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A lesson in law, civics
How presidential, judicial powers could affect Mueller investigationIf Special Counsel Robert Mueller is fired in the midst of his investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 election…

Mansoor, Cabanes win NEH grant for seminar on 'Voices of War'
Mershon affiliates Peter Mansoor, Gen. Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History, and Bruno Cabanes, Donald G. and Mary A. Dunn Chair in Modern Military History, are recipients of a…

Conference to examine quantum social science
Scientists have long thought that quantum mechanics -- the bizarre and fantastic world of non-locality, indeterminacy, and wave/particle duality that physicists discovered in the early 20th…

Who becomes a hero? It is more than just a personality trait
Social factors shaped who rescued people in Rwandan genocideWe tend to think of heroes in terms of a psychological profile: brave, altruistic, strong.
But a new study suggests that for…

Mershon Center explores future of U.S. military, democracy
When the United States ended the draft and moved to an all-volunteer military in 1973, most political and military leaders assumed that the nation would reactivate the draft in the event of…

Sangbeom Yoo joins Mershon as visiting scholar
The Mershon Center has a new visiting scholar starting in January 2018: Sangbeom Yoo, associate professor in the Department of Security Policy and director of the Office of Research Planning…

Borland awarded Fulbright Bicentennial Chair in American Studies
Mershon affiliate Katherine Borland, associate professor of comparative studies and director of the Center for Folklore Studies, has been awarded the Fulbright Bicentennial Chair in American…

Mershon Center offers faculty, student grants, and scholarships
Each year, the Mershon Center for International Security Studies holds a competition for Ohio State faculty and students to apply for research grants and scholarship funds.
Research Grants…

Gelpi named new Mershon Center director
Christopher F. Gelpi, professor in the Department of Political Science, has been named director of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at The Ohio State University effective Jan…