Nicholas Marsh
@nicholasmarsh.bsky.social
Work on arms trade, security assistance, disarmament, governance of digital security tech, defence industry and many other things. Likes are bookmarks. About me https://www.prio.org/people/5082
Also at: @[email protected] @MarshyNic
Also at: @[email protected] @MarshyNic
@prioresearch.bsky.social has announced 2 postdoc positions linked to the ERC-funded project Rituals in Combatant-to-Civilian Transformation (Com2Civ), led by brilliant colleague Júlia Palik. One is in Social Psychology and the other Anthropology. More info at: www.prio.org/about/careers
Careers – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
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October 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
@prioresearch.bsky.social has announced 2 postdoc positions linked to the ERC-funded project Rituals in Combatant-to-Civilian Transformation (Com2Civ), led by brilliant colleague Júlia Palik. One is in Social Psychology and the other Anthropology. More info at: www.prio.org/about/careers
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Least #Europe forgets... #Africa is currently witnessing the fastest growing jihadist expansion in the world:
"Nearly half of the fatalities (10,685) in the past year have been in the #Sahel."
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"Nearly half of the fatalities (10,685) in the past year have been in the #Sahel."
africacenter.org/spotlight/en...
September 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Least #Europe forgets... #Africa is currently witnessing the fastest growing jihadist expansion in the world:
"Nearly half of the fatalities (10,685) in the past year have been in the #Sahel."
africacenter.org/spotlight/en...
"Nearly half of the fatalities (10,685) in the past year have been in the #Sahel."
africacenter.org/spotlight/en...
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This is great reading. It offers a very limited hope that European defence may ever work, but it does not rule it out entirely, so that's a relief. It's also slightly depressing research-wise. The complexity of it all almost prevents any meaningful understanding. In any case, go and read it!
New article today in @jei-publication.bsky.social for @brunoomartins.bsky.social , @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social and I - "The European Iron Network: the remaking of the political economy of European defence production following the Ukraine War" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The European Iron Network: the remaking of the political economy of European defence production following the Ukraine War
In this article, we develop a conceptualisation of the relationship between European institutions, governments and defence industries as a European Iron Network. This network is characterized by a ...
www.tandfonline.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is great reading. It offers a very limited hope that European defence may ever work, but it does not rule it out entirely, so that's a relief. It's also slightly depressing research-wise. The complexity of it all almost prevents any meaningful understanding. In any case, go and read it!
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📊 New dataset and paper alert!
We’re proud to launch the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789–2019: a global dataset covering 1,452 mass mobilization movements. It was just published in Comparative Political Studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Below follows a 🧵
We’re proud to launch the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789–2019: a global dataset covering 1,452 mass mobilization movements. It was just published in Comparative Political Studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Below follows a 🧵
August 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
📊 New dataset and paper alert!
We’re proud to launch the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789–2019: a global dataset covering 1,452 mass mobilization movements. It was just published in Comparative Political Studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Below follows a 🧵
We’re proud to launch the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789–2019: a global dataset covering 1,452 mass mobilization movements. It was just published in Comparative Political Studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Below follows a 🧵
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Effects of the Ukraine War, including the 2025 EU White Paper on European Defence, have transformed the political economy of European defence production are examined in a new @jei-publication.bsky.social article
written with @brunoomartins.bsky.social and
@jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social
written with @brunoomartins.bsky.social and
@jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Effects of the Ukraine War, including the 2025 EU White Paper on European Defence, have transformed the political economy of European defence production are examined in a new @jei-publication.bsky.social article
written with @brunoomartins.bsky.social and
@jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social
written with @brunoomartins.bsky.social and
@jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social
Effects of the Ukraine War, including the 2025 EU White Paper on European Defence, have transformed the political economy of European defence production are examined in a new @jei-publication.bsky.social article
written with @brunoomartins.bsky.social and
@jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social
written with @brunoomartins.bsky.social and
@jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Effects of the Ukraine War, including the 2025 EU White Paper on European Defence, have transformed the political economy of European defence production are examined in a new @jei-publication.bsky.social article
written with @brunoomartins.bsky.social and
@jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social
written with @brunoomartins.bsky.social and
@jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social
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New article today in @jei-publication.bsky.social for @brunoomartins.bsky.social , @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social and I - "The European Iron Network: the remaking of the political economy of European defence production following the Ukraine War" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The European Iron Network: the remaking of the political economy of European defence production following the Ukraine War
In this article, we develop a conceptualisation of the relationship between European institutions, governments and defence industries as a European Iron Network. This network is characterized by a ...
www.tandfonline.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
New article today in @jei-publication.bsky.social for @brunoomartins.bsky.social , @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social and I - "The European Iron Network: the remaking of the political economy of European defence production following the Ukraine War" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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We're delighted to announce and welcome a diverse group of 30 #emergingexperts to the 2025-2026 English-language Emerging Expert program. See short bios on each at www.forumarmstrade.org/emerging-exp...
August 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We're delighted to announce and welcome a diverse group of 30 #emergingexperts to the 2025-2026 English-language Emerging Expert program. See short bios on each at www.forumarmstrade.org/emerging-exp...
