The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Confronting genocide in Myanmar: The urgent need to prevent and protect
Do We Need Dictatorship?
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
Producing solutions by appreciating the interconnections
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Transforming a Nation
Afghan Security Forces Pass First Test, But Questions Remain
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Breakdown in Yemen
The Tale of Two Cities: Kyiv and Simferopol
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Graduate students spend spring break with Syrian refugees
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Cyprus – the drama unfolds
USIP Awards Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowships and Peace Scholarships for 2015-2016
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
Letter to the Editor from Dennis Sandole Published in The Economist
The effect of 100 years of amnesia on the Turkish population
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Options for Action in Syria
A camp for young people touched by terror
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
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
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Terrorism and Development
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Somalia on the Brink
Meet Nousha Kabawat and her unstoppable drive to help Syria’s displaced children thrive
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
For Mason Conflict Professor, Unrest in Ukraine Is Personal
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
New Grad ‘Ecstatic’ with Peace Corps Posting to Mozambique
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
The World Does Not Need a Jewish Ann Coulter: An Open Letter To Ben Shapiro.
History Education in the South Caucasus
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Sarajevo: Memories of war
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Dr. Jeremy Rinker- UNCG Campus Weekly
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
National Geographic Expeditions ‘Holy Land’ Partner Scores Top UN Award
Palestinian Child Attackers Are Victims, Not Terrorists
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
America cannot afford such inequality
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Trust in Maliki harms U.S. credibility
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Horizon that is always receding
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
Affirmative Action for Somalia
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
In new class, students get lessons in karate kicks, world peace, diplomacy
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Getting On Board with Genocide Prevention: Education, Training Are Key
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Roads: Getting Them Done
Stop atrocities before they start
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Motives of suicide terrorists
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
Needed: Social Engineering?
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
Catching Kony
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
Peace Parsha: Hayyei Sarah - Love and Care across Boundaries
Crimean Tatar Mejlis Elects New Chairperson as Mustafa Cemilev Steps Down
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
An Interview with Dr. Tetsushi Ogata
Seeking Opportunities for Intervention: One woman’s efforts to positively influence inner-city youth: Interview with Mary Wade
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Stitching together the torn fabric of church and society
Could ‘Insight Policing’ have saved Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and others?
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
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
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
Religion and Power Moving Forward into the Twenty-First Century
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
Bartoli & Shirch featured in the Echo Press: Commentary - A perspective on peace for the season
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
It's the Arab spring for dictators
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Addressing divide between communities and police
Ötekilerden ‘Ötekilere’ (From Others to ‘Others’)
A Cultural Awakening Leads to Abundance of Conflict Resolution Opportunities
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
Riyadh Conference: What Makes It Different?
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
My Turkish Airport
Ukraine: An Overview of the Crimean Question at the 63rd Anniversary of the Crimean Tartar Deportation
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
A Caution Against Framing Syria as an Assad-Opposition Dichotomy
Somalia Needs a War on Poverty
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
The Politics of Bongo Flava
The Libyan Revolution at Two
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Explosion of the Sacred
In Afghanistan, end the fighting and stop the meddling
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
The challenge of violent extremism
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
First Person: Five Things I Learned in Syrian Refugee Camps
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
I Was a Palestinian Stone-thrower. Here's Why I Stopped
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Moving Beyond Hope: The IOC and Team Refugee
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Peace Corps Program & Training Specialist for Africa
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Karina V. Korostelina's "Political Insults"
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
Hutu Diaspora Narrative: Identity in Conflict, Conflict of Identity
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
On “The Mystery of Capital”
65 years after 'catastrophe,' Palestinians have little to cheer about
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
62nd Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportation “Protest Meeting” in Simferopol, Crimea Went By Peacefully
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
Afghan-U.S. relations damaged by shooting: analyst
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
Tragedy & Triumph
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Researching Genocide, Promoting Peace at Mason’s S-CAR
Measuring the cost of violence
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
A Silver Lining to the Film and Riots Tragedy: Freedom, Diversity, and the New Competition for Arab Public Space
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
Unclenched Fists
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Vision Series: Sandra Cheldelin to Discuss Women and Conflict
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Iraq’s Islamic divisions intensify
Future of Crimean Tartar Muslims Hangs in the Balance
Questions must be about gun safety
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Beyond Jewish Blessings and Curses There is Absolute Love
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
Arts and Peacebuilding
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
Syria's Next Generation
Boarding the Train for a Trip into the Past
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Imagine a Violent World Where You Have No Military Option: What Would You Do?
Defense Department in Somalia
Bringing Eritrea In From The Cold
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
Charleston Shootings: The Intersection Of Race And Gender
Civility: The Way We Drive
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
Divide and conquer negotiations
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
Crimean Tatars Support EuroMaidan Protests in Kyiv
Next Steps in Syria
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
A peace dividend we should all want
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Halep'in geleceği ve Türkiye'nin güvenliği
The Search for the ‘Why’ of Fort Hood
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
Rwandan refugee works for peace and justice
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Rwanda: Opening the door to dialogue (Claudine Kuradusenge)
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
Bosnian refugee discovers profound symbolism of concentration camp spoons
Our moral obligations in Somalia
Cure Police Violence As If It Were a Disease
Diasporas and Conflict
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
UN Small Arms Conference: Evaluation and Prospects
Mason S-CAR Dean’s Book Awarded Top Prize by International Conflict Organization
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Education in Tanzania: Losing the Future
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
A Peacebuilding Travel Log
Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
S-CAR Class Inspires Landmark Lawsuit
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
The Next Step for Myanmar
Equality in action: A conversation at the checkpoint
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Crimean Tatars Fear for Their Safety After Crimea’s Annexation to Russia
Boycotting Muslim 'Savages' Ad on DC Metro in Protest of Hate Speech
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
Politics Unusual
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
Why water is key to Syria conflict
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Stimson Center Names Five Nonresident Fellows
Massachusetts and Genocide
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
Gulf Nations Can Provide Jobs, Which Is Crucial to Syrian Refugees
The Meaning of Freedom
Women’s Exclusion Worsens Somali Crises
How a glacier could thaw dangerous India and Pakistan freeze
Working for world peace here at home
How to fix our police departments
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
A Local First approach to early warning and response
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
Saudi rejects foreign interference in Iraq, blames ‘sectarian’ Maliki | Reuters
U.S. Soldiers in Somalia and the Pentagon's Unlearned Lessons

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