Nicholas Marsh
Biographic Data
| ID | 3820965 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas Marsh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas |
| FAMILY NAME | Marsh |
| SIGNATURE | MARSH N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Peace Research Institute Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4934-6849 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Security Assistance and the Crisis of the Liberal International Order
The crisis of the Liberal International Order (LIO) has intensified amid growing great-power competition, the war in Ukraine, and the erosion of multilateral institutions. This Forum examines security assistance (SA)—the training, equipping and support of external security actors—as a critical lens for understanding how this crisis is unfolding and how international order is increasingly contested in practice. The Forum consists of an introductor…
The European Iron Network
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in peace agreements (1975-2021)
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) provisions in peace agreements (PAs) are critical pillars of global peacebuilding efforts. Leading theories suggest that different DDR components address different peacebuilding challenges. Yet existing datasets conceptualize DDR as a binary variable, hindering our ability to observe which DDR components and in what combination are agreed upon by conflict parties and to assess their independent…
A theory of the symbolic role of disarmament during peace processes
Disarmament of non-state groups during peace processes is rarely comprehensive and weapons usually continue to circulate. Nevertheless, disarmament is a normal component of final peace agreements and its modalities are often intensely negotiated by all parties. We unpack the puzzle of why disarmament is seemingly both crucial and not completed by building a novel theory of its role as a symbol of the transformation from war to peace. In doing so,…
Great Power Competition and China's Security Assistance to Africa
This article presents the first comprehensive collation of available information on China's provision of security force assistance (SFA) to African countries over the last two decades. While China is engaged in donating arms, military equipment, and training abroad, knowledge of the nature of its SFA programmes has been at best fragmented and partial. In this article, we fill this gap by outlining China's stated rationale for providing SFA, the l…
Fragmented We Fall
Security Force Assistance (SFA) is presented as a panacea for security threats and governance problems in the Global South. Using Mali as a point of departure, in this article we explore the complex reality of SFA in a state with a highly fragmented security sector. A plethora of SFA providers collectively leaves a negative impact on the cohesion of the recipient security forces. Multiple SFA providers and uncoordinated implementation muddle obje…
Boys to men
This commentary is in response to the publication of Child C’s serious case review, published in May 2020. Child C was a victim of child criminal exploitation. He was murdered on the streets of London at 14 years old. Using an intersectional lens, together with and the concept of ‘adultification’, this article reflects on professional and societal attitudes towards Black boys and notions of vulnerability. We argue that in order to provide meaning…
Book Note
Going 'Glocal
The second series of poems in Charles Bernstein's 2006 collection, Girly Man, “Some of These Daze,” collates the poet's responses to the attack on the World Trade Center in September 2001. This epistolary series of poems (each originating as a letter or email sent in the immediate aftermath of this event) demonstrates the complexity of a New Yorker trying to represent this moment of radical political significance, a moment that is cinematically s…
Conflict Specific Capital
This article presents a correspondence between the mode of weapons acquisition by armed opposition groups and the form of a civil war. The mode of arms acquisition is affected by two factors—availability and control over the acquisition process. Variations in the mode of arms acquisition correspond to three types of insurgency: led by a single and organized group, warlordism, and disorganized armed bands. This article discusses how weapons acquis…
Networks, Terrorism and Global Insurgency
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Planning Better Tourism
This paper examines the strategic significance of the social interaction between residents and international tourists. Contrary to many definitions of the tourist industry it is argued that the contact between people is at the heart of the tourist product. A social interaction continuum for tourism is presented which identifies for modes (Separatism Involuntary Participation, Voluntary Participation and Integration) of Tourism. Each mode is assoc…
Semi-Automated Feedback and Team Behavior
This paper describes the effects on a task force team of the application of information feedback concerning the task performance and socio-emotional climate of that team. A distinctive feature of the application is the use of individual team members' perceptions, suitably combined, to provide the feedback information automatically on dials with sweep hands. An analysis of the experiment suggests that the feedback was having a strong effect on cer…
A cross-cultural test of the personality integration hypothesis1
This study attempted to validate the psychological integration hypothesis by comparing the levels of psychological functioning of individuals from four cultural groups on three dimensions of personality. The personality attributes investigated were field-dependence/independence cognitive style, tolerance of ambiguity (an affective style variable) and machiavellianism (an index of stylistic orientation in interpersonal relationships). Subjects wer…
Boys to men
This commentary is in response to the publication of Child C’s serious case review, published in May 2020. Child C was a victim of child criminal exploitation. He was murdered on the streets of London at 14 years old. Using an intersectional lens, together with and the concept of ‘adultification’, this article reflects on professional and societal attitudes towards Black boys and notions of vulnerability. We argue that in order to provide meaning…
Planning Better Tourism
This paper examines the strategic significance of the social interaction between residents and international tourists. Contrary to many definitions of the tourist industry it is argued that the contact between people is at the heart of the tourist product. A social interaction continuum for tourism is presented which identifies for modes (Separatism Involuntary Participation, Voluntary Participation and Integration) of Tourism. Each mode is assoc…
Great Power Competition and China's Security Assistance to Africa
This article presents the first comprehensive collation of available information on China's provision of security force assistance (SFA) to African countries over the last two decades. While China is engaged in donating arms, military equipment, and training abroad, knowledge of the nature of its SFA programmes has been at best fragmented and partial. In this article, we fill this gap by outlining China's stated rationale for providing SFA, the l…
