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Upcoming Events

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September 3, 2025

National Security Simulation Information Session

Event Start Time: 3:00 pm
Event Location: 1039 Derby Hall
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September 4, 2025
Keisha Blain with her book Without Fear
September 25, 2025

Keisha Blain Book Talk

Event Start Time: 7:00 pm
Event Location: TBD
Keisha Blain
September 26, 2025

International History Seminar: Keisha Blain

Event Start Time: 11:30 am
Event Location: 1039 Derby Hall

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Mershon Center Gen. Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History Peter Mansoor

Strategika publishes Mansoor article on Military History in Academia

Peter Mansoor's article chronicles academic military history in the United States during and after World War II, including The Ohio State University's leadership in the field.

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National Security Simulation Applications Now Open!

Applications are now open for the Ohio State National Security Simulation (Sim), hosted by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies on October 24 and 25, 2025 at the Fawcett Center.…

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Mershon Postdoc Eda Ayaydin in London School of Economics

Mershon postdoc visiting scholar Eda Ayaydın co-wrote an essay exploring the complex relationship between Turkey and Russia for the London School of Economics. 

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Foreign Policy features analysis by Nichols and Ayaydin

Mershon Hayes Chair Christopher McKnight Nichols and Postdoctoral Visiting Scholar Eda Ayaydin published an analysis of Arctic cooperation in Foreign Policy. Image credit: MAXIM MARMUR/AFP via Getty…

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