Monday, 17 Aug 2026
Record 756 million women now live in the shadow of armed conflict
Almost one in five women globally were living within 50 kilometres of a deadly conflict event in 2025, according to a new report from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
Tuesday, 25 Aug 2026
Russian employers less likely to hire veterans who volunteered for Ukraine war, study finds
Russian job applicants who disclose they voluntarily served Ukraine war are significantly less likely to hear back from employers than men who completed routine military conscription, according to a new article published in the Journal of Peace Re...
Is US patience with Israel running out?
Israel’s military campaigns in the Middle East depend on support from the United States. But how long will that support last?
Monday, 10 Aug 2026
Norwegians see Israel, Russia, the US and Iran as most likely to drag the world into another major war
Norwegians see Israel, Russia, the United States and Iran as the countries most likely to contribute to a future war involving one or more great powers, according to the Annual PRIO Survey on Norwegian Perceptions of War and Peace.
Policy Brief
Women exposed to armed conflict, 1990–2025
GPS Policy Brief
When the deadline looms: political crises, displacement and the clock
In January 2017, the streets of Banjul, the tiny capital of The Gambia, fell silent. Shops shuttered. Families packed bags. Tens of thousands of people streamed across the border into Senegal – not because war had broken out, but because a deadlin...
How to make sense of the new world disorder
With two ongoing regional wars, a crumbling humanitarian architecture and a number of smaller, often ignored, crises, it is tempting to pronounce an end to the liberal international order as we have known it since the end of the Cold War. But is t...
Only Moscow lacks new ideas for ending war against Ukraine
The July 23 meeting in Manila between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov lasted only 35 minutes and produced no new momentum, according to the Kremlin (The Moscow Times, July 23).
Seeing 22 July through transitional justice: what have we learned?
The new book After 22 July: Transitional Justice and Terror focuses on forms of accountability, reconciliation, and remembrance that have emerged in the years since the 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway. Bringing together perspectives from multiple...
Ukraine ramps up drone strikes in the Sea of Azov and Black Sea
Since early July, Ukraine has expanded its middle- and long-range aerial and naval drone strikes from isolating the Crimean Peninsula to also disrupting Russia’s maritime traffic in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
Ukraine’s expanding strike campaign undercuts Putin’s claims of steady progress
Russian President Vladimir Putin has a reputation for lashing out when cornered. According to some analysts, Putin’s pattern of responding to setbacks with escalation has made many Western leaders hesitant to supply heavy-impact weapon systems to ...
Thursday, 18 Jun 2026
World Refugee Day: Funding gaps and policy questions
As World Refugee Day 2026 is being marked, it is worth pointing to the strong foundations that exist based on research, which can inform policy at a time when humanitarian needs are pressing, while border control practices lead to migrant deaths.
AI is neither the autocrat’s silver bullet nor democracy’s death sentence
AI does not map neatly onto a spectrum running from democratic vulnerability to authoritarian advantage.
Norwegian peace diplomacy - is it facilitation or mediation? And why this matters.
It is a tradition in Norwegian peace diplomacy to say they are “only facilitators”, and theories on mediation are seen as of little relevance.
Does ‘ceasefire’ still have any real meaning?
We're seeing an incredibly dangerous development where ceasefires are changing character, as conflict parties accept high levels of violence within the label ‘ceasefire’.
Monday, 8 Jun 2026
Conflicts between states highest level since World War II
The number of armed conflicts fought directly between states doubled in 2025, reaching the highest level recorded in over 80 years, according to PRIO’s annual report mapping global conflict trends.
PRIO Paper
Conflict trends: A global overview, 1946–2025
PRIO Paper
The war in the shadow of Iran
While global attention is focused on the Iran conflict, the war between Pakistan and Afghanistan continues.
Russia hits strategic ceiling with attacks, strikes, and bluffs
Each attempt at nuclear blackmail exposes the disarray in Russian elites and society.
The Gaza effect
Following the war in Gaza, killings of journalists and UN staff have become part of Israel's modus operandi. If we allow these actions to continue, we risk them becoming a model for others.
Monday, 4 May 2026
High demand for PRIO Peace Research Course at Oslo International Summer School
The PRIO Peace Research course, part of the University of Oslo's International Summer School since 1969, is experiencing peaked interest in 2026.
Popular Article
Putin missed another potential chance to work toward peace
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Putin missed another potential chance to work toward peace
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, 21 Apr 2026
Applications open for the 2026 Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East
The Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East is a joint initiative co-organized by IBEI, Catalonia International and IEMed.
Russians appeal to Putin that he is misinformed about reality
After 50 months of the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine, Russia is facing accumulating military, economic, and social problems.
A challenging Presidency of a Union strained by a war-challenged member state
In January 2026, the Republic of Cyprus assumed the rotating presidency of the EU Council. This marked Cyprus’ second presidency, and expectations were high, given the particularly ambitious presidency goals set by a small member state located at ...
Deadlocked war subtly changes to Russia’s detriment
This year’s 32-hour-long Easter truce for Russia’s war against Ukraine did not lead to a lasting ceasefire nor a resumption in peace talks.
The ceasefire with Iran expires on 22 April. What happens then?
The crucial question remains unanswered: What has actually been achieved politically?
Journal Article
The underreported death toll of wars: a probabilistic reassessment from a survey with UCDP coders
Journal article in Journal of Conflict Resolution
It’s time for academics to take community action on AI
The situation is critical – Academic publishing urgently needs life support.