The Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East is a joint initiative of IBEI, Blanquerna, Catalonia International and IEMed. The 2025 edition of the school will consist of a ...

The Barcelona Summer School offers a number of interactive courses on the politics and international relations of the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Arendalsuka is an annual Norwegian political ...

von Uexkull, Nina & Halvard Buhaug (2025) Scientific uptake in United Nations Security Council debates on climate change and ...

Research ProfessorMy book Arab-Israeli Diplomacy under Carter: The U.S., Israel and the Palestinians was published by I.B. Tauris in 2018. I mainly research the Arab-Israeli conflict with a focus on ...

Emilie Waldal is a Master's student of Human Geography at the University of Oslo, with particular interest to the humanitarian field, refugee and migration, climate and environment. She is currently ...

This PRIO Paper examines global conflict trends between 1946 and 2024 using data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP). 2024 marked a historic peak in state-based conflicts, with 61 active ...

New data shows conflict at historic high as U.S. signals retreat from world stage The world is experiencing a surge in violence not seen since the post-World War II era. 2024 marked a grim new record: ...

How can DDR programmes be adapted to conflict's changing nature? How do they impact the lives of former combatants? In this seminar, DISARM project members and DDR experts discuss key project findings ...

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

Second to the above peace treaty only, perhaps, the most notable diplomatic achievement in recent time is the July 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action). In January 2016, IAEA ...

Last year saw the highest number of state-based conflicts since 1946. In addition, the past three years were the most violent in the last three decades, according to new conflict trend analysis. 2023 ...

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 ...