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Ivan Kurilla

Kurilla quoted in The New York Times

Ivan Kurilla, Mershon Visiting Scholar, was recently quoted by The New York Times in an article featuring a small Russian town that sent the majority of its residents to war. "The state does not want…

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Murphy witnessed the dignified return of Father Torres

Teri Murphy, Mershon Center Associate Director, and Derek Congram, Mershon Center Research Associate, witnessed the dignified return of Father Torres in Bogotá, Colombia on February 15, 2026…

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Issifu and Woodworth publish in Resources Policy

Seiba Issifu and Max Woodworth published the article “Formalization from above, resistance from below: Voices of struggle and survival in Ghana’s contested artisanal and small-scale mining sector” in…

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Nichols and Givens on H-Diplo

Mershon Hayes Chair Christopher McKnight Nichols and Cameron Givens, former Mershon affiliate now at Southern Methodist University, published a review on H-Diplo of State of Silence: The Espionage…

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