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Search Lab team members Derek Congram and Nick Passalacqua participated in a panel on forensic ethics and Jazmin Borrayo presented a poster at the Humanitarian Forensics conference.
Christopher McKnight Nichols appeared on the Speaking Freely With Annette Newell Podcast to talk about elections, midterms, mail voting and more.
Ryo Sawayama published an article, which examines how the United States and Japan can strengthen economic resilience against Chinese coercion by developing interoperable mechanisms that help…
Christopher McKnight Nichols and Kaveri Sarkar published an article in The Conversation about US strategic ‘credibility’ – from Vietnam to Iran.
There was something unsettling about gathering peacebuilders in Northern Ireland to ask what peace means today - and watching the past return almost literally to the doorstep.
We were…
As a result in part of Mershon support, Governing reconciliation: Metagovernance, alignment, and sustainable peace in Northern Ireland was published in Peace and Sustainability …
Peter Mansoor was interviewed by NewsNation on various topics including Iran, Ukraine, and the Pentagon.
View the NewsNation segment.
Nowshin Sharmila’s Mershon-funded research project is a steppingstone for creating new models for ground-level problem-solving. A graduate student in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies who…
Danielle Fosler-Lussier published an article about Ohio State’s Career Allies Academy in Inside Higher Ed.
Sarah Van Beurden co-authored the article Arts across Africa before 1600: An Ever-Growing Void? for the journal African Arts.
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Peter Mansoor spoke with CNN about the trilateral agreement with the leaders of the US, Denmark and Greenland, which formalized a new Greenland security agreement.
Co-directors Teri Murphy and Derek Congram talked to NBC4 about Mershon Search Lab and our collaboration with Colombia’s Unidad de Búsqueda de Personas dadas por Desaparecidas (UBPD).
We are thrilled to share an Ohio State News story featuring our Mershon Search Lab and our Colombian collaborators Unidad de Búsqueda de Personas dadas por Desaparecidas (UBPD).
Just Security published a contribution from Dakota Rudesill, professor of law and Mershon affiliate, on their online symposium on 9/11 that includes essays by national security…
Peter Mansoor, Mershon Center's Mason Chair in Military History, recently appeared on CNN as one of the military experts unpacking Hegseth's purges of U.S. military leadership.
Madhumita Dutta published an article in The Wire about Jahlma Nallah, a glacial stream that floods in the sun. This phenomenon, affecting thousands of rural mountain households, local…
The Mershon Center for International Security Studies is pleased to announce that Fiona S. Cunningham has been selected to receive the 2025 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award for Under the Nuclear…
Bart Elmore appeared on All Sides with Amy Juravich to talk about whether climate change and affordability are drawing people back to Midwest states.
Dakota Rudesill, professor of law and director of the Mershon Center National Security Simulation, delivered a keynote and led The Ohio State University delegation of seven at the 2026…
Hannah Kosstrin recently published a new book entitled Kinesthetic Peoplehood: Jewish Diasporic Dance Migrations (Oxford University Press 2026), which examines Jewish diasporic dance…
Redemption: MacArthur and the Campaign for the Philippines by Peter R. Mansoor, professor of history and Mershon Center Major General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History, won…
Brooks Marmon, former Mershon Center postdoctoral scholar currently at the University of Arkansas, edited a new book, Edson Sithole: Law, Liberation and the Cost of Dissent (Voices of…
Margaret Newell spoke to NBC Washington about what George Washington smelled like. Spoiler alert: he used a citrusy personal fragrance still available today.
Jennifer Mitzen is quoted in a Global Policy article discussing "China's Ontological Advantage". Mitzen argues that states need "to experience oneself as a whole, continuous person in…
Through support of two new initiatives, the Mershon Center is enhancing the scholarship relevant to national, international, and human security. The Mershon Center is proud to announce that we are…
Peter Mansoor was interviewed on NewsNation about a range of topics including Iran, Ukraine, and the Pentagon.
Peter Mansoor is quoted extensively in a Military Times story about how the US military will retain the lessons of recent wars as combat veterans retire. Doctrine can capture many…
What has been, is, and should be U.S. grand strategy?
That was the question explored at Rethinking American Grand Strategy, an America250 conference, hosted by the…
Laura Dugan talked to ABC 6 about the alleged White House plot unraveled by Knox County mom.
Christopher Gelpi's Opinion piece "Operation Epic Fail: We aren't done paying for Trump- created Iran crisis" was featured in this week's Columbus Dispatch.
Christopher McKnight Nichols talked to the New York Times about the world’s first billionaire and the world’s first trillionaire.
Haifeng Huang and his research were quoted in an Opinion piece in The Guardian about the president’s image and name proliferating in Washington and beyond.
Laura Dugan spoke on JUSTUS podcast about our government’s uneven and counterproductive responses to jihad terrorism.
Peter Mansoor, Mershon Center Mason Chair, was interviewed live by CNN's Jim Sciutto on the latest developments in the Ukraine War. CNN recording here.
H-Diplo recently released a roundtable for Lydia Walker's States-in-Waiting on the Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum. This forum is one of the most important venues for…
A recently published article in The New Yorker by Ruth Marcus discussed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ speech and views against Progressivism and Progressives. Christopher…
Lydia Walker, Assistant Professor, Myers Chair in Global Military History, and Mershon Center affiliate, has been selected as one of five finalists in the History category for the 2026 American…
Teri Murphy is a co-author of the recently published "How Local Rituals Support Social Healing in Conflict-Affected Societies" (University of Notre Dame, 2026).
Yiğit Akin, Associate Professor, Carter V. Findley Chair of Ottoman and Turkish History, received a 2026 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. Ohio State’s Alumni Award for Distinguished…
On April 26, Geoffrey Parker, Distinguished University Professor, Andreas Dorpalen Professor of European History, and Mershon Center affiliate,…
Starting in 2023 and led by Associate Director for Peacebuilding Research Dr. Teri Murphy, the Mershon Center partnered with International Alert Nepal on a three-year research initiative examining…
The Ohio State University, including the Mershon Center, welcomed an Angolan government delegation to campus on April 10, 2026. Dorry Noyes and affiliates Sarah Brooks, Ricardo Cardoso, and Joe…
More than two dozen scholars from renowned institutions across the globe gathered for The Decline of the Liberal International Order workshop held March 21-22 at The Ohio…
On April 6, we hosted an interdisciplinary Mershon Monday conversation about one of the most pressing issues in the sphere of security studies: the shifting landscape of technology and innovation…
Mershon is proud to recognize faculty affiliates who received 2025-2026 endowed and college-wide awards from the College of Arts and Sciences for research, teaching, mentoring and service.
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