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Peter Shane

A lesson in law, civics

How presidential, judicial powers could affect Mueller investigation

If Special Counsel Robert Mueller is fired in the midst of his investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 election…

Peter Mansoor and Bruno Cabanes

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…

Alexander Wendt

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…

Hollie Nyseth Brehm

Who becomes a hero? It is more than just a personality trait

Social factors shaped who rescued people in Rwandan genocide

We tend to think of heroes in terms of a psychological profile: brave, altruistic, strong.

But a new study suggests that for…

Richard Herrmann

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

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…

Katherine Borland

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…

A view of the stained glass decorations at the Mershon Center

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…

Christopher Gelpi

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…