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A complicated Yemen conflict

Once 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:…

Slomczynski inducted into Academia Europaea

Mershon affiliate Kazimierz M. Slomczynski, professor emeritus of sociology, has been inducted as a member of the Academia Europaea (known also as Academy of Europe, AE), an…

Kurtz named director of International Studies Program

Mershon affiliate Marcus Kurtz has been named director of the Undergraduate International Studies Program, effective January 1, 2019.

Kurtz is professor of political science with…

Climate change, rising sea levels a threat to farmers in Bangladesh

Rising sea levels driven by climate change make for salty soil, and that is likely to force about 200,000 coastal farmers in Bangladesh…

Four Mershon affiliates featured in latest issue of 'Ascent'

Research by four Mershon Center affiliates is featured in the Autumn 2018 issue of Ascent, published by the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio State.

Bear Braumoeller, associate…

Youth vote could help Democratic Party

Young voters could sway the outcome of this month’s midterm elections in favor of Democrats — if they vote.

They usually don’t.…