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Swedish Defence University advertises two postdoc positions focused on narrative geopolitics, or how emotional and widely circulated narratives shape international security, great power relations & geostrategic rivalry.
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Deadline: 31 Aug
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Deadline: 31 Aug
August 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Swedish Defence University advertises two postdoc positions focused on narrative geopolitics, or how emotional and widely circulated narratives shape international security, great power relations & geostrategic rivalry.
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Deadline: 31 Aug
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Deadline: 31 Aug
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Postdoc in Narrative Geopolitics @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
We’re looking for a postdoc w expertise in machine learning, data mining, or related quantitative methods to explore how emotionally charged narratives shape international security & great power politics.
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
We’re looking for a postdoc w expertise in machine learning, data mining, or related quantitative methods to explore how emotionally charged narratives shape international security & great power politics.
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoc with a focus on quantitative narrative geopolitics
Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis
fhs.varbi.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Postdoc in Narrative Geopolitics @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
We’re looking for a postdoc w expertise in machine learning, data mining, or related quantitative methods to explore how emotionally charged narratives shape international security & great power politics.
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
We’re looking for a postdoc w expertise in machine learning, data mining, or related quantitative methods to explore how emotionally charged narratives shape international security & great power politics.
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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New report "Transparency in European Arms Exports: Access to information and accountability" by @tmcasser.bsky.social and University of Amsterdam Law Clinics
www.asser.nl/about-the-as...
www.asser.nl/about-the-as...
June 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
New report "Transparency in European Arms Exports: Access to information and accountability" by @tmcasser.bsky.social and University of Amsterdam Law Clinics
www.asser.nl/about-the-as...
www.asser.nl/about-the-as...
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Amid Sudan’s ongoing civil war, Bellingcat in partnership with Kenya’s Daily Nation was able to identify Kenyan-labelled ammunition crates in a suspected Rapid Support Forces (RSF) depot near the capital Khartoum. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/06...
Kenyan Weapons Linked to Sudan’s Civil War - bellingcat
Bellingcat and our partners at Kenya’s Daily Nation have identified Kenyan-labelled crates of ammunition inside an alleged RSF depot close to the recently recaptured Sudanese capital Khartoum. Althoug...
www.bellingcat.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Amid Sudan’s ongoing civil war, Bellingcat in partnership with Kenya’s Daily Nation was able to identify Kenyan-labelled ammunition crates in a suspected Rapid Support Forces (RSF) depot near the capital Khartoum. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/06...
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New UCDP data release! In the 2024 update from the @ucdp.bsky.social, organised violence remained alarmingly high, with 61 state-based conflicts and nearly 160,000 recorded fatalities.
June 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New UCDP data release! In the 2024 update from the @ucdp.bsky.social, organised violence remained alarmingly high, with 61 state-based conflicts and nearly 160,000 recorded fatalities.
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Do you work on gender and peacebuilding broadly defined (including everything from ceasefires to transitional justice)? I’m looking for pitches to contribute to a special issue, especially interested in quantitative research by scholars outside of Europe/US/Canada. Email/DM me!
June 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Do you work on gender and peacebuilding broadly defined (including everything from ceasefires to transitional justice)? I’m looking for pitches to contribute to a special issue, especially interested in quantitative research by scholars outside of Europe/US/Canada. Email/DM me!
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PhD students, post-docs, PhD holders in 20th century Eastern Europe: if you want a job, me and my pals at the Pilecki Institute are about to drop the motherlode. 12 jobs available across various fields. And you get to work with me. Keep your eyes on this space.
May 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
PhD students, post-docs, PhD holders in 20th century Eastern Europe: if you want a job, me and my pals at the Pilecki Institute are about to drop the motherlode. 12 jobs available across various fields. And you get to work with me. Keep your eyes on this space.
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Swedish Defence University is advertising a postdoc in quantitative narrative geopolitics. The role involves applying data science methods to examine how narratives shape international security, great power relations, and geostrategic rivalry.
Deadline: August 31.
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Deadline: August 31.
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoc with a focus on quantitative narrative geopolitics
Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis
fhs.varbi.com
May 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Swedish Defence University is advertising a postdoc in quantitative narrative geopolitics. The role involves applying data science methods to examine how narratives shape international security, great power relations, and geostrategic rivalry.
Deadline: August 31.
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Deadline: August 31.
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Helpful chart showing projected US aid to Ukraine which is already in the proverbial pipeline. "weapons and support from contracts signed in the past three years will continue flowing to Ukraine for years to come" www.csis.org/analysis/can...
May 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Helpful chart showing projected US aid to Ukraine which is already in the proverbial pipeline. "weapons and support from contracts signed in the past three years will continue flowing to Ukraine for years to come" www.csis.org/analysis/can...
