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Welcome to Visiting Scholar Marc Lynch

The Mershon Center is delighted to welcome Marc Lynch as a visiting scholar, in residence in Columbus through Spring 2025. Lynch is Professor of Political Science and Director of the…

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Mansoor asks "How Will This War End?" in Foreign Policy

Seeking Peace at Home: Central Ohio Faith Leaders Speak

Seeking Peace at Home: Central Ohio Faith Leaders Speak is now available on YouTube

The image features a darkened room with sunlight filtering through a window, casting soft light across a desk and scattered books. There appears to be a bookshelf in the background. The books on the desk are open, suggesting a space of study or research. A laptop is also visible, indicating a blend of traditional and modern means of information processing. Overlaying this scene is text that reads "The Non-State Archive" with a graphic element of a vertical teal line beside the text.

Grant applications now open for digitizing Non-State histories

The Ohio State University's Mershon Center for International Security Studies announces the launch of the Non-State Archive. Lacking access to state archives and often to private funding,…

The Minsk Game: Ukraine's Unnamed War, 2014-2022 with Jesse Driscoll, University of San Diego, 2015 Furniss Book Award Winner with a photo of Jesse Driscoll in a dress shirt and tie.

2015 Furniss Winner Jesse Driscoll returns in January for "The Minsk Game"

The Minsk Game: Ukraine's Unnamed War, 2014-2022

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Why did the Minsk-1 and the Minsk-2 agreements fail?  UKRAINE'S UNNAMED WAR: BEFORE THE…

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Nick Breyfogle on The history of COP

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Ohio State joins the Diplomacy Lab

The Mershon Center has just signed an MOU with the US Department of State to make Ohio State a partner in the Diplomacy Lab, a program engaging students and faculty with current foreign policy…

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Mueller on the Israeli response in Gaza for Responsible Statecraft

First Legal Geopolitics of the Ocean event featuring Laleh Khalili now available on YouTube