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Tuesday, 9 Jun 2026
Russia’s business elites went through the motions of demonstrating loyalty to Putin by attending SPIEF’26 amid mounting economic and security challenges.
Tuesday, 2 Jun 2026
Each attempt at nuclear blackmail exposes the disarray in Russian elites and society.
Wednesday, 27 May 2026
The accumulation of setbacks in Russian economic, military, and foreign policies this spring has reached such a scale that the pattern of deadlocked war is beginning to shift toward the prospect of defeat
Recorded event
Thursday, 21 May 2026 10:45–12:15 UTC+02
Russia’s war against Ukraine has intensified its wider struggle with the EU over political influence, norms, and visions of order across Europe.
Thursday, 7 May 2026
Russians are tired of the Kremlin’s deadlocked war against Ukraine. Neither the keenest Russia observers nor analysts inside the Kremlin, however, have an accurate measure of this tiredness.
Tuesday, 9 Jun 2026 09:00–10:30 UTC+02
Join us for the launch of PRIO’s annual global conflict overview, Conflict Trends: A Global Overview, 1946–2025.
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PRIO’s first European Security Week brought together researchers and experts for a series of debates on the future of European security.
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Friday, 22 May 2026 09:00–10:00 UTC+02
Russia’s increasingly repressive domestic politics, economic constraints, elite competition, and isolation shape its foreign policy toward Europe.
Pavel K. Baev
Research Professor
Inger Skjelsbæk
Ragnhild Nordås
Senior Researcher
Louise Olsson
Marianne Dahl
Acting Deputy Director
Nicholas Marsh
Marta Bivand Erdal
Research Professor in Migration Studies
Júlia Palik
Sebastian Schutte
Ilaria Carrozza
Elisabeth Nilsen
Master's Student
Ole Magnus Gaalaas-Hansen
Oct 2023 – Sep 2026
Russian Approaches to Peace Processes (RAPP)
Led by Kristian Berg Harpviken
Dec 2024 –
Survey on Attitudes Towards the Role of Women in Ukraine
Led by Eric Skoog
Jan 2025 –
Recording Explosive Munitions for the Analysis of War Crimes (REMWAR)
Led by Sebastian Schutte
