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Call for Postdoc Applications
The Mershon Center seeks to appoint up to three Post Doctoral Scholars to join our team. This will be a two-year appointment beginning August 24, 2026, through August 23, 2028.
Tyler Jost receives 2024 Furniss Book Award
Tyler Jost is the recipient of the 2024 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award for his book “Bureaucracies at War: The Institutional Origins of Miscalculation” (Cambridge Studies in International Relations,…
Strategika publishes Mansoor article on Military History in Academia
Peter Mansoor's article chronicles academic military history in the United States during and after World War II, including The Ohio State University's leadership in the field.
National Security Simulation Applications Now Open!
Applications are now open for the Ohio State National Security Simulation (Sim), hosted by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies on October 24 and 25, 2025 at the Fawcett Center. …
Mershon Postdoc Eda Ayaydin in London School of Economics
Mershon postdoc visiting scholar Eda Ayaydın co-wrote an essay exploring the complex relationship between Turkey and Russia for the London School of Economics.
Foreign Policy features analysis by Nichols and Ayaydin
Mershon Hayes Chair Christopher McKnight Nichols and Postdoctoral Visiting Scholar Eda Ayaydin published an analysis of Arctic cooperation in Foreign Policy. Image credit: MAXIM MARMUR/AFP via Getty…
Mansoor quoted in The Atlantic
Mershon Center Gen. Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History Peter Mansoor was quoted in a story in The Atlantic on the Department of Defense. Image credit: Ben Kothe
Nichols quoted in Semafor
The Mershon Center Wayne Woodrow Hayes Chair in National Security Studies Christopher McKnight Nichols is quoted in a Semafor story on the information wars. Image credit: Al Lucca/Semafor
Notes from the Field: Steph Pedron
Steph Pedron is a Mershon affiliate and a Political Science Ph.D. Candidate concentrating in American Politics, Political Methodology, and Political Psychology. Steph is working on a dissertation…