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Global Gatherings on AI Weapons and Satellite Imagery: PRIO at UN Forums
PRIO’s engagement with issues around the use of AI was in full display last week, when PRIO researchers joined key UN discussions in Geneva on AI-enabled weapons and satellite technology, contributing expertise on security, ethics and strategic policy.
PRIO secures funding for four new innovative projects
PRIO has successfully secured funding for four new projects to support research addressing today’s critical societal challenges, including two focused on Norwegian security and defence.
Rahmat Hashemi Successfully Defends PhD Thesis
Today, Rahmat Hashemi successfully defended his dissertation.
Stakeholder dialogue held in Manila as part of the NORM project
In September 2023, the PRIO NORM team was in Manila, The Philippines, to conduct fieldwork interviews and meetings with local stakeholders.
Washington's Sanctions on Russia Will Affect Europe More than the United States
Interview with Harry Tzimitras
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.
Successful Master's Thesis Defense by Bjørn Schirmer-Nilsen
Bjørn Schirmer-Nilsen has successfully defended his thesis "Successful Failure: The Intifada and the Shultz Initiative of 1988".
The Legacy of Racial Violence - New Project
The Legacy of Racial Violence project seeks to address gaps in our understanding of how past racial violence affects contemporary communities, using the US as a critical research case.
How do Biden’s Actions in the Middle East impact Russia?
Research Professor Pavel Baev argues that the sequence of proactive moves in the Middle East by the new US administration simultaneously gladdens and alarms the Kremlin.
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.
Celebrating the Launch of the Women, Peace & Security Index
The new and global Women, Peace and Security Index, developed by PRIO and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, launched at the United Nations today.
Successful Spring Seminar Series on the Psychology of Political Struggle
The seminar series «PSYOPS: The Psychology of Political Struggle» aims to bring academics and professionals from different disciplines and fields of experience together to discuss topics in the borderland between psychology and politics.
PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update (Issue 3-2015)
PRIO Launches New Centre on Gender, Peace and Security
Fifty Years Since the Selma March
Yesterday, at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, President Obama and over 100 members of the US Congress celebrated the 50th anniversary of the historic civil rights march in Selma, a turning-point in the non-violent civil rights movement.
Kai Eide on fraught Afghan-US relationship
New PRIO Paper
US Policy Toward the Arab–Israeli Conflict
Middle East expert Professor William B.
America’s Un-American AI Companies
Popular article in Project Syndicate
The Missing Resistance in China’s AI Debate
Popular article in Lawfare
USA kan bli fanget i sin egen eskalering
Popular article in Aftenposten
The Cold War and the artificial satellites. A study in cognitive dissonance
PRIO Report
The Consequences and Prospects of Israel’s Ban of UNRWA
The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Navigating US-China Technology Competition: An Indonesia Perspective
Research Report
The State of Arms Control: Consequences of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
PRIO Paper
Post-War Opportunities for Arms Control
PRIO Policy Brief
Turns in the Long War as Drivers for Arms Control
PRIO Policy Brief
Shaping the Digital Architecture: Contested Norms on Digital Technology in Southeast Asia
PRIO Policy Brief
The demand for US leadership outpaces resentment agaisnt it
Popular article in Panorama UIK
New decree on foreign policy fails to hide Russia's falsity
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Bridge over Troubled Waters: Jordan’s Position in the Middle East
MidEast Policy Brief
Giving Ukraine a Patriot missile defense system is good — but not enough
Popular article in NBC Think
Are We Seeing a Global Geopolitical Realignment? Statements, UN Votes, and Diplomatic Interactions after the Invasion of Ukraine
PRIO Policy Brief
Putin's nuclear blackmail hits US resolve and Chinese wall
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Time for the West to think about how to engage with defeated Russia
Talbott Papers on implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Trust and Fairness: Ethical Dilemmas in the Iran Nuclear (JCPOA) Negotiations
FAIR Case Brief
Dual-Use AI Technology in China, the US and the EU: Strategic Implications for the Balance of Power
PRIO Paper
Successful Failure: The Intifada and the Shultz Initiative of 1988
Master thesis
Legacies of racial violence in the United States and Norway
AI in War & Peace: The Politics of Truths and Fakes
Arms Trade Controls in an Era of Geopolitical Tensions
Soul Food: How African-American food shaped American culture
The Global Competition for AI Technology Dominance
Are We Moving toward a ‘Post-American’ Regional Security Dynamic in the Gulf? - MidEast Breakfast Seminar
Small States and Great Powers Balancing, Affecting Change, and Navigating Dangers - Small State Perspectives in the Arctic and Asia
PRIO Annual Peace Address 2021: Why We Must Avoid a New Cold War – And How to Do It
The New American Administration and the Eastern Mediterranean
The Dilemmas of Western Engagement in the Syrian Civil War: How to avoid responsibility while governing the outcome?
Camp David 2000: Clashes of Character and Conduct
Trump in the Middle East: Negotiating Without Palestinians
North Korea and USA: How to Prevent a Kim – Trump Showdown
Civil Resistance in the Contemporary U.S.: Challenges, Opportunities, and Implications
Communicating Norms: Consensus and polarization in television news
Donald Trump: A Cautionary Tale of Leadership and the Threat to Democracy
The Digital is Political, Isn't It?
Revisiting US Policy toward Afghanistan and its Region: Toward a Model of Democratic Stability
Modern Civil War views on the US Civil War
The Obama Administration's Foreign Policy
Navigating the New Space Race: Implications for Norwegian Security Policy and Defence Industry
China-US Technological Competition: Consequences of the “Chip War” for Norway
Arms Control In Bello
UNRWA and the Funding Crisis
Successful Failure: The intifada and the Shultz Initiative of 1988
No Peace in Sight? The United States and the Complex Case of Afghanistan, 1978-2020
Facilitating the U.S.-PLO Dialogue: The Swedish Connection and Small State Mediation
US Security Force Assistance in the Horn of Africa
Europe's Experience with North Korea: Imperfect Prospects for Future US Policy
Diaspora Return: Implications for Somalia
American Democracy is in Danger, but Not Dead
The US nuclear umbrella over Europe was a myth
Preventive war is wrong: Why recent attacks on Iran fail an important moral test
Moscow ponders reconfigured Middle East, finding few openings
Putin’s game of war-making and bargaining comes to end
Flaws in Putin’s art of no-deal for peace become apparent
Trump’s attention-grabbing tactics
Russia struggles to find a response to U.S.–Israel attack on Iran
The US may become trapped in its own escalation
The ceasefire with Iran expires on 22 April. What happens then?
Putin’s Beijing visit promises few rewards
Is US patience with Israel running out?
Legacies of racial violence in the United States and Norway
AI in War & Peace: The Politics of Truths and Fakes
The Global Competition for AI Technology Dominance
PRIO Annual Peace Address 2021: Why We Must Avoid a New Cold War – And How to Do It
Trump in the Middle East: Negotiating Without Palestinians
North Korea and USA: How to Prevent a Kim – Trump Showdown
Civil Resistance in the Contemporary U.S.: Challenges, Opportunities, and Implications
Donald Trump: A Cautionary Tale of Leadership and the Threat to Democracy
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