The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

A Caution Against Framing Syria as an Assad-Opposition Dichotomy
In Afghanistan, end the fighting and stop the meddling
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
Afghan-U.S. relations damaged by shooting: analyst
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Breakdown in Yemen
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
Ukraine crisis underscores need for renewables push
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
US Lawmaker Urges Egypt to Release Dual Citizen
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
The American Elections: Prospects for a New US Foreign Policy
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Cyclone Pam Is Just the Start
Cyprus: An EU Presidency occupied by Candidate Turkey
Time to stop coddling Iran
Why water is key to Syria conflict
Students Practice Citizen Diplomacy in Syria
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Portrait of Stalin Sparks Brawl at WWII Ceremony in Crimea
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Orange Revolution in Ukraine: Inspiration of Disillusionment?
Needed: Social Engineering?
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
Unclenched Fists
Book review: The Shifting Grounds of Conflict and Peacebuilding
Washington’s rapprochement with Syria is welcomed but not enough
Colombia's Inminent Peace Agreement: A Brief Analysis of What the Agreement is, What is Next and What is Missing
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
We gain more than we lose in the Iran nuclear deal [Commentary]
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Does China Have a Foreign Policy?
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Netanyahu’s address to Congress is a recipe for disaster, not peace
Do We Need Dictatorship?
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
ما هو الإرث السياسي لمحمود عباس؟
An online occupation
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
Focus on Al Qaeda in Yemen magnifies chronic instability
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
Mason Center Works Toward a Peaceful Future
Crimean Tatar Mejlis Elects New Chairperson as Mustafa Cemilev Steps Down
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
Arab Gulf States Wary of Iran’s Role in the Battle for Mosul
A Local First approach to early warning and response
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
Bible Texts Misused in Rumsfeld Reports, Religious Leaders Say
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
How Germans Go Green
How to save the American Dream
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Tatar Muslims afraid of Exile in case of Crimean Division
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Halep'in geleceği ve Türkiye'nin güvenliği
Terrorism and Development
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
Producing solutions by appreciating the interconnections
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Conference on Activist H. Thurman Held on ‘9/11’ Anniversary
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
How to fix our police departments
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
Opinion: Why Trump’s foreign policy won’t make America great again
The challenge of violent extremism
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Palestine is nearly here, deal with it
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
The Difference Between Protest America 1968 And 2017
Meet Nousha Kabawat and her unstoppable drive to help Syria’s displaced children thrive
Palestine’s new PM and his prospects for success
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
Explosion of the Sacred
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
From Israel to Mason: Conflict scholars present a peace proposal at the UN
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
The Speech that Time Forgot
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
The effect of 100 years of amnesia on the Turkish population
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
My Turkish Airport
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Review: Free Burma
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
Fuel for extremism is beyond Bin Laden, EMU prof says
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
Awakening to Women: The Nobel Effect
A Cultural Awakening Leads to Abundance of Conflict Resolution Opportunities
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
Turkmenistan cautiously opens to the world
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
Boarding the Train for a Trip into the Past
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
The World Does Not Need a Jewish Ann Coulter: An Open Letter To Ben Shapiro.
The Coming Rise of Afghan Militias
When diplomatic opportunities were dismissed
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Discussion with Marc Gopin: Part 1 on Economic Peace & Justice
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
A.T. Ariyaratne: Leading Sri Lanka's Largest Civil Society Movement for 50 Years
Direct Analytical Approach to Peacebuilding
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Science of unintended consequences
Palestinian Child Attackers Are Victims, Not Terrorists
Peace Parsha: Hayyei Sarah - Love and Care across Boundaries
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
62nd Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportation “Protest Meeting” in Simferopol, Crimea Went By Peacefully
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
State Department Should Speak Out For Aya Hijazi, US Human Rights Defender In Egypt Prison
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
The Lonely Man of Peace
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
Divide and conquer negotiations
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
America’s litmus test on Syria
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Drones weaken USA's moral might: Opposing view
Don't Talk, Do Something! Palestinian/Israeli Unilateralism as Legitimate Negotiations
Lecture by Susan Hirsch at San Anton Palace
Death to America in Yemen? No.
Shank: White House, Congress Choosing Wrong Path on Iran
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Confronting genocide in Myanmar: The urgent need to prevent and protect
Donald Trump’s bigotry has inspired U.S. Muslim voters like no candidate before
Politics Unusual
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
Measuring the cost of violence
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Seeking Opportunities for Intervention: One woman’s efforts to positively influence inner-city youth: Interview with Mary Wade
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Sarajevo: Memories of war
Hutu Diaspora Narrative: Identity in Conflict, Conflict of Identity
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Roads: Getting Them Done
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; Resolving Conflicts in the Caucasus
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
Use US soft power to free the Ashraf Seven
Are Direct Negotiations Good or Bad for the Palestinians?
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
Conflict and the Consequences of Isolation: A Comparative Study
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
China’s Foreign Policy Debates
Liberia’s Path from Anarchy to Elections
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
UN Small Arms Conference: Evaluation and Prospects
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Could ‘Insight Policing’ have saved Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and others?
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
Women’s Exclusion Worsens Somali Crises
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Future of Crimean Tartar Muslims Hangs in the Balance
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
Highland Community College Board Candidates Weigh District's Financial, Enrollment Woes
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
US must vote in favour or abstain
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
America's police are looking more and more like the military
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
Robert C. Koehler: Healthy conflict creates resilient communities
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
An OSCE reconciliation strategy for Cyprus?
The Indoctrination Myth
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
Dirty Energy Dollars
Human Rights of Crimean Tatars Discussed in European Parliament
Motives of suicide terrorists
Rwanda: Opening the door to dialogue (Claudine Kuradusenge)
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Doing Due Diligence on Diplomacy With Damascus
We Lead Developed World in Poverty and Inequality
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Horizon that is always receding
التدخل الروسي أوقف انهيار النظام السوري مؤقتاً
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
IRP leader speaks in Washington, unsure of party goals and wary of Tajikistan’s future
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
The three-ring circus of American politics
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Donald Trump's Immigration Plan Would Ban One-Third of the World From the U.S.
65 years after 'catastrophe,' Palestinians have little to cheer about
Working for world peace here at home
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Columbia Prof Uses Math To Create World Peace
Civility: The Way We Drive
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
Faith-Based Diplomacy
For Economic Growth, Repeal Drug Laws and Rehabilitate Ex-Cons
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
A peace dividend we should all want
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Somalia Needs a War on Poverty
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
"With friends like these..." on Romney's comments about Israeli and Palestinian culture
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
Monk-Turned-Street Artist Paints the Homeless to Teach New Yorkers Compassion
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
Immigrants in Russia
The Politics of Bongo Flava
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Why Rep. Hunter Is Very Wrong About Nuking Iran
Universities More Moderate than Believed
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
Tehran looks ready to tango
How a glacier could thaw dangerous India and Pakistan freeze
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
How U.S. Ambassadors Influence China (But Not Americans)
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
Crimean Tatars Support EuroMaidan Protests in Kyiv
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
Saudi rejects foreign interference in Iraq, blames ‘sectarian’ Maliki | Reuters
Afghan Security Forces Pass First Test, But Questions Remain
People to People Contact
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
Charleston Shootings: The Intersection Of Race And Gender
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Crimea Muslims Fear Separation, Exile
Egypt: Revolution or bust
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
Have We Become Hopelessly Divided?
Rights groups renew request for release of defendants in the Belady Foundation case and urge compliance with legal standards for pretrial detention
Collaboration with China is preferable to containment
A New United Nations of Human Rights Countries
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
The case for compulsory voting
Point of View opens—A place for conflict conversation, transformation
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Americans have had enough conflict
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
Creating Resilient Communities
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
GOP, follow Stevens' example
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
I Was a Palestinian Stone-thrower. Here's Why I Stopped
Go After Super Pollutants
Jordan Valley essential for a viable Palestinian state
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
Sisters know a good road trip when they see one
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
EMU Professor Urges Shift in Iraqi, Afghan Strategy
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Syria's Next Generation
Invest in the Afghan people not foreign contractors
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Crashing in America
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Boycotting Muslim 'Savages' Ad on DC Metro in Protest of Hate Speech
The World Discovers Afghanistan’s Peaceful Clerics
Making Nonviolent Statecraft into a Self-Evident Truth
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
Wallace Warfield, George Mason professor and conflict resolution expert, dies
Trump is ‘deprived of all knowledge’ about public schools
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
Riyadh Conference: What Makes It Different?
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
America's lawmakers in Libyan quagmire
On “The Mystery of Capital”
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
Press Pause on the Rush to War
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Democratic Party looks like America
Is the OSCE relevant to Cyprus? Or is Cyprus irrelevant to the OSCE?
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Heavy metal music unites Jews and Muslims across the Middle East
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
Yemen needs action, not just talk
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
Israeli-Palestinian conflict - discussion with Marc Gopin: on economic peace & justice
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Honoring National Service in War and Peace
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Ukraine: An Overview of the Crimean Question at the 63rd Anniversary of the Crimean Tartar Deportation
Crimean Tatars Fear for Their Safety After Crimea’s Annexation to Russia
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
A Peacebuilding Travel Log
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Next Steps in Syria
Catching Kony
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Detroit On The Brink
Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
A Budget for Working America
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
A camp for young people touched by terror
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Myanmar Vote Plan Clouds New US Dialogue
Elections are good, right? Well, not always
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry
National Geographic Expeditions ‘Holy Land’ Partner Scores Top UN Award
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
Is America turning into a failed state?
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Addressing divide between communities and police
Russian Consul General to Crimea Resigns Following Offensive Comments About Crimean Tatar Deportation
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
Using Peace 'Means' to Achieve Peaceful 'Ends'
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
Transforming a Nation
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
A Silver Lining to the Film and Riots Tragedy: Freedom, Diversity, and the New Competition for Arab Public Space
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Defense Department in Somalia
The Mother of Badly Timed Arms Sales
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Achieving the mission: A conversation with UPEACE Vice Rector Amr Abdalla
Gridlock is death for deliberation
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Conflict as an opportunity
How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis: The way to respond to Russia is not with Cold War rhetoric
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
Marginalizing Muslims in Switzerland
Vision Series: Sandra Cheldelin to Discuss Women and Conflict
Arts and Peacebuilding
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
America cannot afford such inequality
A New (Old) Narrative for the Left
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
Muslim Women Find Empowerment Through Competitive Sports
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
Clash of Dreams: Becoming a ‘Normal Country’ in East Asia
Don't forget Malaysia
The Tale of Two Cities: Kyiv and Simferopol
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
The Search for the ‘Why’ of Fort Hood
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
The Art of Appeasement, Part I Unraveling a Patchwork of Improvised Disaster
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
Indian Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Hopes to Teach Peace to the Taliban
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Crimean Tatars's Pain is Renewed- Kırım Tatarları'nın acıları tazelendi
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
Advocates for Egypt’s street children face unjust imprisonment
U.S. Couple Held In Egyptian Prison For 1 Year Over Unfounded Child Abuse
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
Germany Tells NATO, Russia To Dialogue Before Things Get 'Completely Out Of Control'
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
Vietnam and Great Power Rivalries
Questions must be about gun safety
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
Realising peace potential of constitution
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
The only way forward on Syria
Working Abroad a Big Help on the Hill
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Post Eurozone crisis, how to increase a country's resilience to risk
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
Dirt on Our Hands
Graduate students spend spring break with Syrian refugees
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
Time for the peace vote?
Religion and Power Moving Forward into the Twenty-First Century
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
Tragedy & Triumph
Presidents must come together on East Asia
Cure Police Violence As If It Were a Disease
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
Stop atrocities before they start
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
Education in Tanzania: Losing the Future
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Options for Action in Syria
Conflict Resolution, One Book at a Time
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Ineffective tightening of sanctions on Iran
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Feckless on Foreign Policy
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
How Trump Gives Negotiation a Bad Name
Nonviolent resistance key to Middle East breakthrough
Coup-Speak Speaking
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
The Chinese Dream From Mao to Xi
Congratulations to the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at GMU: The IMTD and ICAR partnership continues
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Adjunct Faculty Demand Change
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
Meat Alert
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
Interview: Zheng Wang
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
China and Japan engage neocortices
Bringing Eritrea In From The Cold
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
Chomsky Takes on the World (Bank)
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Richard Solomon Proved Sport Matters through the ‘Ping-Pong’ Diplomacy, and George Mason University is Poised to Tell Us How
The highest high and the lowest low: Colombian’s NO to the peace agreement or how to deeply hurt hope in 24 hours or less
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Book Review: Professors and their Politics
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism

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