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Hollie Nyseth Brehm

Perpetrators of genocide say they're 'good people'

Mershon affiliate's study examined testimony of defendants in Rwandan violence

The men who were tried for their role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide that killed up to 1 million people want you to…

Dakota Rudesill

National security starts at Ohio State

How a two-day simulation is preparing the next generation of national security professionals

Sitting around a large Mahogany block “O” shaped table, a handful of people type furiously away at…

Peter Mansoor

Conference to examine effect of organizational culture in military

The U.S. military has had a checkered record of success in wars waged since 1945. Part of the explanation behind the failures (Vietnam, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan) lies in the failure of…

Erik Nisbet and Olga Kamenchuk

Why many Russians have gladly agreed to online censorship

Study suggests Putin has developed a ‘psychological firewall’

The Russian government has persuaded many of its citizens to avoid websites and social media platforms that are critical of the…

Mitch Lerner

The United States's North Korea problem

What is North Korea going to do next?

That’s a question that we all seem to be asking a lot lately and nobody has a definitive answer as to what the country and its mercurial leadership…

Erik Nisbet, Paul Beck, Richard Gunther, Anthony Mughan

Mershon affiliates win NSF grant for comparative elections study

Four Mershon Center faculty affiliates have received a $54,000 grant from the Directorate of Political Science in the National Science Foundation to conduct a post-election survey of the…

Skyler Cranmer

Political scientist finds that UN does its job preventing war

Skyler Cranmer, Carter Phillips and Sue Henry Associate Professor of Political Science and affiliate of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and Ohio State Discovery Themes'…

Craig Jenkins and Maciek Slomczynski

Mershon affiliates receive NSF award to develop international database

Mershon affiliates Craig Jenkins, senior research scientist and professor emeritus of sociology, along with Maciek Slomczynski, professor emeritus of sociology, and Irina Tomescu-Dubrow…

Mandela Washington Fellows at Mershon

Mandela Washington Fellows visit Mershon

Twenty-three Mandela Washington Fellows visited the Mershon Center on July 18, 2017, to speak with faculty members Rick Herrmann, Paul Beck, Vladimir Kogan and Alex Acs. Faculty briefed…