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Inés Valdez
September 19, 2019

Valdez receives two American Political Science Association awards

Inés Valdez, associate professor of political science, recently received the Stanley Hoffman Award by the American Political Science Association's French Politics section for her article "…
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Bear Braumoeller
September 12, 2019

What’s preventing the next world war? Random luck

Contrary to popular belief, war is not declining, according to a new analysis of the last 200 years of international conflict. In fact, the belief that war is disappearing has lulled us into a false…
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Hye Yun Kang and Guillaume Wadia
September 9, 2019

Meet the postdocs

This year the Mershon Center is pleased to restart its postdoctoral fellows program with two new postdocs. Hye Yun Kang's research investigates the intersection between law and security in security…
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Lesley Ferris
September 9, 2019

Mershon affiliate organizes theatre series on Afghanistan

Mershon affiliate Lesley Ferris, Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of Theatre, is the powerhouse behind On the Front Lines: Performing Afghanistan, a new series of performances designed to…
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Peter Hahn
September 6, 2019

What caused 9/11 — and the consequences that linger

The images from that day still haunt us. The Twin Towers plummeting to the ground, one following the other, smoke snaking through streets, billowing for blocks, fear and confusion spreading like…
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Ines Valdez
August 26, 2019

Valdez to direct new Latina/o studies program

Mershon faculty affiliate Inés Valdez, associate professor of political science, has been named director of the new Latina/o Studies Program at The Ohio State University. In this capacity she will be…
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Alexander Wendt
August 21, 2019

Wendt to be featured speaker at TEDxColumbus

Alexander Wendt, Ralph D. Mershon Professor of International Security, will be a featured speaker at this year's TEDxColumbus, to take place Friday, November 15, at Jo Ann Davidson Theatre in the…
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Kendra McSweeney and Margaret Newell
May 7, 2019

McSweeney, Newell receive Arts and Sciences honors

On April 16, 2019, the College of Arts and Sciences hosted its fourth annual Spring Recognition Ceremony, honoring the recipients of endowed college awards and college-wide awards for teaching and…
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Rachel Bowen
May 1, 2019

What might a Trump impeachment mean? Ask our neighbors in Latin America.

With some Americans and members of Congress calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, our nation could be headed for partisan strife perhaps unlike anything we’ve ever seen. Mershon…