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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.

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.…

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. 

Foreign Policy features analysis by Nichols and Ayaydin

Mansoor quoted in The Atlantic

Mershon Center Gen. Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History Peter Mansoor was quoted in a story in The Atlantic on the Department of Defense. Image credit: Ben Kothe

Nichols quoted in Semafor

The Mershon Center Wayne Woodrow Hayes Chair in National Security Studies Christopher McKnight Nichols is quoted in a Semafor story on the information wars. Image credit: Al Lucca/Semafor

Notes from the Field: Steph Pedron

Steph Pedron is a Mershon affiliate and a Political Science Ph.D. Candidate concentrating in American Politics, Political Methodology, and Political…

Ayaydin to represent Mershon Center at Arctic Encounter Summit

Mershon Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow Eda Ayaydin will represent the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at the 2025 Arctic Encounter Summit (AES) in Anchorage, Alaska July 30 -…

Mershon Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow Eda Ayaydin publishes article in The Arctic Institute

Eda Ayaydin's article for The Arctic Institute critically examines the symbolic and discursive dichotomies embedded in the Arctic Council’s process for assessing non-Arctic states’ observer…