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Casterline elected president of National Association of Demographers
John B. Casterline, Robert T. Lazarus Professor in Population Studies in the Department of Sociology and director of the Institute for Population Research, has been elected president of the…
Conference to examine 2016 presidential election
The 2016 U.S. presidential election was marked by sharp contrasts between the major party candidates on domestic policies, as well as both presidential nominees seeking to create clear…
Perpetrators of genocide say they're 'good people'
Mershon affiliate's study examined testimony of defendants in Rwandan violence
The men who were tried for their role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide that killed up to 1 million people want you to…
National security starts at Ohio State
How a two-day simulation is preparing the next generation of national security professionals
Sitting around a large Mahogany block “O” shaped table, a handful of people type furiously away at…
Conference to examine effect of organizational culture in military
The U.S. military has had a checkered record of success in wars waged since 1945. Part of the explanation behind the failures (Vietnam, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan) lies in the failure of…
Why many Russians have gladly agreed to online censorship
Study suggests Putin has developed a ‘psychological firewall’
The Russian government has persuaded many of its citizens to avoid websites and social media platforms that are critical of the…
The United States's North Korea problem
What is North Korea going to do next?
That’s a question that we all seem to be asking a lot lately and nobody has a definitive answer as to what the country and its mercurial leadership…
Mershon affiliates win NSF grant for comparative elections study
Four Mershon Center faculty affiliates have received a $54,000 grant from the Directorate of Political Science in the National Science Foundation to conduct a post-election survey of the British…
Political scientist finds that UN does its job preventing war
Skyler Cranmer, Carter Phillips and Sue Henry Associate Professor of Political Science and affiliate of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and Ohio State Discovery Themes'…