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Mershon co-hosts conference on Comics, Security, and the American Mission
On November 3rd-4th, the Mershon Center hosted the Comics, Security, and the American Mission Conference in conjunction with the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, The History…

Mershon Center 2023-24 Funding Cycle Opens
The Mershon Center for International Security Studies announces the opening of its funding cycle for 2023-2024! The first competitions, closing on March 1st, are for graduate and …

Spring Semester Welcome Message
Dear friends,
We are happy to welcome you to a new year at the Mershon Center!
Last semester we resumed life in person in a new office, with a new director, two new staff members,…

John Mueller writes on "Why Putin May Endure" for Foreign Affairs
In a new Foreign Affairs posting, Mershon's John Mueller argues that observers should not underestimate Vladimir Putin's prospects of staying in power. To be sure, history will…

Fiona Hill visits Mershon for Kruzel Lecture; conversations about her career and Russia
Russia expert Fiona Hill visited the Mershon Center this past Thursday as the 2022 Joseph J. Kruzel Lecture speaker.
After an introduction from …

Mershon co-sponsors conference of ABA's Standing Committee on Law and National Security
Mershon and the Moritz College of Law co-sponsored the annual national security conference of the ABA's Standing Committee on Law and National Security (SCOLANS), held November 17-18 in…

Brooks Marmon interviews D. Elwood Dunn for Review of African Political Economy blog
Mershon post-doctoral scholar Brooks Marmon, a researcher of pan-African diplomacy and transnational political networks in southern Africa, conducted an interview for the …

Mueller writes on US/China relations for The National Interest
Mershon Senior Faculty Fellow John Mueller recently penned for The National Interest a piece examining the current relationship between the United States and China. In "The United States…

Jason Lyall receives 2020 Furniss Book Award
After a two-year wait, Jason Lyall of Dartmouth College received the 2020 Furniss Book Award for Divided Armies: Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War. Lyall was…