Nuclear means come to front of Putin’s long-war strategy
Moscow commentators were taken aback over U.S. President Donald Trump’s message on resuming nuclear testing “immediately” and also “on an equal basis” with Russia and China.
Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025
Online speech drives real-world violence, new PRIO study finds
A new study from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) represents one of the first large-scale investigations into how online discourse can both increase and reduce real-world violence.
Putin–Trump call stalls Tomahawks but reactivates ceasefire discussions
Putin’s phone call yielded a short-term advantage by prompting Trump to delay a decision on supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
Friday, 26 Sep 2025
New funding for project on Norwegian truth and reconciliation commission in the South Saami area
Analyzing the case of the Norwegian truth and reconciliation commission in the South Saami area.
Journal Article
Beyond Hate Speech: Online Rumors and Out-Group Resentment in Divided Societies
Journal article in Comparative Political Studies
Putin’s Vladivostok Forum underwhelming and alarming
The outcomes of wars of attrition are typically decided by the capacity to mobilize material resources. The Kremlin appears to believe, however, that impressions matter more than real capabilities and the depth of public support.
Putin seeks People’s Republic of China’s support for war-to-victory stance
The PRC is marking the 80th anniversary not only of the defeat of Japanese aggression during World War II, but also the end of the long century of perceived humiliation by various imperialist powers — one of which was, in fact, Russia.
Commemorating the terrorist attack July 22, 2011: a memorial map from below
Every year since 2011, from the middle of July, survivors, the bereaved, and the rest of Norway prepare for yet another commemoration of the July 22 terror attack.
The reintegration of 5 million veterans may be Ukraine’s next major battle: Results from a recent survey in Ukraine
While discussions of a ceasefire remain clouded by diplomatic uncertainty, Ukrainian soldiers continue to fight on the frontlines. Once the fighting on the ground ends, these women and men will likely face their next battle in reintegrating into c...
Putin’s preemptive maneuvering around NATO summit is cut off
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, investors from most parts of the world have stopped coming to Russia, so the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum has turned into a show of fake innovation.
Preventive war is wrong: Why recent attacks on Iran fail an important moral test
Can there be just cause for purely preventive military action – action that aims to impede or destroy an adversary’s capacity to wreck future harm?
Journal Article
Online speech and communal conflict: Evidence from India
Journal article in PNAS Nexus
The Hype, Delusions and Risks of the Arctic Geopolitics
The surge of political attention to the Arctic may appear counter-intuitive to the experts overtaxed with assessing the consequences of the global trade war, perplexed by the deadlock of the Ukraine War, and frustrated by the deepening indifferenc...
Security Dialogue
Migrant deaths in the name of law
Image byJim BlackfromPixabay In international political sociology, a variety of scholars following Agamben and the so-called state of exception emphasize the routes of violence against migrants in the light of their privation of rights or “suspend...
Tuesday, 10 Dec 2024
Virtual book launch of 'From uncertainty to policy: A guide to migration scenarios' on International Migrants Day
Can migration be forecasted in today's unpredictable world? How can policymakers and scholars navigate inherent uncertainty, with robust and realistic models?
Tuesday, 10 Dec 2024
PRIO in the Republic of Korea for its Action with Women and Peace Conference
On December 10th, PRIO Research Director Louise Olsson and GPS Coordinator Stine A. Bosheim contributed to the Action with Women and Peace Conference (AWP), in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Authorship and Involuntary Attribution: How and Why Should We Contest AI Manipulation?
Technology is radically changing the work and role of scholars and the function of academic publishing. Fake and fabricated content (data, facts, arguments, claims, conclusions) undermines the foundations of knowledge in a democratic society. Faki...
Thursday, 12 May 2005 14:00–16:00 UTC+02
World Risk Society
Professor Ulrich Beck of the University of Munich and the London School of Economics and Political Science, known for his work on globalization and for his classic work on the ‘risk society’ gave a seminar in Oslo 12 May.
6–7 Mar 2006
US Policy Toward the Arab–Israeli Conflict
Two Seminars with William B. Quandt
26–30 May 2008
Qualitative Methods and the Study of Civil War - CSCW/UiO doctoral course
21–22 Aug 2006
Power-Sharing and Democratic Governance in Divided Societies
Workshop at PRIO, 21-22 August 2006
Thursday, 19 Feb 2009 14:30–19:00 UTC+05
New York Launch of the Forum for Peacebuilding Ethics (PeacE)
New York, 19 February 2009
Wednesday, 18 Mar 2009 13:00–16:00 UTC+01
Oslo Launch of the Forum for Peacebuilding Ethics (PeacE)
Oslo, 18 March 2009
Monday, 27 June 2011
Conference on Pastoralism in China Today
Beijing, PRIO and Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
18–19 Nov 2011
Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism
The conference, arranged at MIT by Roger Petersen, brings up the possibility of a major shift away from the counterinsurgency model (COIN) toward a counterterrorism model that heavily relies on special operations forces (SOF).
21–22 Sep 2012
ENCoRE COST meeting
The upheavals in North Africa and the Middle East in early 2011 caught most analysts and decision makers by surprise.
Monday, 15 Oct 2012 11:00–17:15 UTC+02
Uniting for Peace in Colombia
[Sammen for fred i Colombia / Juntos por la Paz en Colombia]
Friday, 8 Feb 2013 19:00–21:00 UTC+02
Launch: New Cyprus Critical History Archive
The Cyprus Critical History Archive (CCHA) is a joint initiative between the Association for Historical Dialogue & Research (AHDR) and PRIO Cyprus Centre (PCC) to digitize, catalogue and make available to the public Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypri...
Friday, 3 May 2013 10:00–12:00 UTC+02
Conflict in Africa: The Leadership and Governance Accelerators
Seminar with Robert I. Rotberg, Harvard University
Sunday, 9 Feb 2014 17:00–19:00 UTC+01
Human Rights Human Wrongs: Terms and Conditions May Apply
Panel Discussion: Privacy: Why Care and How to Care?