Locations
Middle East
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Publications
Peer-reviewed Journal Article
Høigilt, Jacob (2017) Å balansere på en knivsegg: Mot sosialt sammenbrudd blant unge palestinere i Øst-Jerusalem [Balancing on a knife edge: Towards social breakdown among young Palestinians in East Jerusalem], Babylon - nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier 15(1): 50–59.
Høigilt, Jacob (2017) Egyptian Comics and the Challenge to Patriarchal Authoritarianism, International Journal of Middle East Studies 49(1): 111–131.
(2016) Writing Change: Diglossia and Popular Writing Practices in Egypt, Arabica 63: 324–376.
(2015) Fatah from Below: The Clash of Generations in Palestine, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 43(4): 456–471.
(2015) Russia as Opportunist or Spoiler in the Middle East?, The International Spectator: Italian Journal of International Affairs 50(2): 8–21.
(2013) ‘Finishing the Enterprise’: Israel's Admission to the United Nations, International History Review 35(3): 465–485.
(2013) Islamism and Education: The Nature and Aims of Islamic Schools in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Middle East Critique 22(1): 63–76.
Kverme, Kai & Jacob Høigilt (2012) Elsker, elsker ikke… Libanon, Palestina og Syria [Loves me, loves me not... Lebanon, Palestine and Syria], Internasjonal politikk 70(4): 520–528.
Jensehaugen, Jørgen; Marte Heian-Engdal & Hilde Henriksen Waage (2012) Securing the State: From Zionist Ideology to Israeli Statehood, Diplomacy & Statecraft 23(2): 280–303.
Jensehaugen, Jørgen & Hilde Henriksen Waage (2012) Coercive Diplomacy: Israel, Transjordan and the UN—a Triangular Drama Revisited, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 39(1): 79–100.
Tiller, Stian Johansen & Hilde Henriksen Waage (2011) Powerful State, Powerless Mediator: The United States and the Peace Efforts of the Palestine Conciliation Commission, 1949–51, International History Review 33(3): 501–524.
Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2011) The Winner Takes All: The 1949 Island of Rhodes Armistice Negotiations Revisited, Middle East Journal 65(2): 279–304.
(2009) Trekantdramaet mellom Israel, Iran og Hezbollah [The Israel - Iran - Hezbollah Threesome], Babylon 7(2): 66–87.
Monograph
Harpviken, Kristian Berg & Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh (2016) A Rock Between Hard Places: Afghanistan as an Arena of Regional Insecurity. New York: Oxford University Press.
Book Chapter
Harpviken, Kristian Berg (2015) Heart or Periphery? Afghanistan's Complex Neighbourhood Relations, in Gates, Scott; & Kaushik Roy, eds, War and State-Building in Afghanistan: Historical and Modern Perspectives. London: Bloomsbury (245–279).
Popular Article
Baev, Pavel K. (2019) Russia finds few fruits to harvest in the scramble for eastern Syria, Order from Chaos, 18 October.
Baev, Pavel K. (2019) Putin's indifference to Turkish offensive in Syria, Eurasia Daily Monitor, 14 October.
Tziarras, Zenonas (2019) Trump’s Withdrawal from Syria: Should I Stay or Should I Go?, Turkey Institute, 16 January.
Baev, Pavel K. (2015) Iranian deal leaves Russia in deeper isolation, Eurasia Daily Monitor, 6 April.
PRIO Policy Brief
Ioannou, Ioannis Sotirios & Zenonas Tziarras (2020) Turning the Tide in Libya: Rival Administrations in a New Round of Conflict, PRIO Cyprus Centre Policy Brief, 1. Nicosia: PRIO Cyprus Centre.
PRIO Paper
Harpviken, Kristian Berg & Sultan Barakat (2018) Comparing Qatari and Norwegian Models of Small State Conflict Mediation, PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.
Book Review
(2014) Review of Dispatches from the Arab Spring. Understanding the New Middle East, in Journal of Islamic Studies 25(2): 373–375.
Past Events
- 02 - 03 Mar 2020 - Preserving Spaces for Dialogue in the Middle East
- Fri, 28 Feb 2020 08:30-09:30 - Humanitarian Aid and the War Economy in Syria
- Wed, 22 Jan 2020 08:30-09:30 - Challenges for the Syrian Conflict Scenario: Is There a Role Left for International Mediation?
- Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:30-15:00 - Where is it Worst or Best to be a Woman?
- Fri, 29 Nov 2019 08:30-09:30 - Update from Northern Syria: Humanitarian Response, Impunity and Localization
- Thu, 28 Nov 2019 08:30-09:30 - Islam, Authoritarianism and Underdevelopment
- Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:00-13:00 - Effective Multilateralism for Regional Stability: Cyprus’ Vision for the Eastern Mediterranean region
- Mon, 18 Nov 2019 12:00-15:15 - Yemen in Context: Past, Present and Future
- Fri, 08 Nov 2019 08:30-09:30 - The Evolving Situation in the Gulf: Contradictions and Opportunities
- Wed, 06 Nov 2019 08:30-09:30 - Iran and Saudi Arabia: Between Enmity and Amity
- Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:00-13:30 - Social Media and Protest
- Thu, 19 Sep 2019 09:00-16:00 - Assisting and Protecting Refugees in Europe and the Middle East - Politics, Law, and Humanitarian Practices
- Tue, 28 May 2019 10:00-16:00 - Camp David at Forty - Lessons and Prospects
- Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:30-16:00 - Book Launch: Comics in Contemporary Arab Culture