Fragmented We Fall
Security Force Assistance (SFA) is presented as a panacea for security threats and governance problems in the Global South. Using Mali as a point of departure, in this article we explore the complex reality of SFA in a state with a highly fragmented security sector. A plethora of SFA providers collectively leaves a negative impact on the cohesion of the recipient security forces. Multiple SFA providers and uncoordinated implementation muddle obje…
Networks, Terrorism and Global Insurgency
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in peace agreements (1975-2021)
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) provisions in peace agreements (PAs) are critical pillars of global peacebuilding efforts. Leading theories suggest that different DDR components address different peacebuilding challenges. Yet existing datasets conceptualize DDR as a binary variable, hindering our ability to observe which DDR components and in what combination are agreed upon by conflict parties and to assess their independent…
Conflict Specific Capital
This article presents a correspondence between the mode of weapons acquisition by armed opposition groups and the form of a civil war. The mode of arms acquisition is affected by two factors—availability and control over the acquisition process. Variations in the mode of arms acquisition correspond to three types of insurgency: led by a single and organized group, warlordism, and disorganized armed bands. This article discusses how weapons acquis…
The European Iron Network
A cross-cultural test of the personality integration hypothesis1
This study attempted to validate the psychological integration hypothesis by comparing the levels of psychological functioning of individuals from four cultural groups on three dimensions of personality. The personality attributes investigated were field-dependence/independence cognitive style, tolerance of ambiguity (an affective style variable) and machiavellianism (an index of stylistic orientation in interpersonal relationships). Subjects wer…
Semi-Automated Feedback and Team Behavior
This paper describes the effects on a task force team of the application of information feedback concerning the task performance and socio-emotional climate of that team. A distinctive feature of the application is the use of individual team members' perceptions, suitably combined, to provide the feedback information automatically on dials with sweep hands. An analysis of the experiment suggests that the feedback was having a strong effect on cer…
Planning Better Tourism
This paper examines the strategic significance of the social interaction between residents and international tourists. Contrary to many definitions of the tourist industry it is argued that the contact between people is at the heart of the tourist product. A social interaction continuum for tourism is presented which identifies for modes (Separatism Involuntary Participation, Voluntary Participation and Integration) of Tourism. Each mode is assoc…
Book Notes
Networks, Terrorism and Global Insurgency
Book Notes
Book Notes
Going 'Glocal
The second series of poems in Charles Bernstein's 2006 collection, Girly Man, “Some of These Daze,” collates the poet's responses to the attack on the World Trade Center in September 2001. This epistolary series of poems (each originating as a letter or email sent in the immediate aftermath of this event) demonstrates the complexity of a New Yorker trying to represent this moment of radical political significance, a moment that is cinematically s…
Conflict Specific Capital
This article presents a correspondence between the mode of weapons acquisition by armed opposition groups and the form of a civil war. The mode of arms acquisition is affected by two factors—availability and control over the acquisition process. Variations in the mode of arms acquisition correspond to three types of insurgency: led by a single and organized group, warlordism, and disorganized armed bands. This article discusses how weapons acquis…
Book Note
Boys to men
This commentary is in response to the publication of Child C’s serious case review, published in May 2020. Child C was a victim of child criminal exploitation. He was murdered on the streets of London at 14 years old. Using an intersectional lens, together with and the concept of ‘adultification’, this article reflects on professional and societal attitudes towards Black boys and notions of vulnerability. We argue that in order to provide meaning…
Fragmented We Fall
Security Force Assistance (SFA) is presented as a panacea for security threats and governance problems in the Global South. Using Mali as a point of departure, in this article we explore the complex reality of SFA in a state with a highly fragmented security sector. A plethora of SFA providers collectively leaves a negative impact on the cohesion of the recipient security forces. Multiple SFA providers and uncoordinated implementation muddle obje…
Great Power Competition and China's Security Assistance to Africa
This article presents the first comprehensive collation of available information on China's provision of security force assistance (SFA) to African countries over the last two decades. While China is engaged in donating arms, military equipment, and training abroad, knowledge of the nature of its SFA programmes has been at best fragmented and partial. In this article, we fill this gap by outlining China's stated rationale for providing SFA, the l…
A theory of the symbolic role of disarmament during peace processes
Disarmament of non-state groups during peace processes is rarely comprehensive and weapons usually continue to circulate. Nevertheless, disarmament is a normal component of final peace agreements and its modalities are often intensely negotiated by all parties. We unpack the puzzle of why disarmament is seemingly both crucial and not completed by building a novel theory of its role as a symbol of the transformation from war to peace. In doing so,…
The European Iron Network
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in peace agreements (1975-2021)
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) provisions in peace agreements (PAs) are critical pillars of global peacebuilding efforts. Leading theories suggest that different DDR components address different peacebuilding challenges. Yet existing datasets conceptualize DDR as a binary variable, hindering our ability to observe which DDR components and in what combination are agreed upon by conflict parties and to assess their independent…
Security Assistance and the Crisis of the Liberal International Order
The crisis of the Liberal International Order (LIO) has intensified amid growing great-power competition, the war in Ukraine, and the erosion of multilateral institutions. This Forum examines security assistance (SA)—the training, equipping and support of external security actors—as a critical lens for understanding how this crisis is unfolding and how international order is increasingly contested in practice. The Forum consists of an introductor…
Political science (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Computer security (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (5 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (4 works)