PRIO

The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

From the Institute website:

The institute is a non-profit peace research institute (established in 1959) whose overarching purpose is to conduct research on the conditions for peaceful relations between states, groups and people. The institute is independent, international and interdisciplinary, and explores issues related to all facets of peace and conflict. To remain at the cutting edge of peace research, PRIO is both proactively involved in identifying new trends in global conflict, and oriented toward formulating and documenting new understandings and responses

See Also

• Ola Tunander
• File:PRIO Annual report 2009.pdf - PRIO 2009 Annual Report
• File:Isenberg Private Military Contractors.pdf - A paper about the growth of PMC's and the genesis of the term
• File:The Use of Terrorism to Construct World Order.pdf - Paper "The Use of Terrorism to Construct World Order" - Ola Tunander