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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…
Below is a story reprinted from OSURA News.
At 8 a.m. Wednesday, September 23 the OSURA 29th Annual Fall Conference opened. With the theme HONORING THE PAST, ENGAGING THE FUTURE the…
The Mershon Center for International Security Studies was saddened by the recent death of one of our former affiliates, researchers, and directors. Born July 13, 1948, J. Craig Jenkins died…
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…
Madhumita Dutta and Larkin Cleland published an article in The American Prospect about the data center boom, new land market, and other issues in the Silicon Heartland.
Thank you to everyone who helped us welcome our 2025 Edgar S. Furniss Winner Fiona Cunningham, whose book Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security…
Read how Madhumita Dutta and her team transformed research into art in The Lantern.
Laura Dugan and Jack Wipple talked to PsyPost about their research on political rhetoric and extremist activity. At the national level, the researchers found a positive association between the…
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.
From August 3-7, researchers from Colombia’s Unidad de Busqueda para Personas dadas por Desaparecidas (the Missing Persons Search Unit, or UBPD), The Ohio State University, and Principal…
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.