PRIO participated in Arctic Frontiers 2026, the annual multi-stakeholder conference held in Tromsø, bringing together researchers, policymakers, industry actors, civil society, and Indigenous ...
The long-cherished Russian ambition of being a peer competitor to the United States is incompatible with the reality of new world power contests. The main adversary for Vladimir Putin’s Russia is, in ...
Putin is caught between the crippling cost of staying the war course and the incalculable risks of signing a deal on ceasing the hostilities but continuing confrontation with Europe, to which Ukraine ...
PRIO is offering a PhD-level course examining how gender shapes all phases of the conflict cycle—from conflict risk and ...
Putin is determined to continue his war against Ukraine, which has lasted longer than World War II, even though a growing portion of Russian society wants it to end. He may succeed in sabotaging peace ...
Putin is likely upset about the work to finalize a peace plan, about which Russia is informed, but not involved. The Kremlin’s push to gain a position of military strength is also failing. Russia’s ...
Rustad, Siri Aas; Júlia Palik; Øystein H. Rolandsen & Kathrine Rudolfsen (2026) Can development assistance prevent conflict?.
PRIO invites applications for a 3-year full-time position as Doctoral Researcher in the project 'Knowledge for reconciliation: Truth and contestation in the aftermath of the Norwegian truth and ...
Book chapter in Backlash Against the Women, Peace and Security Agenda. Norm Research in International Relations.
The world is experiencing a surge in violence not seen since the post-World War II era. 2024 marked a grim new record: the highest number of state-based armed conflicts in over seven decades. A ...
The Director of PRIO, Henrik Urdal, announced his list today for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, with Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms topping the list. The 2025 list comprises of Sudan's Emergency ...
The world’s population is increasingly concentrated in cities. Research on urbanization’s implications for peace and security has been hampered by a lack of comparable data on political mobilization ...