As 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the revised Geneva Conventions, which were developed to protect civilians during war, ...

Reflecting, in this this paper, on Cyprus’s 20 years of EU membership, we discuss the rationale for the island’s accession to ...

Putin’s nuclear brinkmanship follows an oscillating pattern. The announcement of revisions in the nuclear doctrine is supposed to mark an upswing in Russia’s attempts at nuclear coercion. The Kremlin ...

PRIO is seeking a new Director to lead the institute. It is looking for a committed and unifying leader who will contribute ...

(2024) The State of Arms Control: Consequences of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. PRIO Paper. OSLO: Peace Research Institute ...

Over-estimating Russia’s readiness to unleash a nuclear war and yielding to Putin’s blackmail would indeed be a greater mistake than ignoring the threat and assuming that common strategic sense will ...

Based on their professional assessments, PRIO Directors have made it a tradition to offer their personal lists for the Peace Prize. Current Director Henrik Urdal presents here his fifth list since ...

The lessons Putin learned in the struggle against terrorism in the early 2000s became his template for later struggles. These lessons—about crudely manipulating public opinion, the effectiveness of ...

The prospect of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine being a long war highlights the critical issue of preventing nuclear or conventional escalation that would damage Ukraine and its supporters.

This policy brief examines the prospects for arms control in a scenario shaped by a decisive victory for Ukraine. Arms control combining nuclear and conventional tracks can become a key element of the ...

Csernatoni, Raluca & Bruno Oliveira Martins (2024) Innovative: Keeping the technological edge in the area of security and defence. Sovereign, Capable, Innovative, Responsive: Prospects and challenges ...