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Will a ‘national emergency’ build a border wall?
President Trump has declared a national emergency to bring about his desired border wall.
Now what?
Mershon affiliate Peter Shane — an internationally recognized scholar…

Mershon Center seeks applications for postdoctoral fellows
The Mershon Center for International Security Studies at The Ohio State University invites applications to fill two postdoctoral fellowship positions for the 2019-2020 academic year.
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Noyes receives honorary doctorate from University of Tartu in Estonia
Mershon affiliate Dorothy Noyes, professor of English and Comparative Studies and former director of the Center for Folklore Studies, was awarded an honorary doctorate in folkloristics at the…

Mershon’s Peter Mansoor had hand in creation of Columbus museum to honor veterans
Last October, hundreds of veterans, citizens, and their families turned out on a rainy Saturday to celebrate the opening of the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in downtown Columbus…

Hesford named Ohio Eminent Scholar
Mershon affiliate Wendy Hesford, professor and faculty director for the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme, has been named Ohio Eminent Scholar in Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy. …

A complicated Yemen conflict
Experts detail U.S. role in the violent power struggleOnce a dusty, largely forgotten country in the Persian Gulf, Yemen has seized center stage in Congress as lawmakers debate whether American…

Mershon Center offers research grants for faculty, graduate students
Each year, the Mershon Center for International Security Studies holds a competition for Ohio State University faculty and graduate students to apply for grant funds to support research related to…

Two Mershon affiliates among five named AAAS Fellows
Two Mershon Center faculty affiliates are among five Ohio State University researchers elected this year as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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New Video: Mearsheimer Visits Mershon
Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, visited the Mershon Center to speak about his latest book, The Great Delusion:…