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European Security @europeansecurity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Got an idea for a special issue on European Security? Our call for proposals for 2028 is now open. See here for details: view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx...

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Jocelyn Mawdsley @jocelynmawdsley.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026

Sadly @dimitrisbouris.bsky.social is stepping down, so we need someone to help me, @laurachappell.bsky.social & @mariannalovato.bsky.social run the journal. Please contact any of us if you want to know more.

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European Security @europeansecurity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We're looking for a new associate editor from January 2027. Are you an expert in European security with academic publications of your own & interested in journal editing? More details on the role, person specification and the link to apply here: editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

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Associate Editor needed for European Security

Editor Resources provides insights and information to support the editor’s role and build connections between journal editors and research communities.

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Europe's defence tech boom is a high-risk/high-gain bet on startups, dual-use labs and disruption. This article maps the new ecosystem and the questions going unasked about militarised basic research, private power over security, and democratic oversight. doi.org/10.1080/0966...

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Disruptive technology and the high-risk/high-gain logic: societal impacts of European rearmament

This article investigates how Europe’s post-2022 rearmament is reshaping the role of emerging and disruptive technologies through a high-risk/high-gain logic that increasingly blurs civilian–milita...

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The EU Commission once took legal action against defence offsets. Now, under ASAP and SAFE it underwrites the same practices as contributing to resilience by building industrial capacity, scalability and redundancy. Smaller EU members are the winners. doi.org/10.1080/0966...

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The European Union and defence industrial cooperation: from market rules to capacity-building through offsets?

Since the mid-2010s, and especially following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the EU has adopted a markedly more interventionist posture across a range of economic and industrial sectors. Int...

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

On defence production, member states empowered the EU Commission and then soon grew wary. EU policy no longer fits the supranational-vs-intergovernmental divide, instead the Commission is becoming a financier and coordinator while members retain core control. doi.org/10.1080/0966...

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Institutionalising defence production: reconceptualising the role of institutions and states in European defence industrial policy

This article analyses how questions about European defence production efforts have been institutionalised at the European Union level, and it does so by drawing on the academic literature on the in...

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When comparing French and German government discourse on defence production since 2022, the reconceptualization is quiet in France, and louder and more contested in Germany. In both the debates are domestic focused, rather than European. doi.org/10.1080/0966...

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Is Europe’s rearmament a political issue? A comparison of French and German conceptualizations on rearmament

Against the backdrop of Russia’s war against Ukraine, which has exposed shortages in ammunition and capabilities and brought defence back to the heart of the European agenda, this article has exami...

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Europe hasn’t developed a shared concept of ‘security of supply’. This article maps 229 elite statements and finds 9 competing frames, the East fears abandonment, the West fears constraint, and everyone mentions domestic industry. doi.org/10.1080/0966...

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Reconceptualising security of supply in European defence politics

The material-discursive conceptualisation of

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

While leaders talk about threats, European media writes about jobs in defence firms. In an analysis of 15000 press articles in 15 states over 20 years, economic framings dominate, European security is more prominent and criticism is marginal. doi.org/10.1080/0966...

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From national arsenals to European defence: changes in media framings of European defence industries, 2004–2024

This article presents the first pan-European longitudinal analysis of how news media frames the role of defence industries as a reflection of the (re)conceptualisation of their role in European rea...

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Europe isn't just spending more on defence, it's reconceptualizing what defence production is for. This has long-term structural implications for ‘coordinated sovereignty’ where states and the EU Commission pool industrial policy but states retain control over procurement. doi.org/10.1080/0966...

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Arming Europe – reconceptualising European defence production

Europe is rearming. A process that has laid dormant for the better part of three decades – within export oriented national policy and market-regulating European Union (EU) agency – has been jump st...

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our @europeansecurity.bsky.social special issue on rearming Europe examines the political, economic and institutional consequences of that shift across the EU and beyond. All the articles are free access or open access until the end of October. www.tandfonline.com/toc/feus20/3...

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Arming Europe – reconceptualising European defence production. Volume 35, Issue 3 of European Security

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Our new @europeansecurity.bsky.social special issue on European rearmament looks at: •security of supply •defence industrial policy •EU institutions & offsets •media framings •disruptive technology •France & Germany Open access until the end of October: www.tandfonline.com/toc/feus20/3...

