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 ...

Putin may cherish the illusion that he is winning the long war against Ukraine. In reality, the Kremlin is losing as the traumatized Russian society faces ongoing degradation and international ...

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

Moscow finds itself at the periphery of high-intensity political interactions focused on a geo-economic power struggle, but it is not spared the consequences of escalating tensions and multiple ...

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 ...

In the Eastern Mediterranean, tensions are largely the norm rather than the exception. Greece and Turkey, two stable states and NATO allies, enjoy largely peaceful unneighborly relations, despite ...

In 2023, more than three quarters of the world’s children lived in a country experiencing conflict, with more than one in six children ­living within 50 km of an area where fighting took place. This ...

Liao, Karen; Marta Bivand Erdal; Arve Hansen; Anu Abraham & Maisie Fitzmaurice (2024) Middle Classes, Moving and Staying in Hanoi. PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO. The Asian urban middle classes are growing ...

This PRIO Paper examines global conflict trends between 1946 and 2023 using data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP). In 2023, 59 state-based conflicts were recorded in 34 countries, the ...

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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 ...