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Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers (NISAT)

Led by Nicholas Marsh
Jan 1998 -

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Research Groups

Conflict Patterns

Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Marsh, Nicholas & Topher McDougal (2020) Illicit Small Arms Prices: Introducing Two New Datasets, Defence and Peace Economics. DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2020.1757348.

McDougal, Topher; Athena Kolbe; Robert Muggah & Nicholas Marsh (2018) Ammunition leakage from military to civilian markets: market price evidence from Haiti, 2004–2012, Defence and Peace Economics. DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2018.1492226.

Marsh, Nicholas (2017) Brothers Came Back with Weapons: The Effects of Arms Proliferation from Libya, PRISM 6(4): 79–96.

Marsh, Nicholas (2015) Firearms Seizures and Trafficking: A «Local» Phenomenon, The Strategic Trade Review 1(1): 73–87.

Hansen, Susanne & Nicholas Marsh (2014) Normative power and organized hypocrisy: European Union member states’ arms export to Libya, European Security 24(2): 264–286.

Jackson, Thomas (2010) From Under Their Noses: Rebel Groups’ Arms Acquisition and the Importance of Leakages from State Stockpiles, International Studies Perspectives 11(2): 131–147.

Marsh, Nicholas (2007) Conflict Specific Capital: The Role of Weapons Acquisition in Civil War, International Studies Perspectives 8(1): 54–72.

Holm, Kyrre (2006) Europeanising Export Controls: The Impact of the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports in Belgium, Germany and Italy, European Security 15(2): 213–234.

Dzinesa, Gwinyayi Albert (2004) A Comparative Perspective of UN Peacekeeping in Angola and Namibia, International Peacekeeping 11(4): 644–663.

PhD Thesis

Marsh, Nicholas (2020) Because We Have the Maxim Gun The Relationship between Arms Acquisition by Non-State Groups and Violence. PhD thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo.

Monograph

Dupuy, Kendra & Krijn Peters (2009) War and Children: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood. Contemporary Military, Strategic, and Security Issues.

Lumpe, Lora (2000) Running Guns. The Global Black Market in Small Arms. London: Zed Books.

Book Chapter

Marsh, Nicholas & Lauren Pinson (2021) Arms trafficking, in The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling. London: Routledge (213–227).

Marsh, Nicholas (2017) Angola, in Alusala, Nelson; & Mothepa Shadung, eds, Arms brokering in Southern Africa. Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies (1–8).

Marsh, Nicholas (2017) Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Alusala, Nelson; & Mothepa Shadung, eds, Arms brokering in Southern Africa. Pretoria: Institute For Security Studies (14–24).

Marsh, Nicholas (2017) Mozambique, in Alusala, Nelson; & Mothepa Shadung, eds, Arms brokering in Southern Africa. Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies (45–53).

Greene, Owen & Nicholas Marsh (2016) A violência armada em sociedades não envolvidas em conflictos violentos, in Moura, Tatiana; José Manuel Pureza; & Rita Santos, eds, Violências e armas de fogo em Portugal. Coimbra: Livraria Almedina (31–86).

Grzybowski, Janis; Nicholas Marsh & Matt Schroeder (2012) Piece by Piece Authorized Transfers of Parts and Accessories, in Glenn MacDonald, ed., Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (240–281).

Greene, Owen & Nicholas Marsh (2011) Introduction, in Greene, Owen; & Nicholas Marsh, eds, Small Arms, Crime and Conflict Global Governance and the Threat of Armed Violence. London: Routledge (1–11).

Kreutz, Joakim & Nicholas Marsh (2011) Lethal Instruments: Small Arms and Deaths in Armed Conflict, in Greene , Owen ; & Nicholas Marsh, eds, Small Arms, Crime and Conflict global governance and the threat of armed violence. London: Routledge (43–63).

Herron, Patrick; Matt Schroeder ; Jasna Lazarevic & Nicholas Marsh (2011) Larger but Less Known: Authorized Light Weapons Transfers, in The Small Arms Survey 2011: States of Security. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (8–41).

Kreutz, Joakim ; Manuela Torre & Nicholas Marsh (2011) Regaining State Control: Arms and Violence in Post-conflict Countries, in Greene , Owen ; & Nicholas Marsh, eds, Small Arms, Crime and Conflict Global Governance and the Threat of Armed Violence. London: Routledge (64–76).

Jackson, Thomas & Nicholas Marsh (2011) Guns and Deaths: A Critical Review, in Nicholas Marsh, ed., Small Arms, Crime and Conflict Global Governance and the Threat of Armed Violence. London: Routledge (105–121).

