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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Narges Mohammadi
“Narges Mohammadi was top of my list. Her win is a tremendous achievement for women’s rights in Iran."
Abraham Accords on NRK Urix
Før måtte de skjule at de var jøder i arabiske land.
New Case Brief: Ethical Issues and Controversies in the Astana Process: Questioning Representation and Ownership
This new FAIR case brief by Zenonas Tziarras focuses on how the Astana process became central to the peace efforts regarding the Syria conflict after 2017, but it has been heavily influenced by the interests and positions of its three sponsors or guarantor powers: Russia, Turkey, and Iran.
MidEast Policy Brief: UN Humanitarian Aid Comes to Syria for Another Year
In a MidEast Policy Brief, Research Professor Pavel Baev writes about the future of UN humanitarian aid to Syria, following the UN Security Council adoption of Resolution 2585 on 9 July 2021.
Workshop on Ethical Issues in Peace Negotiations and Mediation
On 9-10 September 2021, around 20 researchers met for a hybrid online-offline workshop to share their research on specific cases of ethical issues in peace negotiations and mediation.
The Impact of Gulf Rivalries on the Afghan Peace Process
In a new policy brief on the importance of a neighborly concert for Afghan peace, Kristian Berg Harpviken examines the present state of affairs in each of the main regions surrounding Afghanistan: Central Asia, South Asia and the Gulf.
COVID-19 in the Middle East: Different Regimes, Different Responses
In May, a new PRIO Middle East Centre project started.
Iran and its Relationship to Afghanistan After the Nuclear Deal
A New Era for Constructive Interaction?
JCPOA and New Opportunities
Today Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif gave an address at PRIO on the the new opportunities that have opened up as a result of the 2015 nuclear agreement (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action – JCPOA).
Timely Roundtable in Tehran
Religion and Contention in the Middle East: Ethical and Political Perspectives
USA kan bli fanget i sin egen eskalering
Popular article in Aftenposten
The Impact of the Israel-Hamas War on the Saudi-Israeli Normalization Process
MidEast Policy Brief
Israel and the Abraham Accords: A failed expansion
MidEast Policy Brief
Palestinian and Kurdish nationalism: Understanding the ‘politics of the possible’
Journal article in Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
As Ukraine conducts deep strikes, Russia turns to Iran
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Trust and Fairness: Ethical Dilemmas in the Iran Nuclear (JCPOA) Negotiations
FAIR Case Brief
The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Saudi-Iranian Relationship
MidEast Policy Brief
Ethical Issues and Controversies in the Astana Process: Questioning Representation and Ownership
FAIR Case Brief
The Geopolitics of Syria’s Reconstruction
PRIO Paper
Interstate rivals’ intervention in third-party civil wars: The comparative case of Saudi Arabia and Iran in Yemen (2004–2018)
PhD thesis
Dealing with COVID-19 in the Middle East
PRIO Paper
Iran and COVID-19: Timing Matters
MidEast Policy Brief
Bad Judgment and a Chain of Blunders: Soviet Responses to the Iranian Revolution
Book chapter in The Iranian Revolution at Forty
How the PLO served U.S. interests during the Iranian hostage crisis
Popular article in Washington Post
State Interventionism, Industrial Growth and Planning in Iran
Master thesis
A Palestinian window of opportunity? The PLO, the US and the Iranian hostage crisis
Journal article in British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
Global Energy Debates and the Eastern Mediterranean
PRIO Cyprus Centre Report
Iran and its Relationship to Afghanistan After the Nuclear Deal: A New Era for Constructive Interaction?
PRIO Paper
A Rock Between Hard Places: Afghanistan as an Arena of Regional Insecurity
Monograph
Regional Responses to Radicalization in Afghanistan: Obstacles, Opportunities and an Agenda for Action
PRIO Paper
Seven Winters in Tehran - Film seminar
Bakgrunnen for «Kvinne, liv, frihet!» i Iran
Revolutionary Women: Seminar on the Feminist, Popular, Revolutionary Uprising in Iran
The Women-led Uprising in Iran: Long lines, Current Dynamics and Future Prospects - MidEast Breakfast Seminar
Are We Moving toward a ‘Post-American’ Regional Security Dynamic in the Gulf? - MidEast Breakfast Seminar
The Evolving Situation in the Gulf: Contradictions and Opportunities
Iran and Saudi Arabia: Between Enmity and Amity
Israel, Iran og Syria-krisen - mot en ny krig på Israels nordfront?
JCPOA and New Opportunities for Iran-Norway Relations
Toward Agreement on Iran’s Nuclear Program? A Close-up of the Vienna Talks
Persepolis - What Makes or Breaks a Revolution?
The Iranian Nuclear Issue
Russia Breaks the Partnership with Turkey – but Builds a New One with Iran
The China Factor in Russian Support for the Iran Deal
Putin Flexes Diplomatic Muscles on Iran
Greek Agreement and Iranian Deal leave Russia Disappointed and Irrelevant
The Hitler Analogy
Iranian Deal leaves Russia in Deeper Isolation
As Ukraine Conducts Deep Strikes, Russia Turns to Iran
Russian Influence Fades in the Middle East
Transactional Engagements: Middle Eastern Responses to the Ukrainian War
What a Biden Presidency Could Mean for the Middle East
Afghanistan’s Corona Threat Contagion Knows No Borders
A New Phase in the Syria Conflict and New Security Challenges
Fragmentation and External Intervention Hamper Peace in Yemen
Does the Situation in Iran Call for a Second Nobel Peace Prize?
A New Geopolitical Chapter for the Middle East?
Russia’s influence in Middle East takes hit from Israeli strikes
Preventive war is wrong: Why recent attacks on Iran fail an important moral test
Moscow ponders reconfigured Middle East, finding few openings
Trump says he has ended six wars in six months. As a peace researcher, I’m scratching my head
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