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Leading a new conversation on US grand strategy

What has been, is, and should be U.S. grand strategy?

That was the question explored at Rethinking American Grand Strategy, an America250 conference, hosted by the…

Nichols talks to NYT

Christopher McKnight Nichols talked to the New York Times about the world’s first billionaire and the world’s first trillionaire.

Nichols quoted in The New Yorker

A recently published article in The New Yorker by Ruth Marcus discussed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ speech and views against Progressivism and Progressives. Christopher…

Mershon Center affiliates offer expert opinions and analysis of the US-Iran War

As the conflict between the United States and Iran has unfolded over the past weeks, Mershon Center affiliates across multiple disciplines have been called on to give expert opinions and analysis…

Nichols talks to The Post

Christopher McKnight Nichols talked to The Post about the US-Iran war, the Strait of Hormuz, and achieving US aims.

Nichols featured in Kathimerini

Christopher McKnight Nichols was featured in Greece’s leading newspaper, Kathimerini, offering expert analysis on recent U.S. Middle East policy and U.S.–Iran relations.

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…

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…