Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025
PRIO partners in major European Research Council project on the conduct of war
PRIO is proud to announce its partnership in a major new European Research Council-funded research initiative.
Russia’s influence in Middle East takes hit from Israeli strikes
Israel’s decision to launch a series of missile and bomb strikes on Iran on June 13 was a shocking surprise for Moscow, where the working assumption had been centered on the presumably protracted U.S.-Iranian talks on the limitations of the nuclea...
Putin Uses Victory Day Spectacle to Mask War Fatigue and Court Partners
The propaganda machine was switched to the maximum volume, turning the sombre memories of tragic battles and painful sacrifices into a celebration of militarism.
Decision Point for Putin is Set Too Close for His Comfort
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Steven Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s key negotiator, last Friday, in St. Petersburg, likely to buy himself more time before making any concessions. On Sunday, Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian...
Putin’s Warpath Goes Through Arctic
Russia’s war against Ukraine is stuck in a rigid deadlock. The prospect of agreeing on a ceasefire, which had appeared within reach a couple of weeks ago, has, however, become distant and blurred.
Report – Other
Rahul, Varsha, Shankar and the City of Opportunity
Report – Other
Rahul, Varsha, Shankar and the City of Opportunity (Hindi)
Wednesday, 26 Feb 2025
Moving and Staying: the Path to Middle Class Life in Asia
A Filipino nurse with family in Manila, three intertwined lives in Mumbai, a ‘self-made’ man in Karachi and the journey of a woman in Hanoi. Through four animations, the MigrationRhythms project explores how migration shapes social mobility across...
Conversations on Ending the War in Ukraine Grow Louder and Emptier
The first week of the “Golden Age” of U.S. policy announced by President Donald Trump registered a stream of messages from the White House on the need to bring the war in Ukraine to an end (White House, January 20). The Kremlin duly responded with...
Popular Article
Putin's anniversaries mark dangerous degradation of his regime
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Escalation Management: Putin-style, Ukraine-challenged, and NATO-pursued
Russian missile strike on the sprawling industrial complex in Dnipro on November 21 produced far more strategic resonance than material damage – and has reopened hard questions about the constant mutation of the long Russia-Ukraine war and the met...
An Untested Refugee Theory
From late January 2025, the Israeli ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) will come into effect. What does this mean for the rights of the Palestinian refugees, and who will then take responsibility for h...
Report – External Series
Snapshot of migration to Cyprus in the last five years
FES briefing
PRIO Paper
Middle Classes, Moving and Staying in Karachi
PRIO Paper
PRIO Paper
Middle Classes, Moving and Staying in Mumbai
PRIO Paper
The Zelensky 'Victory Plan' That Evaporated
Is the Ukrainian president weakened? Sir Michael Howard, one of the most renowned war historians of all time, often pointed out that wars were lost or won as a result of events that took place far from the front lines. The past weeks have powerful...
Wednesday, 25 Sep 2024
Call for Papers: Theorizing Migration and Social Mobility in Asia and Beyond
Focusing on the Asian context, we seek to explore the interactions between multiple forms of migrations and processes of social mobility, whether upward, downward, or sideways. The Call for Papers is open till 15 October 2024.
Moscow Takes the Measure of Western Vacillations
Since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine, the US-led Western coalition has demonstrated remarkable determination in supporting Kyiv. Yet, every practical step in providing military support to defiant Ukraine has involved protracted delibera...
The Silent Winner of Myanmar’s Northern Conflict
From the chaos of the conflict in Shan State, the United Wa State Army has emerged as a potentially decisive force. On the morning of July 28, a convoy of soldiers from the United Wa State Army (UWSA) drove through Lashio, the capital of the north...
Sunday, 18 Aug 2024
PRIO Invites Journalists to Apply for Residence Linked to Groundbreaking Research
PRIO hosts six research projects funded by prestigious grants for Europe’s most groundbreaking research. There is now an opportunity for journalists to spend 3-5 months at the institute and engage with these projects.
Journal Article
SMEs, Violence and Crisis: Stylized Facts from a Survey in Latin America
Journal article in World Development
Journal Article
The role of sub‐national actors in coordinative Europeanisation: insights from the digitalisation of asylum services
Journal article in Comparative European Politics
Thursday, 16 Mar 2006 13:00–16:00 UTC+01
Human Security Research in Norway
GECHS (Global Environmental Change and Human Security) invites you to a seminar and opening 16 March to present different ways of understanding human and social security.
Friday, 21 Sep 2007 18:30–22:00 UTC+02
Civil War in Colombia
Film Seminar
Sunday, 16 Mar 2003 13:00–16:00 UTC+01
Human Security Research in Norway
Seminar and Opening
16–17 Apr 2009
Institutional Constraints to Violence
This workshop of the CSCW Working Group "Human Rights, Governance and Conflict" evaluates the impact of different political agents and institutions on violence.
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
9–10 Jul 2009
Pro-Government Armed Groups and Militias
Incidence, Impact, and Government Accountability
11–12 Jun 2009
Joint CSCW WG3/GROW-Net workshop
In association with PRIO’s 50th Anniversary Week in Oslo in June 2009, the CSCW Working Group on Environmental Factors in Civil War (WG3) and the CSCW node of the ESF/ECRP project “Disaggregating Civil Wars“ (aka GROW-Net) are organizing a joint ...
Wednesday, 27 Jan 2010 10:00–12:00 UTC+01
The Syrian-Iranian Axis in the Middle East and Beyond
PRIO invites you to a seminar with Jubin Goodarzi, Professor at Webster University, Geneva.