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Arming Europe – reconceptualising European defence production. Volume 35, Issue 3 of European Security

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Daniel Fiott @danielfiott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I am pleased to share my latest academic research on EU defence industrial policy with European Security. The article is part of an amazing special issue on "Reconceptualising European Defence Production". Give it a read. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @europeansecurity.bsky.social

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European Security @europeansecurity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

35(3) OA Reconceptualising security of supply in European defence politics by Martin Chovančík & Oldrich Krpec: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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European Security @europeansecurity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Issue 35(3) is out. Our 2026 Special Issue 'Arming Europe – reconceptualising European defence production' with guest editors Martin Chovančík, @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social & Renaud Bellais is available here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/feus20/c... All articles are free to read until 31/10/26.

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Coming soon, a special issue on European rearmament.

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European Security @europeansecurity.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We're looking forward to the publication very soon of our 2026 special issue 'Arming Europe: Reconceptualising European Defence Production'. Enormous thanks to our guest editors: Martin Chovančík @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social & Renaud Bellais! All articles will be free to read in September.

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

As Christmas approaches, we’re spotlighting some of the most-cited articles in #JOGSS 🎄 ➡️ Today’s feature: Read @ilariacarrozza.bsky.social and @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social’s work for the comprehensive overview of China’s provision of security force assistance to Africa. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

On the left is the cover of The Journal of Global Security Studies. Along the bottom, the journal’s homepage (https://academic.oup.com/jogss) and Bluesky handle (@journalofgss.bsky.social) appear in white text on a navy-blue background. The main image depicts a soldier driving a military vehicle, overlaid with the article title and authors’ names: “Great Power Competition and China’s Security Assistance to Africa: Arms, Training, and Influence”, by Ilaria Carrozza and Nicholas J. Marsh.

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

@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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Careers – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

It is plural in French and Spanish, les États-Unis and los Estados Unidos. It’s not a union of principalities as per the OPs definition.

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I was very briefly characterising some of the arguments used against gun control and official ID. I don’t believe in either argument, and I agree that current events in the us are a good example of how an armed citizenry won’t prevent autocracy.

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Official ID for Brits is like gun control in the US. Something that is normal in stable European democracies but will pave the way for tyranny at home.

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

The frothing about ID cards from people who think of themselves as progressive is another sad reminder that in many ways Britain really isn't a mainstream European country.

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Yes, having lived in the rest of Europe for 25 years I agree with all of this. I'll add that not having a standardized official ID places marginalized people in a more difficult position as they can't easily establish their identity. Collecting gas bills etc isn't easy for some people.

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

You are of course correct. But this was lost long before either of were born. Back in 1944 Orwell noted that “the word ‘fascism’ has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies ‘something not desirable’”. When I was growing up in the 70s and 80s teachers were fascists for expecting homework.

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Yes, the decisive role of a conventional weapon may be limited to those cases where the enemy is unable to adapt (in time). Otherwise its different varieties of attrition.

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Similar here in Norway. Its reasonable to expect to be able to order a meal in your own language. But many are international students doing MAs, and if they need to work too then they don't have much time to attend language classes. Probably leave before they are able to hold a conversation.

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Nina Wilen @ninawilen.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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...

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Thanks. Doing detailed systemic research on something that large and complex is certainly a daunting prospect. But I think it may be possible.

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

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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Marianne Dahl @mariannedahl.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

📊 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 🧵

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

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

Article title: The European Iron Network: the remaking of the political economy of European defence production following the Ukraine War

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Contestation is the defining feature of the political economy of European defence, with positive and negative implications. When managing the network European leaders need to balance EU and NATO roles, integrate Ukraine, decide how much to import from the US, and mobilize sustainable financing.

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

The European Iron Network’s strength lies in its resilience: flexibility, multiple forms of capacity, and the ability to rapidly reconfigure. But it also has vulnerabilities: fragmented supply chains, EU/NATO rivalry, duplication of effort and reliance on US technology.

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

We argue this new reality is best understood as a European Iron Network, which is a web of states, EU institutions, NATO, and defence firms. Unlike the largely static US 'Iron Triangle', Europe’s network is dynamic, contested, and constantly renegotiated.

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