Locations
Middle East
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Publications
Peer-reviewed Journal Article
Tank, Pinar (2022) Rebel governance and gender in northeast Syria: Transformative ideology as a challenge to negotiating power, Third World Thematics: a TWQ Journal. DOI: 10.1080/23802014.2022.2115547.
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.
Høigilt, Jacob; Tewodros Aragie Kebede & Kristian Takvam Kindt (2016) Writing Change: Diglossia and Popular Writing Practices in Egypt, Arabica 63: 324–376.
Høigilt, Jacob (2015) Fatah from Below: The Clash of Generations in Palestine, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 43(4): 456–471.
Baev, Pavel K. (2015) Russia as Opportunist or Spoiler in the Middle East?, The International Spectator: Italian Journal of International Affairs 50(2): 8–21.
Waage, Hilde Henriksen; Marte Heian-Engdal & Jørgen Jensehaugen (2013) ‘Finishing the Enterprise’: Israel's Admission to the United Nations, International History Review 35(3): 465–485.
Høigilt, Jacob (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.
Nygård, Håvard Mokleiv (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
Tank, Pinar (2022) Erdoğans "nei": finsk og svensk NATO-medlemskap i skyggen av tyrkisk utenrikspolitikk [Erdogans "no": Finnish and Swedish NATO membership in the shadow of Turkish foreign policy], Den norske Atlanterhavskomité - Ukens analyse, 28 June.
Tank, Pinar; Júlia Palik; Jørgen Jensehaugen & Kristian Berg Harpviken (2022) Transactional Engagements: Middle Eastern Responses to the Ukrainian War, PRIO blogs, 24 March.
(2021) Kommer Kina til å gjenoppbygge Afghanistan, Irak og Syria? [Will China rebuild Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria?], Aftenposten, 4 September.
Baev, Pavel K. (2021) Moscow cannot find opening to boost its role in the Middle East, Eurasia Daily Monitor, 17 May.
Baev, Pavel K. (2021) Russia tries to counter US moves in the Middle East, in vain, Eurasia Daily Monitor, 1 March.
Tartir, Alaa (2020) Discord Around the Abraham Accords: Three questions to Dr. Alaa Tartir, Institut Montaigne, 14 October.
Baev, Pavel K. (2020) Russia Caught in Web of Middle Eastern Intrigues, Eurasia Daily Monitor, 28 September.
Baev, Pavel K. (2020) Russia Stages Parade for Troubled Naval Fleet, Eurasia Daily Monitor, 27 July.
Baev, Pavel K. (2020) Russia Muddles Through Fog of Libyan War and Haze of Syrian ‘Peace’, Eurasia Daily Monitor, 8 June.
Baev, Pavel K. (2020) The Russian-Saudi Oil Deal Bodes ill for Russia’s Intervention in Syria, Panorama, 30 April.
Baev, Pavel K. (2020) Pondering upon Post-Pandemic Revolutions…and Russia, ISPI Commentary, 10 April.
Harpviken, Kristian Berg (2020) Fortsatt spent mellom Iran og USA [Still Tense Between Iran and USA], Forsvarets forum, 24 February.
Baev, Pavel K. (2020) Russia Exploits Middle East to Subvert Europe, Eurasia Daily Monitor, 27 January.
Harpviken, Kristian Berg (2019) Vitenskapsdiplomatiets bidrag i Midtøsten [Science Diplomacy in the Middle East], Bistandsaktuelt, 12 November.
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
(2022) Does Unemployment Drive Political Violence and Protest? Focusing On the Case of Middle Eastern and North African Youth, Conflict Trends, 1. Oslo: PRIO.
Palik, Júlia; Siri Aas Rustad; Kristian Berg Harpviken & Håvard Mokleiv Nygård (2020) Conflict Trends in the Middle East, 1989–2019, Conflict Trends, 2. Oslo: PRIO.
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
Palik, Júlia; Siri Aas Rustad; Kristian Berg Harpviken & Fredrik Methi (2020) Conflict Trends in the Middle East, 1989–2019, PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.
Harpviken, Kristian Berg & Sultan Barakat (2018) Comparing Qatari and Norwegian Models of Small State Conflict Mediation, PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.
Book Review
Høigilt, Jacob (2014) Review of Dispatches from the Arab Spring. Understanding the New Middle East, in Journal of Islamic Studies 25(2): 373–375.
Past Events
- Thu, 22 Sep 2022 08:30-09:30 - The Challenge of Just Environmental Transitions in the Middle East and North Africa - MidEast Breakfast Seminar
- Mon, 04 July 2022 - Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East
- 25 - 26 Jun 2022 - A Vision for a New Lebanon: The Post-election Landscape - Reality & Reform
- Tue, 21 Jun 2022 08:30-09:30 - China’s Growing Role in the Middle East: Beyond Economic Engagement - MidEast Breakfast Seminar
- Wed, 15 Jun 2022 08:30-09:30 - Are We Moving toward a ‘Post-American’ Regional Security Dynamic in the Gulf? - MidEast Breakfast Seminar
- Tue, 07 Jun 2022 08:30-09:30 - What Lebanon after the Collapse? - MidEast Breakfast Seminar
- Wed, 11 May 2022 08:30-09:30 - Citizenship and Social Pacts in the Middle East and North Africa - MidEast Breakfast Seminar
- Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:30-09:30 - The Origins of Islamist Civil Wars - MidEast Breakfast Seminar
- Tue, 19 Apr 2022 12:00-13:30 - The War in Ukraine and Its Impact on Energy in the Middle East - MidEast Lunch Seminar
- Wed, 30 Mar 2022 08:30-09:30 - Rebel Governance in Yemen and Syria - MidEast Breakfast Seminar
- Thu, 24 Mar 2022 08:30-09:30 - Political Economy of Palestine: Critical Perspectives - MidEast Breakfast with Alaa Tartir
- Thu, 10 Mar 2022 08:30-09:30 - Hva betyr det at Israel kalles en apartheidstat?
- Wed, 25 Aug 2021 15:00-16:30 - Report Launch: Conflict Trends in the Arab World
- Thu, 17 Jun 2021 15:00-17:00 - The New American Administration and the Eastern Mediterranean
- Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:00-13:00 - Women’s Empowerment in the Middle East
- 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