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 ...

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 ...

The trade war, unilaterally launched by Donald Trump on April 1, 2025, will go down in global history as a hostile act against globalization and international rules — rules that were once defended by ...

Researchers from PRIO, Masaryk University and the University of Helsinki gathered in Oslo for the CENTREPEACE Junior Scholar Symposium 3-4 April.

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 ...

Russia is one of the few countries not directly affected by the new U.S. trade tariffs. The effects on its economy, however, are still profound, while the political consequences are open to ...

The advent of COVID-19 and the global lockdown of 2020 allowed us to write an article in which we highlighted that the post-COVID world would remain unknown and uncertain[1]. One thing is certain: we ...

Africa is not a homogeneous entity. Unlike the United States or China, it does not have a unified political power capable of defending a common interest. Its cultural, economic, and political ...

PRIO’s engagement with issues around the use of artificial intelligence was in full display last week, when PRIO researchers joined key UN discussions in Geneva on AI-enabled weapons and satellite ...