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Marius Bales

Marius Bales

PhD-Researcher

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+49 228 91196-29

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marius.bales(at)bicc.de

Expertise

Research Topics / Key Expertise

Arms control

Military technology

Warfare

Military strategy

Gulf States

Non-state armed groups

Middle East

Countries Of Expertise

  • Germany,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • United Arab Emirates,
  • Yemen,
  • Libya

Professional Career

Marius Bales joined BICC in April 2016. He holds a bachelor in Political Science and German Studies from the University of Trier and a master in Political Science from the University of Bonn. His master's thesis investigated the evolution of modern air warfare in the Gulf region. Marius has been working as a freelance journalist for many years.  

Before joining the DFG-funded project on liquid warfare, he worked as a student assistant in the BMZ project on arms export control and was the co-editor of the Global Militarisation Index (GMI). As a researcher at BICC, he focuses on the question of how the proliferation of modern military technology transforms practices of warfare in the Gulf States. His regional focus is the Middle East, where he has conducted field research several times. He is currently writing his doctoral thesis at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Important Publications

Mutschler, M., & Bales, M.

Liquid or Solid Warfare? Autocratic States, Non-State Armed Groups and the Socio-Spatial Dimension of Warfare in Yemen

(2023)

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Bales, M., & Brzoska, M., & Ferl, A., & Hansel, M., & Jakob, U., & Kütt, M., & Meier, O., & Mutschler, M., & Schörnig, N., & Silomon, J., & Wisotzki, S., & Wulf, H.

Rüstungsdynamiken: Keine Rüstungskooperation ohne europäische Rüstungsexportkontrolle

transcript , Bielefeld (2021)

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Mutschler, M., & Bales, M.

Globale Militarisierung. WeltTrends, 174 (April 2021), 40–45.

(2021)

Open

Mutschler, M., & Bales, M.

Global Militarisation Index 2020

BICC , Bonn (2020)

Open

Publications

Bales, M., & Heinze, M., & Mutschler, M.

Zooming in on the Yemen War - The Future of Warfare and Human Rights in the Middle East

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung , Bonn (2023)

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Mutschler, M., & Bales, M.

Liquid or Solid Warfare? Autocratic States, Non-State Armed Groups and the Socio-Spatial Dimension of Warfare in Yemen

(2023)

Open

Anderl, F., & Bales, M., & Bliss, F., & Brunke, L., & Debiel, T., & Mutschler, M., & Scheper, C., & Sondermann, E., & Ulbert, C., & Vüllers, J.

Nachhaltiger Frieden: Covid-19 und der Globale Süden

transcript , Bielefeld (2021)

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Bales, M., & Brzoska, M., & Ferl, A., & Hansel, M., & Jakob, U., & Kütt, M., & Meier, O., & Mutschler, M., & Schörnig, N., & Silomon, J., & Wisotzki, S., & Wulf, H.

Rüstungsdynamiken: Keine Rüstungskooperation ohne europäische Rüstungsexportkontrolle

transcript , Bielefeld (2021)

Open

Mutschler, M., & Bales, M.

Globale Militarisierung. WeltTrends, 174 (April 2021), 40–45.

(2021)

Open

Mutschler, M., & Bales, M.

Global Militarisation Index 2020

BICC , Bonn (2020)

Open

Bales, M., & Schellhammer, L.

Syrian war at the crossroads. Curbing arms flow, imposing a no-fly zone and opening al-Yarubiyah border crossing

BICC , Bonn (2020)

Open

Mutschler, M., & Bales, M.

Global Militarisation Index 2019

BICC , Bonn (2020)

Open

Bales, M., & Mutschler, M.

Einsatz deutscher Rüstungstechnik im Jemen - Für ein umfassendes Waffenembargo gegen die Kriegskoalition

BICC , Bonn (2019)

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Mutschler, M., & Bales, M.

Global Militarisation Index 2018

BICC , Bonn (2018)

Open

Mutschler, M., & Bales, M.

Begründungspflicht statt laissez faire – Empfehlungen an die neue Bundesregierung für eine Reform der deutschen Rüstungsexportpolitik

BICC , Bonn (2017)

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Bales, M., & Mutschler, M.

After the first annual reports to the Arms Trade Treaty: How to overcome gaps and reporting deficits?

BICC , Bonn (2016)

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