What problems are third‑country asylum centres intended to solve?
The EU is considering moving parts of asylum processing out of Europe, and several countries are pushing for third-country solutions.
Russia struggles to find a response to U.S.–Israel attack on Iran
The U.S.–Israeli airstrikes against Iran that began on February 28 shocked Moscow.
The wars of misconstrued opportunities and bad choices
Trump’s assertion of an “imminent threat” from Iran is no more convincing than President Vladimir Putin’s perennial claim that he had no other choice but to invade Ukraine.
Book Review
Tomorrow is Yesterday: Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine
Book review in The Middle East Journal
Trump’s attention-grabbing tactics
With a keystroke, the Trump administration shifted the world’s attention onto something that didn’t happen. At the same time, the most serious abuses happened absent our attention.
Kremlin struggles to project global relevance amid peace talks
Vladimir Putin may persist with his “military victory” war plan, but he also wants to keep the diplomatic attention of U.S. President Donald Trump, who wants to bring the war against Ukraine to an end.
PRIO Paper
How artificial intelligence can support peace
PRIO Paper
Russian hybrid warfare backfiring
Russian provocations, from cutting cables on the seabed to drone incursions into the European Union, are recognized as a major challenge to transatlantic security.
Lamentations for the New START Treaty are immaterial
The sum total of shortcomings has not only made the New START Treaty irrelevant but also turned it into a false promise.
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.
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.
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
Journal Article
Depoliticizing rebels: Government use of civilian trials during armed conflict
Journal article in Conflict Management and Peace Science
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.
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.
Conference Paper
Evolving Structures of Interagency Collaboration in Disaster Response: A Social Network Analysis of Cyclone Idai
Conference paper
Conference Paper
Network-Based Simulation of Flood Alert Dissemination Using GDACS and Synthetic Communication Logs
Conference paper
Journal Article
Keyboard Warriors and Peace-makers: Social Media Discourse and the Framing of Conflict in Manipur, Northeast India
Journal article in Conflict and Society
Policy Brief
The Cyprus Agenda: How Cyprus can shape the EU climate, energy and resilience agenda during its Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Ja...
PRIO Cyprus Centre Policy Brief
Policy Brief
How can development assistance help prevent conflict?
Conflict Trends
Policy Brief
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and China’s ‘developmental peace’ in Pakistan
PRIO Policy Brief
PRIO Paper
Can development assistance prevent conflict?
PRIO Paper
Thursday, 18 Dec 2025
Sharing research results in Cape Verde and The Gambia
Research with theoretical objectives can also yielded new insights of relevance to policy and public debate in the communities where the research was carried out.
Thursday, 18 Dec 2025
Top 5 most-read PRIO policy briefs in 2025
The most-read PRIO policy briefs of 2025 covered key global conflict issues including Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, women’s exposure to violence, ethical challenges in peace processes and resource stress in fragile regions.
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
Popular Article
Sanctions are squeezing Russia's recruitment model
Popular article in Brookings Commentary Can sanctions change the course of conflict?
Popular Article
Introduction: Reassurance and the East Asian Peace
Popular article in Global Asia
Popular Article
Arms control Putin-style goes nowhere
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor