Dr. Moshirzadeh presents her research as a Mershon Center Post-Doctoral Fellow. Following the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the foreign policy of Iran changed dramatically from a status quo pro-Western to a revolutionary ...

Bruce Weinberg joined the Department of Economics at The Ohio State University after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. The paper that Weinberg will present develops a model of social interactions ...

In this lecture, Steven Davis analyzes two policy options in Iraq -- war versus containment.

Nicholas Bamforth is a Fellow in Law at Queen's College, Oxford University. His areas of specialization include constitutional and administrative law, European Community law, human rights, and philosophy of law.

Marina Ottaway specializes in democracy and post-conflict reconstruction issues, with special focus on problems of political transformation in the Middle East and reconstruction in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans, and ...

Ussama Makdisi is an Associate Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University.

James D. Morrow is Professor of Political Science and Senior Research Scientist, Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan. He is best known for his work applying noncooperative game theory to questions ...

Dr. Sean Kay is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Ohio Wesleyan University. He specializes in U.S. foreign and national security policy, international security, and international ...

Norma Kriger (Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is a visiting scholar this year at the Mershon Center. Her research on Zimbabwe reflects her interests in revolutionary war mobilization and post-war reconstruction. ...