Peace with an entry fee: Trump’s Board of Peace as a blueprint for ending wars
Talk of peace and war has been prevalent of late. In the last few weeks, President Trump’s Board of Peace met for the first time, tasked with securing peace amidst ongoing violence in Gaza.
The repercussions of the Syrian government offensive against the Kurds
Syria is balancing on a knife’s edge, and the question of how the country’s minorities are treated is a key piece of the puzzle.
Monday, 5 Jan 2026
PRIO secures new funding for research on conflict, gender, security and human resilience
PRIO has recently secured several external research grants, highlighting strong confidence in the Institute’s research and its relevance to pressing global challenges.
Assad’s fall gave hope, but the future hangs by a thin thread
Just over a year has passed since Assad’s brutal dictatorship fell and millions of Syrians regained hope. But with faltering support for refugees and reconstruction, and fears of new conflicts, hope is wearing thin.
Monday, 8 Dec 2025
New Middle East and Nordic security projects secure external funding
PRIO is pleased to announce that two new research projects have secured external funding, strengthening the Institute’s work on protracted displacement in the Middle East and on Nordic security cooperation.
Quality of mediation is a major issue in the Ukraine peace process
The ongoing talks between the US, Russian and Ukrainian teams of negotiators may yet produce a “peace deal” – so desired by President Donald Trump – by the end of the tumultuous year 2025, or at least before the disastrous war comes to the four-ye...
Israel is not a democracy
Can we continue to call Israel a democracy? The answer is no, and paradoxically enough, neither electoral defeat for Netanyahu nor a halt in the Gaza war will change this.
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Russian retribution for daring Ukrainian strike is postponed, perhaps indefinitely
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Russian retribution for daring Ukrainian strike is postponed. Perhaps indefinitely
The scale and character of Russian retaliation in the aftermath of the daring Ukrainian attack on four Russian aviation bases on June 1 have yet to be revealed.
Putin holds firm to war course, conjuring mirage of victory
The fever of diplomatic battles around Russia’s war against Ukraine in the first three weeks of May has broken, leaving few meaningful results.
Policy Brief
Resistance in the Shadow of the Külliye: Civil Contestation and Political Repercussions in Northern Cyprus
PRIO Cyprus Centre Policy Brief
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Putin holds firm to war course, conjuring mirage of victory
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PRIO Paper
Deceitful Dream Sellers: Addressing the Loop of Lies Sustaining the Labour Exploitation of International Students in Northern Cyprus
Occasional Interns Paper Series
Tuesday, 9 Dec 2008 12:00–16:00 UTC+01
Return Policy and Peacebuilding
The seminar focuses on how returned refugees impact the societies to which they return.
Saturday, 26 Nov 2011 09:00–16:30 UTC+02
Cyprus Offshore Hydrocarbons: Wealth Distribution and Regional Politics
The conference will bring together international and local experts.
Wednesday, 25 Apr 2012 13:00–15:00 UTC+02
Rising Powers: From regional leaders to global players?
NOREF/PRIO seminar
7–9 Sep 2011
Integration and Transnationalism
Thursday, 28 Feb 2013 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
Who Wants to go to Europe?
Migration Breakfast Seminar
Thursday, 14 November 2013
PRIO Cyprus Centre Annual Conference: East Mediterranean Hydrocarbons
Geopolitical and Industry perspectives, Markets and Export Routes, and Regional Cooperation
Thursday, 29 May 2014 18:00–20:00 UTC+03
Report Launch: The Cyprus Peace Dividend Revisited - A Productivity and Sectoral Approach
By Fiona Mullen, Alexander Apostolides and Mustafa Besim
Monday, 16 Jun 2014 17:00–20:00 UTC+03
Turkey in Europe: The Imperative for Change
Launch of Report by The Independent Commission on Turkey (ICT)
Tuesday, 2 Sep 2014 17:00–19:00 UTC+02
What Next for Turkey?
The Presidential Elections in Context
Tuesday, 12 Aug 2014 15:00–16:00 UTC+02
Toward Agreement on Iran’s Nuclear Program? A Close-up of the Vienna Talks
Seminar with Professor Nasser Hadian
Thursday, 23 Oct 2014 14:00–16:00 UTC+02
The International Politics of Human Rights and the Responsibility to Protect
Seminar
Thursday, 26 Feb 2015 12:00–14:00 UTC+01
Building Peace in Permanent War: Terrorist Listing & Conflict Transformation
Report launch
Monday, 28 Sep 2015 09:00–17:00 UTC+03
International Best Practices in Combating Human Trafficking
The addressed issues that concern victim identification and services, national referral mechanisms, the role of the police, demand, labor trafficking, and the situation in both communities in Cyprus.
Monday, 29 Feb 2016 10:00–12:00 UTC+01
(Mis)Representing the Sunni Uprising in Iraq: Culture Talk and the “Islamic State"
Key speaker: Professor Tim Jacoby (Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester).
Monday, 6 Feb 2017 09:00–14:00 UTC+02
Challenges to Press Freedom: The Global Landscape and the Case of Cyprus
Simultaneous interpretation into Greek, Turkish & English will be available.
Thursday, 1 Jun 2017 18:00–19:00 UTC+03
Launch of Report by Michael Mason and Rebecca Bryant
Water technology and sustainability in north Cyprus: Climate change and the Turkey-north Cyprus water pipeline
Thursday, 31 Aug 2017 08:30–10:00 UTC+02
DRONEWARS 2017
Breakfast seminar