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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…
Nichols on American History Hit Podcast
Christopher McKnight Nichols discusses the Monroe Doctrine, a two-hundred-year-old presidential speech still shaping the role of the US in the world, on American History Hits, a top 25 history…
Scholars gather for Northwest Ordinance conference
A fully booked conference – with a wait list – is a great way to kick off celebrations in Ohio for the United States’ semiquincentennial, or America 250. At “New Perspectives on the Northwest…
Mershon Panel featured in Ohio State News
A January 15, 2026 panel "The Operation in Venezuela: Law, Oil, Geopolitics," featuring Mershon Center affiliate experts and organized by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies was…
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…
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.
Nichols talks to WOSU
Christopher McKnight Nichols talked to WOSU on January 6 about the operation in Venezuela and what comes next.
Nichols quoted in USA Today
Mershon Hayes Chair Christopher McKnight Nichols was quoted in a USA Today story about Venezuela.
Nichols quoted in The News on Sunday
Nichols said “the Trump administration’s activities overall appear to signify a real departure from post-WWII traditional American leadership in the trans-Atlantic alliance and US-Europe…