The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Palestine’s new PM and his prospects for success
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Climate change denial — the dangerous lie
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
Marginalizing Muslims in Switzerland
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
The Harm in Hashtags
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
Boarding the Train for a Trip into the Past
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
When soldiers commit murder
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Chomsky Takes on the World (Bank)
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
The Search for the ‘Why’ of Fort Hood
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
America's police are looking more and more like the military
Meat Alert
Needed: Social Engineering?
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Does China Have a Foreign Policy?
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Our Understanding of Terrorism is being Undermined
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
The U.S. Afghanistan Strategy Is Failing and It's Time to Pull Out
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Liberia’s Path from Anarchy to Elections
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
S-CAR Class Inspires Landmark Lawsuit
A camp for young people touched by terror
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Why Rep. Hunter Is Very Wrong About Nuking Iran
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
America’s litmus test on Syria
Graduate students spend spring break with Syrian refugees
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Sarajevo: Memories of war
Dirty Energy Dollars
Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
What Are the Rules of War?
The World Does Not Need a Jewish Ann Coulter: An Open Letter To Ben Shapiro.
Women-in-Combat Plaintiff to Present Keynote at Gender and Conflict Center Reception
Addressing divide between communities and police
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
Coup-Speak Speaking
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
Russian Consul General to Crimea Resigns Following Offensive Comments About Crimean Tatar Deportation
Time for the peace vote?
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Democratic Party looks like America
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
A Peacebuilding Approach to Teaching About Extremism
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis: The way to respond to Russia is not with Cold War rhetoric
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
Afghan Security Forces Pass First Test, But Questions Remain
Conflict Resolution, One Book at a Time
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
A Peacebuilding Travel Log
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
U.S. Soldiers in Somalia and the Pentagon's Unlearned Lessons
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
A Local First approach to early warning and response
Bringing Eritrea In From The Cold
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
Climate crisis and the will to act
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
Emerging Powers and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Liberia
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Crimean Tatars's Pain is Renewed- Kırım Tatarları'nın acıları tazelendi
Direct Analytical Approach to Peacebuilding
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry
Reflections of a Catholic American on bin Laden’s death
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
A col.’s view of commander’s authority
Roads: Getting Them Done
U.S. Couple Held In Egyptian Prison For 1 Year Over Unfounded Child Abuse
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Use US soft power to free the Ashraf Seven
Invest in the Afghan people not foreign contractors
Bible Texts Misused in Rumsfeld Reports, Religious Leaders Say
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
UN Small Arms Conference: Evaluation and Prospects
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
In the Army, sex discrimination begins at West Point
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
The effect of 100 years of amnesia on the Turkish population
Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
IRP leader speaks in Washington, unsure of party goals and wary of Tajikistan’s future
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
Peace Parsha: Hayyei Sarah - Love and Care across Boundaries
A New United Nations of Human Rights Countries
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Press Pause on the Rush to War
How Trump Gives Negotiation a Bad Name
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
Yemen needs action, not just talk
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
Making Nonviolent Statecraft into a Self-Evident Truth
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
The only way forward on Syria
National Geographic Expeditions ‘Holy Land’ Partner Scores Top UN Award
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Is America turning into a failed state?
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
A Silver Lining to the Film and Riots Tragedy: Freedom, Diversity, and the New Competition for Arab Public Space
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
Go After Super Pollutants
Working Abroad a Big Help on the Hill
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Nigeria: A Network That Reconnects North With Sardauna's Biographer John Paden
Time to stop coddling Iran
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Students Practice Citizen Diplomacy in Syria
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
Washington’s rapprochement with Syria is welcomed but not enough
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
Peace Economics and Occupy Wall Street
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Peace Corps Program & Training Specialist for Africa
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
The Chinese Dream From Mao to Xi
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
Orange Revolution in Ukraine: Inspiration of Disillusionment?
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
GOP, follow Stevens' example
America's lawmakers in Libyan quagmire
When studying abroad in a conflict zone, safety is key
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
Richard Solomon Proved Sport Matters through the ‘Ping-Pong’ Diplomacy, and George Mason University is Poised to Tell Us How
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
A Cultural Awakening Leads to Abundance of Conflict Resolution Opportunities
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Is the OSCE relevant to Cyprus? Or is Cyprus irrelevant to the OSCE?
