Arms Races in the Interwar Period 1919-1939: Global Network Structures of Arms Diffusion and Destabilization
- Project granted by the German Research Foundation
- Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Paul W. Thurner (LMU Munich)
- Project team: Marius Mehrl PhD (University of Leeds), Ma. Camila Atehortúa Cardona, M.A. (since 2023, LMU Munich)
- Duration: 28.02.2020 - 31.12.2025
Objectives
* Collect all weapons transfers in the interwar period and provide a digital archive
* Develop a network theory of escalation
* Apply advanced network models of relation formation and conflict escalation
* Develop inferential network models for dynamic signed networks
List of Publications
- Mehrl, Marius, and Paul W. Thurner, 2025: The Interwar Period International Trade in Arms (IPITA): A New Dataset. Journal of Conflict Resolution 69(2-3), 518-539.
- Fritz, Cornelius, Marius Mehrl, Paul W. Thurner, Göran Kauermann, 2025: Exponential Random Graph Models for Dynamic Signed Networks: An Application to International Relations. Political Analysis 33 (3): 211-230.
- Mehrl, Marius, Daniel Seussler, and Paul W. Thurner, 2025: Sharing Rivals, Sending Weapons: Rivalry and Cooperation in the International Arms Trade, 1920–1939. The Review of International Organizations 20: 59–85.
- Mehrl, Marius, Daniel Seussler, Paul W. Thurner, 2024: Money First? Strategic and Economic Interests in theInternational Arms Trade Network, 1920–1936.Global Networks 24, e12482.
Working Papers
* Atehortúa Cardona, Ma. Camila, Marius Mehrl, Paul W. Thurner, 2025: Arming from Abroad: Arms Transfers and Interstate Military Conflict in the Interwar Period. OSF Preprint.
* Mehrl, Marius, Paul W. Thurner, 2026: Arms for Order: Military Technology Transfers and Ordering the Interwar Period. (under Review)