Thursday, 10 Dec 2015 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
Lethal Autonomous Weapons: The Challenge of Accountability
Background:Technological advances in weaponry mean that decisions about the use of force on the battlefield could increasingly be taken by machines operating without human intervention.
Tuesday, 16 May 2017 13:00–14:30 UTC+02
Lethal Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
Welcome to a discussion on the relationship between artificial intelligence, its likely uses in warfare, and how the technology could be controlled.
Journal Article
In Defense of (Virtuous) Autonomous Weapons
Journal article in Notre Dame Journal on Emerging Technologies
Conference Paper
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Autonomous Weapons-
Conference paper
Policy Brief
Norway’s Policy on Emerging Military Technologies: Widening the Debate on AI and Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
PRIO Policy Brief
Popular Article
Lethal Autonomous Weapons: Issues for the International Community
Popular article in Security & Defence Agenda
Popular Article
Lethal Autonomous Weapons: Killing the ‘Robots-don’t-Rape’ Argument
Popular article in IntLawGrrls
Friday, 16 May 2014
PRIO Researchers Contribute to Debate on Lethal Autonomous Weapons
Issues for the International Community
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?
Journal Article
Rethinking human roles in AI warfare
Journal article in Nature Machine Intelligence
Report – Other
Grappling with a weapon: The politics and policies of conflict-related sexual violence at the United Nations Security Council
The Missing Peace Series: Understanding Conflict-related Sexual Violence through Research, Policy and Practice
Popular Article
Putin returns to brinksmanship after new US sanctions
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
What do the recent drone sightings in Denmark and Norway mean?
The intensity of the response to the recent airport shutdowns of Oslo’s and Copenhagen’s main airports was unprecedented.
Putin returns to brinksmanship after new U.S. sanctions
With hopes for a personal rapport with Trump fading, Putin has returned to nuclear brinkmanship.
More money, more security? Norwegian Defense spending and the need to rethink the tempo of rearmament
While the Norwegian defense budget continues to grow at breakneck speed, the relationship between increased spending and national and societal security remains uncertain – and insufficiently discussed.
Russia ignores global peace developments to focus on Putin’s war
Extraordinary international attention was focused on the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on October 10. Anxiety was palpable in Moscow, where official skepticism had dominated since the award of the 2022 prize to the Memorial Society.
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.
Popular Article
Putin attempts to shift nuclear brinksmanship
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Putin attempts to shift nuclear brinkmanship
Russian President Vladimir Putin is shifting from overt nuclear brinkmanship to using Russia’s nuclear energy program as a “peaceful” tool of influence.
Thursday, 18 Sep 2025
Nobel Peace Prize 2025: PRIO Director’s updated list announced
The Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Nina Græger, announced her updated list today for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
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.
Why Would Humans Do Anything Boring, Difficult or Dangerous in Star Wars? Science Fiction’s Reluctance to Embrace Its Own Technology.
This blog post contains spoilers for the first series in Andor, and other science fiction shows.
Journal Article
Towards regulating human oversight: challenges for EU drone law
Journal article in Information & Communications Technology Law
Popular Article
Putin tries to build himself a position of strength
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Putin tries to build himself a position of strength
Expectations for the third round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul on July 23 had been very low, and the forty-minute-long talks delivered exactly that.
Multipolarity matures, but not according to Putin’s plan
The intensity of turbulence on the global arena has reached such high levels that the 2025 BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro on 6–7 July attracted far less attention than expected.
The US nuclear umbrella over Europe was a myth
Is it possible to imagine that one state would risk its own destruction in defence of another state?
Commemorating the 25 June 2022 terror attack against Oslo Pride: a chronology
As a political event the June 25 attack is remembered both in the context of domestic terror attacks and in the context of terror attacks against queer communities globally.
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.
Russia’s maximalist demands undermine peace talks despite mounting domestic strains
The key goal of the most recent round of talks between Russia and Ukraine, held on Monday, June 2, in Istanbul, is supposed to be an exchange of memoranda on the conditions for ending the war.