Nina Græger succeeds Henrik Urdal, who has served as PRIO’s Director since 2017 and is coming to the end of his tenure. Under ...

In November 2022, the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) signed a peace agreement to end two years of conflict which killed thousands and displaced millions of ...

The reality that the Kremlin finds difficult to internalize is that in the complex agenda of U.S.-PRC competition, issues pertaining to Russia and the war in Ukraine are rather far from the top. Putin ...

The Director of PRIO, Henrik Urdal, announced his list today for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, with Sudan's Emergency Response ...

Hagen-Zanker, Jessica (2024) Using satellite maps to build sampling frames in migration surveys, in Handbook of Research Methods in Migration. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing (104–114). The Peace ...

New report outlines the on-the-ground consequences of Israel’s ban on UNRWA which comes into effect next week.

Jensehaugen, Jørgen; Kjersti G. Berg & Lex Takkenberg (2025) Consequences of the Israeli UNRWA Ban, MidEast Policy Brief, 1. Oslo: PRIO. From 28 January 2025 Israel will implement two anti-UNRWA laws, ...

The outcome is the dangerous mutation of the well-armed dictatorial regime in Chechnya, which constitutes a constant threat to the integrity of the Russian Federation. A more profound outcome is the ...

The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) conducts research on the conditions for peaceful relations between states, groups and people.

The Nobel Peace Prize is arguably the most prestigious prize in the world. It is awarded annually by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to persons or organizations for their efforts and actions to promote ...

The technological competition between the United States (U.S.) and China has extended beyond more conventional sectors (e.g., microchips and manufacturing) into lesser known domains such as subsea ...