Putin’s desire to postpone the necessary and broadly popular decision on ending his war against Ukraine is driven not by the expectations of gains but by the fear of the looming question about his ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Steven Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s key negotiator, met last Friday in what could mark a decisive moment in making or breaking a peace deal on Russia’s ...

Smith, Dan (1998) Language and Discourse in Conflict and Conflict Resolution, in Language and Conflict: A Neglected Relationship. Clevedon (8–42).

Researchers from PRIO, Masaryk University and the University of Helsinki gathered in Oslo for the CENTREPEACE Junior Scholar ...

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-enabl ...

Heo, Uk (1999) Defense Spending and Economic Growth in South Korea: The Indirect Link, Journal of Peace Research 36 (6): 699–708. Due to the lingering food crisis, speculations about the collapse of ...

Lucas Jr., George R.; Henrik Syse; Kirsi Marjaana Helkala & Edward Barrett, eds, (2023) Ethical challenges in AI-enhanced military operations. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. Frontiers in Big Data. DOI: ...

Chalkiadaki, Eva; Marta Bivand Erdal; Mohideen Mohamed Alikhan; Danesh Jayatilaka & Cathrine Brun (2024) Access, Power, Trust: Lessons from Humanitarian Aid in Protracted Displacement, PRIO Policy ...

This report is a final follow-up of the PRIO Policy Brief entitled A Gendered Perspective on the Direct and Indirect Causes of Death in War and Armed Conflicts (October 2006) by Patrick Meier in ...

There is a universally accepted legal definition of ‘refugees’ but no corresponding key to the meaning of ‘migrants’. The United Nations traditionally regards everyone who changes their place of ...

2020 provided ample evidence that conflict resolution is a long-term venture, as the year was dominated by many of the same conflicts that were present 30 years ago. A number of these conflicts can be ...

This report focuses on dual-use artificial intelligence (AI) technology as a central element in the current great power competition. It examines advances in developing and regulating dual-use AI ...