahmed Tobasi

Recorded event
Uncertain Future for Millions of Palestinian Refugees: A Conversation about UNRWA

Recorded event
Lebanon’s Current Crisis and Prospects for Renewal - MidEast Breakfast Seminar

Recorded event
The Challenge of Just Environmental Transitions in the Middle East and North Africa - MidEast Breakfast Seminar

Recorded event
The Origins of Islamist Civil Wars - MidEast Breakfast Seminar

Recorded event
Mediator as Gatekeeper and Door Opener

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PRIO Middle East Centre

Led by Kristian Berg Harpviken

Members

Arming Saudi Arabia: Navigating the Paradox of Power and Vulnerability

Turkey’s Aspirations in Africa: Soft Power as a Tool for Geopolitical Positioning

Russia's influence takes another cut

The Impact of the Israel-Hamas War on the Saudi-Israeli Normalization Process

Pasts That Persist: Perspectives from Iraq and Palestine

Lebanon in Crisis: Empowering Political Reform

Al-Hol: Flyktning-, integrerings- eller fangeleir?

Transactional alliances: The impact of the Ukraine War on the Middle East

Photographing 1948: Robert Capa’s Absent Palestinians

Kartet og terrenget: Israel, Palestina og norsk utenrikspolitikk

Israel and the Abraham Accords: A failed expansion

Parallel Histories of Palestine: Art, Archives and Solidarity

Resisting Occupation through Art - A Conversation with Ahmed Tobasi

Uncertain Future for Millions of Palestinian Refugees: A Conversation about UNRWA

Turkish Drones as a Foreign Policy Tool

Turkish drones as a foreign policy tool: A technology-mediated search for autonomy

Conflict Trends in the Middle East, 1989–2021

Bridge over Troubled Waters: Jordan’s Position in the Middle East

Scenarios for UNRWA and the way forward. New report out

As Ukraine conducts deep strikes, Russia turns to Iran

Spillet om Syria

The Women-led Uprising in Iran: Long lines, Current Dynamics and Future Prospects - MidEast Breakfast Seminar

Russian influence fades in the Middle East

Lebanon’s Current Crisis and Prospects for Renewal - MidEast Breakfast Seminar

The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Saudi-Iranian Relationship

Russia's war in Ukraine: Misleading doctrine, misguided strategy

Russia cannot count on Global South to confront the West

FAIR project workshop takes place in Cyprus

Irrelevant intrigues and diminished power projection: Russia in retreat from the Middle East

The Challenge of Just Environmental Transitions in the Middle East and North Africa - MidEast Breakfast Seminar

Rebel governance and gender in northeast Syria: Transformative ideology as a challenge to negotiating power

Stø kurs i møte med globale utfordringer: Norges utenrikspolitikk

Dømt til å mislykkes? USA og det afghanske statsbyggingsprosjektet, 2001–2021

Erdogan and Putin cordially probe one another's faults and failures

Erdoğans "nei": finsk og svensk NATO-medlemskap i skyggen av tyrkisk utenrikspolitikk

A Vision for a New Lebanon: The Post-election Landscape - Reality & Reform

Can the EU be an Effective Foreign Policy Actor Working for Peace in Libya?

Rebel governance: Ansar Allah in Yemen and the Democratic Union Party in Syria

UN Resident Coordinator for Syria Visits PRIO

Citizenship and Social Pacts in the Middle East and North Africa - MidEast Breakfast Seminar

The Origins of Islamist Civil Wars - MidEast Breakfast Seminar

Moscow scrables to sustain its positions in the Middle East

Putin's war is stuck, beware the rising risks

Anna Borshchevskaya (2022) Putin's War in Syria

Mediator as Gatekeeper and Door Opener

Protecting Interests in Highly Volatile Countries: China’s Engagement in Iraq and Syria

Between Syria and Afghanistan, crisis management becomes too onerous for Russia

Predictable and Unexpected Compromise: UN Humanitarian Aid Comes to Syria for Another Year

Russia's four diplomatic encounters and a summit

Irresolvable dilemmas? The prospects for repatriation for Syrian refugees

Fake elections and Russia's belligerent foreign policy

Russia takes measure of how Afghanistan resonates in the Middle East

Kommer Kina til å gjenoppbygge Afghanistan, Irak og Syria?

Russia and America's overlapping legacies in Afghanistan

Putin's predictable Syrian compromise amidst hostile Russian behavior

The Geopolitics of Syria’s Reconstruction

Moscow cannot find opening to boost its role in the Middle East

Russia and Turkey: Strategic Partners and Rivals

Piloting Humanitarian Biometrics in Yemen

Russia tries to counter US moves in the Middle East, in vain

West's renewed focus on solidarity and coordination perturbs Kremlin

Kremlin Tests Limits of New US Administration

Russia and Turkey Deconflict Their Geopolitical Moves in the Caucasus

Biden’s Impending Billions to Palestine

Russia Strives for an Oil and Gas Resurgence

Rediscovered Moderation a Poor Fit for Russia’s Putinist Policy

Putin Tries to Regain Initiative, as Crises Continue to Rage

New Wave of Islamic Extremism Adds to Putin’s Troubles

It's time to rethink the structure of Palestinian aid

Kurds, Rojava and the YPJ Today

Conflict Trends in the Middle East, 1989–2019

Discord Around the Abraham Accords: Three questions to Dr. Alaa Tartir

Reclaiming The PLO, Re-Engaging Youth

Russia Caught in Web of Middle Eastern Intrigues

Conflict Trends in the Middle East, 1989–2019

Covid-19 has become the last injustice made to Palestine

Why Palestinians Need to Reclaim the PLO