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
'Tribunal' Opens Hearings Into Mass Killings in Indonesia
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Catching Kony
Unclenched Fists
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
Robert C. Koehler: Healthy conflict creates resilient communities
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
Lecture by Susan Hirsch at San Anton Palace
How Germans Go Green
Filmmaker’s ‘Will to Communicate’ Breaks through Community’s Silence
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
US Lawmaker Urges Egypt to Release Dual Citizen
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Vision Series: Sandra Cheldelin to Discuss Women and Conflict
Promoting Peace and Conflict Awareness In Small Town America: Independence, Kansas
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Myanmar's negotiator expresses belief in China's willingness to help in peace process
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Opinion: Why Trump’s foreign policy won’t make America great again
Boycotting Muslim 'Savages' Ad on DC Metro in Protest of Hate Speech
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Japan’s Remilitarization, Beating Ploughshares into Swords
Detroit On The Brink
The American Elections: Prospects for a New US Foreign Policy
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Future of Crimean Tartar Muslims Hangs in the Balance
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
The Coming Rise of Afghan Militias
US must vote in favour or abstain
Conflict as an opportunity
Women in Combat
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
Portrait of Stalin Sparks Brawl at WWII Ceremony in Crimea
Palestine is nearly here, deal with it
Highland Community College Board Candidates Weigh District's Financial, Enrollment Woes
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
Trump is ‘deprived of all knowledge’ about public schools
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Charleston Shootings: The Intersection Of Race And Gender
Rwanda: Opening the door to dialogue (Claudine Kuradusenge)
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
The Speech that Time Forgot
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
We gain more than we lose in the Iran nuclear deal [Commentary]
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Seeking Opportunities for Intervention: One woman’s efforts to positively influence inner-city youth: Interview with Mary Wade
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Why China’s New Rich Want to Emigrate
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Columbia Prof Uses Math To Create World Peace
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
ما هو الإرث السياسي لمحمود عباس؟
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
The case for compulsory voting
Are Direct Negotiations Good or Bad for the Palestinians?
Palestinian Child Attackers Are Victims, Not Terrorists
Stop Treating America Like a War Zone: Congress must stop the militarization of America's police forces
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
Indian Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Hopes to Teach Peace to the Taliban
The challenge of violent extremism
How to save the American Dream
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Discussion with Marc Gopin: Part 1 on Economic Peace & Justice
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Americans have had enough conflict
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
On “The Mystery of Capital”
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
"With friends like these..." on Romney's comments about Israeli and Palestinian culture
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Death to America in Yemen? No.
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
Could ‘Insight Policing’ have saved Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and others?
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
I Was a Palestinian Stone-thrower. Here's Why I Stopped
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
Human Rights of Crimean Tatars Discussed in European Parliament
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Don't forget Malaysia
Working for world peace here at home
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Germany Tells NATO, Russia To Dialogue Before Things Get 'Completely Out Of Control'
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
A Callous Disregard for the Law
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Interview: Zheng Wang
Religion and Power Moving Forward into the Twenty-First Century
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
Donald Trump’s bigotry has inspired U.S. Muslim voters like no candidate before
Book review: The Shifting Grounds of Conflict and Peacebuilding
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
We Lead Developed World in Poverty and Inequality
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
Cure Police Violence As If It Were a Disease
China and Japan engage neocortices
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Focus on Al Qaeda in Yemen magnifies chronic instability
The Lonely Man of Peace
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
65 years after 'catastrophe,' Palestinians have little to cheer about
Measuring the cost of violence
Vietnam and Great Power Rivalries
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
Our moral obligations in Somalia
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; Resolving Conflicts in the Caucasus
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
How to fix our police departments
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
A New (Old) Narrative for the Left
OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
How U.S. Ambassadors Influence China (But Not Americans)
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
Why I'm Going to Yemen
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
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
Ineffective tightening of sanctions on Iran
Cyprus: An EU Presidency occupied by Candidate Turkey
Universities More Moderate than Believed
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Afghan-U.S. relations damaged by shooting: analyst
Politics Unusual
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Congratulations to the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at GMU: The IMTD and ICAR partnership continues
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
Have We Become Hopelessly Divided?
Syria Conflict Panel
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
State Department Should Speak Out For Aya Hijazi, US Human Rights Defender In Egypt Prison
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Using Peace 'Means' to Achieve Peaceful 'Ends'
A new look at climate change
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
التدخل الروسي أوقف انهيار النظام السوري مؤقتاً
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Riyadh Conference: What Makes It Different?
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Cost of inaction will be great
Sisters know a good road trip when they see one
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
Crimean Tatars Fear for Their Safety After Crimea’s Annexation to Russia
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Tehran looks ready to tango
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Gridlock is death for deliberation
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Drones weaken USA's moral might: Opposing view
Equality in action: A conversation at the checkpoint
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Don't Talk, Do Something! Palestinian/Israeli Unilateralism as Legitimate Negotiations
Presidents must come together on East Asia
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
A Budget for Working America
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
Horizon that is always receding
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
When diplomatic opportunities were dismissed
Faith-Based Diplomacy
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Arab Gulf States Wary of Iran’s Role in the Battle for Mosul
Stop atrocities before they start
A peace dividend we should all want
Cyclone Pam Is Just the Start
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
Tragedy & Triumph
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
Feckless on Foreign Policy
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
China’s Foreign Policy Debates
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
The costly errors of America's wars
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Gulf Nations Can Provide Jobs, Which Is Crucial to Syrian Refugees
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
Questions must be about gun safety
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
Mason professors offer insights in aftermath of Paris tragedy
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
Netanyahu’s address to Congress is a recipe for disaster, not peace
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
Dumping Military Kit on Cops Makes Main Street a War Zone
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Transforming a Nation
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Achieving the mission: A conversation with UPEACE Vice Rector Amr Abdalla
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
Syria's Next Generation
Crisis management system for Japan and China
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
Israeli-Palestinian conflict - discussion with Marc Gopin: on economic peace & justice
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
Collaboration with China is preferable to containment
The Indoctrination Myth
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
Mason Center Works Toward a Peaceful Future
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
Options for Action in Syria
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
Turkmenistan cautiously opens to the world
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Saudi rejects foreign interference in Iraq, blames ‘sectarian’ Maliki | Reuters
From Israel to Mason: Conflict scholars present a peace proposal at the UN
Doing Due Diligence on Diplomacy With Damascus
Divide and conquer negotiations
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Crashing in America
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
Female suicide bombers; Misguided media; Karadzic at the Hague
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
Donald Trump's Immigration Plan Would Ban One-Third of the World From the U.S.
Gun Bans Aren't the Only Answer to America's Violence Problem
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
Conflict and the Consequences of Isolation: A Comparative Study
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
Doing away with food deserts in the District
The World Discovers Afghanistan’s Peaceful Clerics
Terrorism and Development
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
Somalia on the Brink
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
My Turkish Airport
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
Rituals of Gendered Violence: School Girl Kidnappings in Nigeria
Palestinian Organization Wins 1st Place in Intercultural Innovation Award
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
Defense Department in Somalia
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
The Mother of Badly Timed Arms Sales
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
Clash of Dreams: Becoming a ‘Normal Country’ in East Asia
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Arts and Peacebuilding
Dirt on Our Hands
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Afghans Failing Security Test In Badakhshan
With Income Inequality Comes Violence
America cannot afford such inequality
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
An online occupation
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
Science of unintended consequences
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Crimea Muslims Fear Separation, Exile
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Fuel for extremism is beyond Bin Laden, EMU prof says
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
Advocates for Egypt’s street children face unjust imprisonment
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
Do We Need Dictatorship?
Rights groups renew request for release of defendants in the Belady Foundation case and urge compliance with legal standards for pretrial detention
Nonviolent resistance key to Middle East breakthrough
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Confronting genocide in Myanmar: The urgent need to prevent and protect
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
Higher education leans left. But why? And so what?
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar
Elections are good, right? Well, not always
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Realising peace potential of constitution
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
Shank: White House, Congress Choosing Wrong Path on Iran
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
Book Review: Professors and their Politics
The three-ring circus of American politics
For Economic Growth, Repeal Drug Laws and Rehabilitate Ex-Cons
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Motives of suicide terrorists
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
EMU Professor Urges Shift in Iraqi, Afghan Strategy
The Difference Between Protest America 1968 And 2017
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
Ukraine crisis underscores need for renewables push
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
How a glacier could thaw dangerous India and Pakistan freeze
Myanmar Vote Plan Clouds New US Dialogue
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security

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