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Christopher McKnight Nichols talked to ABC about the midterm election results. "This may be the biggest shift in American midterm politics since 1946," said Chris Nichols, an Ohio State historian…
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At 8 a.m. Wednesday, September 23 the OSURA 29th Annual Fall Conference opened. With the theme HONORING THE PAST, ENGAGING THE FUTURE the…
Christopher McKnight Nichols published a guest opinion piece in The Columbus Dispatch: "As these terms once used to induce panic become more of a boogeyman, these…
Christopher McKnight Nichols talked to the New York Times about midterm elections and data centers in Ohio.
Christopher McKnight Nichols appeared on NBC4 to discuss surprising levels of increased in-person voter turnout, and the current release of new attack ads in Ohio.
Christopher McKnight Nichols talked to Oregon Public Broadcasting about a historian’s perspective on where we are as a nation.
Christopher McKnight Nichols appeared on the Speaking Freely With Annette Newell Podcast to talk about elections, midterms, mail voting and more.
Christopher McKnight Nichols and Kaveri Sarkar published an article in The Conversation about US strategic ‘credibility’ – from Vietnam to Iran.
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…
Christopher McKnight Nichols talked to the New York Times about the world’s first billionaire and the world’s first trillionaire.
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…
As the conflict between the United States and Iran has unfolded over the past weeks, Mershon Center affiliates across multiple disciplines have been called on to give expert opinions and analysis…
Christopher McKnight Nichols talked to The Post about the US-Iran war, the Strait of Hormuz, and achieving US aims.
Christopher McKnight Nichols was featured in Greece’s leading newspaper, Kathimerini, offering expert analysis on recent U.S. Middle East policy and U.S.–Iran relations.
Mershon Hayes Chair Christopher McKnight Nichols and Cameron Givens, former Mershon affiliate now at Southern Methodist University, published a review on H-Diplo of State of Silence: The…
Christopher McKnight Nichols discusses the Monroe Doctrine, a two-hundred-year-old presidential speech still shaping the role of the US in the world, on American History Hits, a top 25 history…
A fully booked conference – with a wait list – is a great way to kick off celebrations in Ohio for the United States’ semiquincentennial, or America 250. At “New Perspectives on the Northwest…
A January 15, 2026 panel "The Operation in Venezuela: Law, Oil, Geopolitics," featuring Mershon Center affiliate experts and organized by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies was…
Christopher McKnight Nichols, Mershon Hayes Chair and Professor of History, appeared on the Council on Foreign Relations' popular televised podcast "The President's Inbox" talking about the best…
Christopher McKnight Nichols, Mershon Hayes Chair, spoke to WOSU's All Sides with Amy Jurvich about US-Venezuela and broader international relations implications.
Christopher McKnight Nichols talked to WOSU on January 6 about the operation in Venezuela and what comes next.
Mershon Hayes Chair Christopher McKnight Nichols was quoted in a USA Today story about Venezuela.
Nichols said “the Trump administration’s activities overall appear to signify a real departure from post-WWII traditional American leadership in the trans-Atlantic alliance and US-Europe…
Hayes Chair Christopher McKnight Nichols spoke about the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and the U.S. President to The News on Sunday.
Christopher McKnight Nichols talked to CBS News about American billionaires, past and present.
Christopher McKnight Nichols, Mershon Hayes Chair for National Security, talked to Spectrum News about TikTok and national security.
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…
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
Christopher McKnight Nichols talked to USA Today about the history of US-Denmark relations, Wilson Administration and buying the Virgin Islands, Greenland.
Dear Colleagues, We hope you are all doing well as the semester winds down and the much-needed holiday season approaches. Below are some recent updates from the desk of Christopher McKnight Nichols,…
