Policy brief
2023
Conflict Trends by Jakob Schram
News
Thursday, 21 Sep 2023
Pope Francis issued a powerful message to participants of an international conference co-organized by PRIO and The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
Monday, 11 Sep 2023
A new report focused on the ethical aspects of digital competence in the defense sector is in the spotlight, after a seminar convened to discuss the topic by the Ministry of Defense.
PRIO Blogs
Wednesday, 27 Sep 2023
Neither New York, nor Washington rolled out the red carpet for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He came ready for tough challenges and succeeded in making the case for sustained global and US attention to condemning and defeating Russia’s all-out aggression. Zelenskyy spoke at the opening session of the United Nations ...
Tuesday, 19 Sep 2023
On September 13, two armored trains met at a cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East. While this might read like the beginning of a joke, it is in fact an accurate description of last week’s meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Due to personal ...
Tuesday, 29 Aug 2023
The fall of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group and its impact on Russian activities in Africa: diminished authority of President Putin, fading diplomatic influence, and declining mercenary power pose challenges to sustaining interventions on the continent. The abrupt end to the spectacular career of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the Wagner Group ...
Tuesday, 8 Aug 2023
Arendalsuka is an annual Norwegian political festival that brings together politicians, journalists, policy makers, aid organisations, civil society and the private sector.
Wednesday, 23 Aug 2023
In desperate situations, it is essential that ethics are not sacrificed, as happened in practice in Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At the cinema, currently we can follow the United States’ development of the atom bomb, headed by the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. At the same time, Nazi Germany was ...
Monday, 4 Sep 2023
Today, Marie Sandnes defended her dissertation “Understanding power dynamics between intervening and host military forces: The case of the G5 Sahel Joint Force and external actors in the Sahel”.
Recorded event
Tuesday, 15 Aug 2023 17:00–18:30
Russlands fullskala invasjon i Ukraina har utløst svensk søknad om NATO-medlemskap, og drevet frem en ny nordisk debatt om behovet for et tettere utenriks- og sikkerhetspolitisk.
Pavel K. Baev
Research Professor
Wenche Iren Hauge
Senior Researcher
Kristian Berg Harpviken
Stein Tønnesson
Research Professor Emeritus
Louise Olsson
Research Director
Øystein H. Rolandsen
Harry Tzimitras
Director. PRIO Cyprus Centre
Åshild Kolås
Pinar Tank
Nicholas Marsh
Kristoffer Lidén
Marit Moe-Pryce
Managing Editor, Security Dialogue
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik
Research Professor in Humanitarian Studies
Simon Reid-Henry
Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert
Nina von Uexkull
Ben Hayes
Mark B. Salter
Editor, Security Dialogue
Jacqui True
PRIO Global Fellow
Bruno Oliveira Martins
Júlia Palik
Hassan Aden
Maggie Dwyer
Ilaria Carrozza
Alaa Tartir
Kerstin Fisk
Associate Senior Researcher
Maisie Fitzmaurice
Research Assistant
Anna Marie Obermeier
Birthe Einen
Lise Endregard Hemat
Giacomo Bruni
Doctoral Researcher
Nicolás Caso
Stine Bergersen
Hassan Ahmed Aden
PRIO Fieldwork Network (FIWON)
Led by Marte Nilsen
Jan 2011 –
Energy in Cyprus and East Mediterranean
Led by Harry Tzimitras
Jan 2013 –
High-Level Seminars on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes
Led by Torunn L. Tryggestad
Feb 2013 –
Missing Peace Initiative
Led by Inger Skjelsbæk
Dec 2015 –
PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security
Jan 2017 –
The Dilemmas of Communicating Terror Threats
Led by Stine Bergersen
Sep 2017 –
Children in Conflict: Basic Mapping
Led by Gudrun Østby
Jan 2018 – Dec 2023
The Impact of Security Force Assistance on State Fragility (SFAssist)
Led by Øystein H. Rolandsen
Jan 2019 –
Do No Harm: Ethical Humanitarian Innovation and Digital Bodies
Led by Kristin Bergtora Sandvik
Jun 2019 –
Peace, Security and Global Digital Politics: ePOLITICS Initiative
Led by Åshild Kolås