#Andor is excellent, but some of the action feels more like the 19th and early 20th Century in space and doesn't take seriously the effects of technology. This lack of imagination is widespread in sci-fi and might help explain problems for the #stopkillerrobots campaign.
www.prio.org/blogs/1772
www.prio.org/blogs/1772
Why Would Humans Do Anything Boring, Difficult or Dangerous in Star Wars? Science Fiction’s Reluctance to Embrace Its Own Technology. – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
This blog post contains spoilers for the first series in Andor, and other science fiction shows.
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May 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#Andor is excellent, but some of the action feels more like the 19th and early 20th Century in space and doesn't take seriously the effects of technology. This lack of imagination is widespread in sci-fi and might help explain problems for the #stopkillerrobots campaign.
www.prio.org/blogs/1772
www.prio.org/blogs/1772
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NEW PUBLICATION: My PRIO colleagues @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social and Pavel Baev and I have just published a IDN Brief deadling with current trends and challenges regarding European Deterrence, which is going through a profound transformation.
www.idn.gov.pt/pt/publicaco...
www.idn.gov.pt/pt/publicaco...
IDN Brief | European Deterrence
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May 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
NEW PUBLICATION: My PRIO colleagues @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social and Pavel Baev and I have just published a IDN Brief deadling with current trends and challenges regarding European Deterrence, which is going through a profound transformation.
www.idn.gov.pt/pt/publicaco...
www.idn.gov.pt/pt/publicaco...
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A pleaseure to discuss European rearmament at the latest episode of PRIO's Peace in a Pod. I was joined by Kori Schake, Director of Foreign and Defense Policy at the American Enterprise Institute and former foreign policy adviser to President George W. Bush.
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tinyurl.com/287hmftj
After America: Can Europe Defend Itself?
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May 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A pleaseure to discuss European rearmament at the latest episode of PRIO's Peace in a Pod. I was joined by Kori Schake, Director of Foreign and Defense Policy at the American Enterprise Institute and former foreign policy adviser to President George W. Bush.
tinyurl.com/287hmftj
tinyurl.com/287hmftj
Here's a new and detailed five part investigation by France 24 into EU origin arms that were originally exported to the UAE, and then retransferred to Sudan via Libya.
European weapons in Sudan (1/5): Bulgarian mortar shells in Darfur’s desert
www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
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European weapons in Sudan (1/5): Bulgarian mortar shells in Darfur’s desert
www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
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www.france24.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Here's a new and detailed five part investigation by France 24 into EU origin arms that were originally exported to the UAE, and then retransferred to Sudan via Libya.
European weapons in Sudan (1/5): Bulgarian mortar shells in Darfur’s desert
www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
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European weapons in Sudan (1/5): Bulgarian mortar shells in Darfur’s desert
www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
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Want to learn more about how to defend democracy? Check out @idarudolfsen.bsky.social and mine course this fall at @prioresearch.bsky.social
This fall PRIO will be hosting a brand new PhD-level course on Mass mobilization and democratization with @mariannedahl.bsky.social & @idarudolfsen.bsky.social
Apply by 4. May!
Apply by 4. May!
Research School on Peace and Conflict
PRIO’s purpose is to conduct research for a more peaceful world. In pursuit of this, we cultivate academic excellence, communicate with communities of scholars, policy-makers, practitioners, as well a...
www.peaceconflictresearch.org
April 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Want to learn more about how to defend democracy? Check out @idarudolfsen.bsky.social and mine course this fall at @prioresearch.bsky.social
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Trump’s new arms sales push examined
Trump’s proposed executive order to ease arms export rules risks fuelling global armed violence - prioritising defence industry profits over civilian protection.
My op-ed for AOAV
aoav.org.uk/2025/trumps-...
Trump’s proposed executive order to ease arms export rules risks fuelling global armed violence - prioritising defence industry profits over civilian protection.
My op-ed for AOAV
aoav.org.uk/2025/trumps-...
Trump’s new arms sales push: when profit trumps morality and what we must do about it - AOAV
Trump’s proposed executive order to ease arms export rules risks fuelling global armed violence - prioritising defence industry profits over civilian protection.
aoav.org.uk
April 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Trump’s new arms sales push examined
Trump’s proposed executive order to ease arms export rules risks fuelling global armed violence - prioritising defence industry profits over civilian protection.
My op-ed for AOAV
aoav.org.uk/2025/trumps-...
Trump’s proposed executive order to ease arms export rules risks fuelling global armed violence - prioritising defence industry profits over civilian protection.
My op-ed for AOAV
aoav.org.uk/2025/trumps-...
Reposted by Nicholas Marsh
This fall PRIO will be hosting a brand new PhD-level course on Mass mobilization and democratization with @mariannedahl.bsky.social & @idarudolfsen.bsky.social
Apply by 4. May!
Apply by 4. May!
Research School on Peace and Conflict
PRIO’s purpose is to conduct research for a more peaceful world. In pursuit of this, we cultivate academic excellence, communicate with communities of scholars, policy-makers, practitioners, as well a...
www.peaceconflictresearch.org
April 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This fall PRIO will be hosting a brand new PhD-level course on Mass mobilization and democratization with @mariannedahl.bsky.social & @idarudolfsen.bsky.social
Apply by 4. May!
Apply by 4. May!