Marsh, Nicholas & Owen Greene (2011) Governance and Small Arms and Light Weapons, in Nicholas Marsh, ed., Small Arms, Crime and Conflict Global Governance and the Threat of Armed Violence. London: Routledge (163–182).

Greene , Owen & Nicholas Marsh (2011) Conclusions and Priorities for Further Research, in Nicholas Marsh, ed., Small Arms, Crime and Conflict Global Governance and the Threat of Armed Violence. London: Routledge (248–262).

Jackson, Thomas; Nicholas Marsh & Anne Thurin (2005) The Efficacy of EU Export Control Measures Concerning Small Arms and Light Weapons, in Small Arms and Light Weapons Transfers. Geneva: UNIDIR (53–78).

Marsh, Nicholas & Aaron Karp (2003) Insights and Mysteries: Global Small Arms Transfers, in Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied. Oxford: Small Arms Survey (97–123).

Non-refereed Journal Article

Marsh, Nicholas (2018) The Availability Puzzle: Considering the Relationship between Arms and Violence Taking Place within States, The Journal of Research Institute for the History of Global Arms Transfer 6(2): 3–21.

Marsh, Nicholas (2002) Two Sides of the Same Coin? The Legal and Illegal Trade in Small Arms, Brown Journal of World Affairs 9(1).

Uchermann, Jonas Aga (2003) En gigant våkner [A Giant Awakes], Minerva 79(4): 20–23.

Marsh, Nicholas (2003) Significant Exporters of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Human Security Bulletin 1(4).

PRIO Report

Isenberg, David (2009) Private Military Contractors and U.S. Grand Strategy, PRIO Report, 1. Oslo: PRIO.

Thurin, Anne (2007) Integrating Small Arms Measures Into Development Programmes, PRIO Report, 1. Oslo: PRIO.

Thurin, Anne (2006) Integrating Development into the UN Programme of Action Process, PRIO Report, 1. Oslo: PRIO.

Master Thesis

Thurin, Anne (2003) The Politics of the Conflict in Ivory Coast. MA thesis, (completed September 2003).

Thurin, Anne (2002) Cooperative Security in the Baltic Sea Region. MA thesis, (completed July 2002).

Conference Paper

Marsh, Nicholas (2018) Relationships between Arms Availability and Violence, presented at Relationships between Arms Availability and Violence, Meiji University, Tokyo, 28 March.

Marsh, Nicholas (2006) From Laws to Practice – Options for Regulatory Controls Over Arms Brokering, presented at a workshop on 'Control Over Brokering in SALW in SEE and the Caucasus', Zagreb, Croatia, 29–30 March.

Marsh, Nicholas (2006) Controlling Arms BrokeringPalias des Nations, Geneva, 27 November.

Marsh, Nicholas (2005) Brokering of Small Arms and Light Weapons, presented at Meeting of the Small Arms Working Group, New York, 13 April.

Jackson, Thomas & Nicholas Marsh (2008) Causes and Costs of Gun Violence: A Critical EvaluationBrussels, Belgium, 17–19 March.

Marsh, Nicholas (2008) Dangerous Dealings: Arms Brokering and Regulations in Southern AfricaNew York, 18 July.

Marsh, Nicholas (2007) Tracking the Guns: International Diversion of Small Arms to Illicit Markets in Rio de JaneiroBrussels, Belgium, 16 May.

Thurin, Anne (2005) The Impacts of Small Arms Violence on Sustainable DevelopmentOslo, 8 April.

PRIO Policy Brief

Thurin, Anne (2007) Integrating Small Arms Measures into Development Programmes, PRIO Policy Brief, 1. Oslo: PRIO.

PRIO Paper

Marsh, Nicholas & Gugu Dube (2014) Preventing Diversion: The Importance of Stockpile Management, PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

Corney, Neil & Nicholas Marsh (2013) Aiming for Control: The need to include ammunition in the Arms Trade Treaty, PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

Report - Other

Marsh, Nicholas (2005) Accounting Guns: The Methodology Used in Developing Data Tables for the Small Arms Survey, Memorandum. Oslo: PRIO.

Marsh, Nicholas (2008) Small Arms Imports and Exports by Central American States 2000-6.

Marsh, Nicholas; & Thomas Jackson (2007) Weapons Acquisition by Armed Groups in the Sudan Conflict Complex – A Review of Open SourcesOslo: PRIO.

