Putin’s irrelevance at Davos Forum is irreversible
The agenda of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland on January 19–23, is extensive. The absence of official Russian participants appears politically motivated.
Journal Article
A New Digital Divide? Coder Worldviews, the “Slop Economy,” and Democracy in the Age of AI
Journal article in Information, Communication and Society
Putin stalling ninety percent complete peace deal
The recent surge in diplomatic activity intended to draft an agreement to end Moscow’s war against Ukraine has yielded U.S. and Ukrainian assertions that the deal is 90 percent ready.
Thursday, 1 Jan 2026
PRIO starts new publishing partnership with Oxford University Press
PRIO is excited to announce that its two flagship journals, Journal of Peace Research and Security Dialogue, are now being published by Oxford University Press.
Wednesday, 17 Dec 2025
Norway renews long-term commitment to women, peace and security at PRIO
PRIO is pleased to announce that its Centre on Gender, Peace and Security (GPS Centre) has entered into a new multi-year funding agreement with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Journal Article
Doomed to fail? The US and the Afghan State-building Project, 2001–2021
Journal article in Conflict, Security & Development
Journal Article
Comfortable Immobility and the Role of Staying in the Upward Social Mobility of Families in Asian Cities
Journal article in International Migration Review
Where is civilian drone research going?
The future of civilian drones is not predetermined. It will emerge through dialogue among researchers, regulators, industry, security actors and civil society.
Journal Article
War economy vs European Silicon Valley? The EU's competing sociotechnical imaginaries of defence innovation and industry
Journal article in Contemporary Security Policy
The UN Security Council Resolution on Gaza: Age of Consent or Recipe for Conflict?
On 17 November, the UN Security Council (UNSC) issued Resolution 2803, endorsing US President Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza. The resolution envisages a Board of Peace (BoP) to govern Gaza as an interim administration, as well as the establishment...
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...
Peace and good institutions save lives from floods
Why do some countries succeed in minimising the human toll of floods, while others face repeated catastrophes? The answer lies not only in meteorological or economic conditions, but also in political ones.
Flaws in Putin’s art of no-deal for peace become apparent
In November, a 28-point U.S.–Russia draft peace proposal was leaked that heavily favored Moscow, sparking backlash from Ukraine and the European Union.
Friday, 21 Nov 2025
Journal of Peace Research stands out as gender-inclusive among major peace and conflict journals
A new analysis of authorship patterns in leading peace and conflict journals shows the Journal of Peace Research has made substantial gains in gender diversity over the past two decades, and now stands out as the most gender-inclusive outlet among...
Journal Article
Political development predicts reduced human cost of flooding
Journal article in Nature Communications
Journal Article
Systematic literature reviews in migration studies: approaches to context-sensitive synthesis
Journal article in Comparative Migration Studies
Putin’s elites could become proponents of peace
Generational and social divisions shape elite attitudes toward Moscow’s war, with mid-level security operatives enforcing loyalty to Russian President Vladimir Putin and younger privileged figures largely indifferent to patriotism but obedient to ...
Why we should stop talking about “fake news”
The term “fake news” has taken root in public discourse, and this does more harm than good.
Deciphering the militarizing effect of military practices of threat forecasting: the French Red Team Project and its relevance for contemporary civ...
Imagine being a part of a government-backed initiative that recruits artists and scientists to envision future threat scenarios. Isn’t that a promising way to overcome organizational biases and group-thinking? In my recent article published in Sec...
Twenty years of vernacular security research
The concept of security is a complicated, and much contested, one. Does it entail survival, freedom, the absence of fear, a predictable future? Is it a property of states, of individuals, of groups, of collective identities? And how do we go about...
Why Hezbollah endures
The most recent Israeli war of aggression against Lebanon, launched to destroy Hezbollah—and still ongoing despite a ceasefire in November 2024—is part of a routine. It represents the latest escalation in a continuous war that Israel and its Weste...
Aeropeace in airspace: from defensive measures to positive peace
Peace can no longer be imagined without a peaceful sky – without ‘Aeropeace’ – but what does that entail?
It comes in peace? AI’s promise and peril for women, peace and security
Can AI help revive the WPS agenda or does it risk deepening the challenges that WPS meant to overcome?
Tuesday, 11 Nov 2025
Mari Holmboe Ruge in memoriam
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is sad to announce the passing away of Mari Louise Holmboe Ruge (born 20 July 1934) on 7 November 2025 in Oslo.
Policy Brief
Youth bulges and political participation in sub-Saharan Africa: What will the future bring?
PRIO Policy Brief
Preparing for the wrong war? The need to broaden the focus beyond defence spending towards a comprehensive approach to peace and security
Europe is rearming. What are the likely consequences of this strategy?
Talks on peace deal for war against Ukraine can still rebound
The failed Russian plan to organize a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Budapest was so significant that any prospect of bringing the war against Ukraine to an end any time soon appeared to disappear.
Journal Article
Decentred dereliction in digital international relations: PeaceTech, ethics, and the cascading of moral responsibility
Journal article in Review of International Studies
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.
Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025
Rethinking human roles in AI warfare
What kinds of human involvement are necessary in the use of AI-enabled weapons systems – and why?