PRIO participated in Arctic Frontiers 2026, the annual multi-stakeholder conference held in Tromsø, bringing together researchers, policymakers, industry actors, civil society, and Indigenous ...

The long-cherished Russian ambition of being a peer competitor to the United States is incompatible with the reality of new world power contests. The main adversary for Vladimir Putin’s Russia is, in ...

Putin is caught between the crippling cost of staying the war course and the incalculable risks of signing a deal on ceasing the hostilities but continuing confrontation with Europe, to which Ukraine ...

Putin is determined to continue his war against Ukraine, which has lasted longer than World War II, even though a growing portion of Russian society wants it to end. He may succeed in sabotaging peace ...

Putin is likely upset about the work to finalize a peace plan, about which Russia is informed, but not involved. The Kremlin’s push to gain a position of military strength is also failing. Russia’s ...

Watch PRIO’s recent Annual Peace Address with Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, who shared her unique insights on the global pushback on human rights.