Júlia Palik

Senior Researcher

Email: julpal@prio.org

Twitter: @juliapalik1

Research Interests

Research interest

Ex-combatant and veteran reintegration
The psychology and function of rituals
Women associated with armed groups

Júlia Palik
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News & events
Publications
Commentary
Audio & video

Recorded event

Thursday, 30 May 2024 16:00–18:00 UTC+02

Map to illustrate the Agreements of 1916 in regard to Asia Minor, etc., London, 1918: Map Areas referred to in the Agreements between Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy. Photo: Archive Editions 1999 via Flickr

02:01:45

Intractable State Formation Projects: Israel and Palestine in a Comparative Regional Perspective

This seminar examines colonial pacts in Palestine (1905-1948), comparing state formation with other regions and conflicts, shedding light on Israel-Palestine tensions today.

Event

Tuesday, 21 Jun 2022 08:30–09:30 UTC+02

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi signed a document on Iran–China 25-year Cooperation Program. Photo: Tasnim News Agency / CC BY 4.0

Cancelled

China’s Growing Role in the Middle East: Beyond Economic Engagement - MidEast Breakfast Seminar

This event is cancelled due to strike at Brussels Airport.

News

Monday, 28 Mar 2022

Photo: Syrian protesters assemble in solidarity with Ukrainians under Russian attack. Photo: Alisdare Hickson via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0

PRIO Blog Post: Transactional Engagements: Middle Eastern Responses to the Ukrainian War

In the PRIO blog post: Transactional Engagements: Middle Eastern Responses to the Ukrainian War, Research Professor Kristian Berg Harpviken and Senior Researchers Pinar Tank, Jørgen Jensehaugen and Júlia Palik write about the mixed regional responses among states in the Middle East for whom the Ukrainian war can have long-lasting destabilising effects.

News

Tuesday, 27 Apr 2021

Al Hudaydah Market, Yemen. Rod Waddington via Wikimedia Commons

The Challenges of Ceasefire Monitoring in Yemen

In her new article in International Peacekeeping, Senior Researcher Júlia Palik addresses the challenges of ceasefire monitoring in Yemen.

News

Friday, 26 Feb 2021

A New Road Map for Peace in Yemen

Senior Researcher Júlia Palik recently participated in an online panel discussion organized by Abaad Strategic Forum, together with two other experts.

News

Thursday, 24 Sep 2020

New Report on Conflict Trends in the Middle East

In their first-ever report to examine conflict trends in the Middle East, PRIO researchers take a closer look at the hard data on the number of conflicts – between states, within states, as well as one sided violence – and at ceasefires as well as peace agreements.

Recorded event

Thursday, 20 Apr 2023 09:00–10:00 UTC+02

President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi meets with President of China Xi Jinping in Beijing, during Raisi's state visit to China. February 14, 2023. Photo: www.mehrnews.com

01:07:44

China’s Growing Role in the Middle East

This MidEast breakfast seminar will examine the consequences of China's engagement in the ongoing conflicts and fragile geopolitical balance in the Middle East.

Policy brief

2022

Rebel governance: Ansar Allah in Yemen and the Democratic Union Party in Syria

MidEast Policy Brief

PRIO Blogs

Thursday, 24 Mar 2022

Syrian protesters assemble in solidarity with Ukrainians under Russian attack. Alisdare Hickson via Flickr. CC BT-SA 2.0

Transactional Engagements: Middle Eastern Responses to the Ukrainian War

Russia’s war in Ukraine has been met with global condemnation drawing NATO and the EU closer together in coordinating collective responses. In contrast to this coordinated front among US, French and German responses, it is worth drawing attention to the mixed regional responses among states in the Middle East for ...

Journal article

2021

Watchdogs of Pause: The Challenges of Ceasefire Monitoring in Yemen

Journal article in International Peacekeeping

Policy brief

2020

Conflict Trends in the Middle East, 1989–2019

Conflict Trends

Policy brief

2022

The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Saudi-Iranian Relationship

MidEast Policy Brief

Recorded event

Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022 08:30–09:30 UTC+02

Syrian rebels carry RPG-29 anti-tank missiles Qaboun, Damascus. Photo: Qasioun News Agency / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0

01:04:57

Rebel Governance in Yemen and Syria - MidEast Breakfast Seminar

How do rebel groups govern territories under their control? And how do third parties influence rebel governance structures?

PRIO Blogs

Tuesday, 27 Apr 2021

Hodeidah Market in 2013. The port of the city is one of the main points of entry for food in Yemen. Rod Waddington via Wikimedia Commons.

A Forgotten Mission: Monitoring the Ceasefire in Hodeidah, Yemen

Yemen’s conflict has been described as a forgotten war. Peace, up until recently, has been even more forgotten. The new US administration has begun a new a military and diplomatic track to end the fighting. Biden has made Yemen one of his foreign policy priorities, selected veteran diplomat Timothy Lenderking ...

PhD thesis

2020

Interstate rivals’ intervention in third-party civil wars: The comparative case of Saudi Arabia and Iran in Yemen (2004–2018)

PhD thesis

PRIO Paper

2020

Conflict Trends in the Middle East, 1989–2019

PRIO Paper

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