Marsh, Nicholas (2005) Chair’s Review of the First Two Years of COST Action 25Oslo.

Marsh, Nicholas (2003) Counting Guns - The Methodology of Aggregating Small Arms Customs DataOslo.

Marsh, Nicholas (2006) Global Small Arms Trade - Updated Agglomerated TablesOslo.

Marsh, Nicholas (2006) Activities of the NISAT project during 2005Oslo.

Marsh, Nicholas (2006) The Activities of Akire Nemoto and Shimon YelinekOslo.

Marsh, Nicholas; & Thomas Jackson (2006) Estimated Number of Firearms Transferred During 2004Oslo.

Jackson, Thomas; & Nicholas Marsh (2006) Global Re-exports of Small Arms and Light WeaponsOslo.

Marsh, Nicholas (2006) Imports of Small Arms and Light Weapons by the Government of Sudan 1992-2004Oslo.

Jackson, Thomas; & Nicholas Marsh (2006) Number of Units of Firearms Transferred as Reported to ComtradeOslo.

Marsh, Nicholas (2006) Estimating Guns: The Methodology of Estimating the Number of Firearms Transferred from Statistics on the Total Value of TransfersOslo.

Marsh, Nicholas (2005) Accounting Guns: The Methodology Used in Developing Data Tables for the Small Arms SurveyOslo: NISAT/PRIO.

Marsh, Nicholas (2005) Activities of the NISAT small arms project during 2004, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Oslo.

Marsh, Nicholas (2005) The Methodology Used in Creating a Comtrade Based Dataset of Small Arms TransfersOslo: PRIO.

Marsh, Nicholas (2003) Selling Guns to Murderers, Small Arms Survey. Oslo: PRIO.

Marsh, Nicholas (2003) Selling guns to murderersOslo.

Lumpe, Lora; & Nicholas Marsh (2001) Gathering the Facts on the Small Arms Trade. Report to the Ford Foundation on an internet-based database on small arms transfers in conjunction with the Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers (NISAT).

Wood, Brian; & Johan Peleman (2000) The Arms Fixers. Controlling the Brokers and Shipping Agents, NISAT/PRIO/BASIC Report. Oslo.

Report - External Series

Camello, Maria; Shannon Dick; Ryan Fletcher; Luisa Fonteny; Roy Isbister; Elizabeth Kirkham; Nicholas Marsh; Yannick Quéau; Carina Solmirano; Rachel Stohl; Katherine Young; & Daniel Mack (2020) Arms Trade Treaty Monitor Report 2020, ATT Monitor. .

Dick, Shannon; Bruno Hellendorf; Ishtiaq Khan; Nicholas Marsh; Robert Muggah; Robert Perkins; Rachel Stohl; Nathan Thompson; Katherine Aguirre Tobón; Pieter Wezeman; Siemon Wezeman; & Katherine Young (2018) ATT Monitor Report 2018, ATT Monitor Annual Repot. ATT Monitor.

Dick, Shannon; Camelia Fatema; Ishtiaq Khan; Shara Khandakar; Daniel Mack; Nicholas Marsh; Farzana Mir; Alavi Mirza; Robert Perkins; Deepayan Ray; & Rachel Stohl (2017) ATT Monitor Report 2017, ATT Monitor. New York: Control Arms.

Bromley, Mark; Shannon Dick; Elizabeth Kirkham; Ishtiaq Khan; Stuart Maslan; Nicholas Marsh; Robert Perkins; Deepayan Ray; Anna Stavrianakis; Rachel Stohl; & An Vranckx (2016) ATT Monitor Report 2016, ATT Monitor. New York: Control Arms.

Karim, Atina; & Nicholas Marsh (2015) State positions and practices concerning reporting and the Arms Trade Treaty, ATT Monitor, 1. New York: ATT Monitor.

Dreyfus, Pablo; & Nicholas Marsh (2006) Tracking the Guns: International Diversion of Small Arms to Illicit Markets in Rio de Janeiro, Viva Rio . Rio de Janeiro : Viva Rio.

Marsh, Nicholas;Owen, Taylor;Jackson, Thomas; & Thurin, Anne (2005) Who Takes the Bullet? – The Impact of Small Arms Violence, Understanding the Issues, 3. : .

Lumpe, Lora; Maria Haug; Nicholas Marsh; & Martin Langvandslien (2002) Shining a Light on Small Arms Exports: The Record of State Transparency, NISAT/Small Arms Survey. Geneva.