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U.S. President Donald Trump, CIA Director John Ratcliffe (L) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio monitor U.S. military operations in Venezuela, from Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club on January 3, 2026 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Mershon Panel featured in Ohio State News

The Mershon Center's January 15 panel "The Operation in Venezuela: Law, Oil, Geopolitics" was featured in Ohio State News. 

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Nichols appears on Council on Foreign Relations Podcast

Christopher McKnight Nichols, Mershon Hayes Chair and Professor of History, appeared on the Council on Foreign Relations' popular televised podcast "The President's Inbox" talking about the best and…

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Council on Foreign Relations releases survey on best and worst US foreign policy decisions

More than 350 members of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) responded to a survey that asked them to identify and rank what in their judgment were the 10 best and 10…

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Nichols interviewed on All Sides

Christopher McKnight Nichols, Mershon Hayes Chair, spoke to WOSU's All Sides with Amy Jurvich about US-Venezuela and broader international relations implications.

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