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خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
6th Annual Graduate Education Symposium in Peace and Conflict Resolution Meets at George Mason University
The Chinese Dream From Mao to Xi
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
America's police are looking more and more like the military
This Week in Poverty: 'A Place at the Table' and 'American Winter'
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
Richard Solomon Proved Sport Matters through the ‘Ping-Pong’ Diplomacy, and George Mason University is Poised to Tell Us How
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Questions must be about gun safety
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
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
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Alumnus Helps Special-Needs Students Transition to Higher Ed, Work
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Hope for Peace May Be Encouraged by Enemies in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
Horizon that is always receding
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
Rwandan refugee works for peace and justice
Direct Analytical Approach to Peacebuilding
Crimean Tatars's Pain is Renewed- Kırım Tatarları'nın acıları tazelendi
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
EU as model for peace
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
Trust in Maliki harms U.S. credibility
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
A Peacebuilding Approach to Teaching About Extremism
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
The American Elections: Prospects for a New US Foreign Policy
Rights groups renew request for release of defendants in the Belady Foundation case and urge compliance with legal standards for pretrial detention
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
Libya’s GNA and the Future of Public Discourse
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Columbia Prof Uses Math To Create World Peace
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Students Practice Citizen Diplomacy in Syria
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Elections are good, right? Well, not always
Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
Syria's Next Generation
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Shank: White House, Congress Choosing Wrong Path on Iran
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
The challenge of violent extremism
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Boycotting Muslim 'Savages' Ad on DC Metro in Protest of Hate Speech
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
Turkey’s Kurdish Peace Process – Analysis - Part 3
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
A Discussion with Marc Gopin, Director, Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Cure Police Violence As If It Were a Disease
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Indian Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Hopes to Teach Peace to the Taliban
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
Don't forget Malaysia
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Should Palestinians Accept Israel as a Jewish State?
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
GOP, follow Stevens' example
The Art of Appeasement, Part I Unraveling a Patchwork of Improvised Disaster
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Go After Super Pollutants
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
A Budget for Working America
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Climate crisis and the will to act
Visiting professor analyzes conflict
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution Becomes a School
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
Arab Gulf States Wary of Iran’s Role in the Battle for Mosul
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
Point of View opens—A place for conflict conversation, transformation
Conflict as an opportunity
Colombia's Inminent Peace Agreement: A Brief Analysis of What the Agreement is, What is Next and What is Missing
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Rodef Shalom to host panel on Palestinian perspectives
Terrorism and Development
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
Morocco: An Emerging Model For Muslim-Jewish Relations – OpEd
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Stimson Center Names Five Nonresident Fellows
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
The World Discovers Afghanistan’s Peaceful Clerics
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Tourism of Destruction, Tourism of Construction: Two Trips to the Holy Land
The Hill Features Michael Shank, ICAR Ph.D. Candidate
Why Obama should pardon Snowden: Column
Transforming a Nation
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
Drones weaken USA's moral might: Opposing view
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
How Germans Go Green
Israel Inside/Out: Perspectives And Prisms
The Speech that Time Forgot
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Crimean Tatar Mejlis Elects New Chairperson as Mustafa Cemilev Steps Down
GMU Student Burns Pagoda For Senior Art Project
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
Turning Training into Action: Mason Students Analyze a Conflict in Brazil
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
Donald Trump’s bigotry has inspired U.S. Muslim voters like no candidate before
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
Israeli-Palestinian conflict - discussion with Marc Gopin: on economic peace & justice
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Tatar Muslims afraid of Exile in case of Crimean Division
Catching Kony
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
Does China Have a Foreign Policy?
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
Paul Ryan's path to economic peril
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
သုတေတီတစ်ဦး၏ နာဂဒေသနှင့်လူမျိုးများအကြောင်း [Research about the future of local and indigenous people]
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
How Trump Gives Negotiation a Bad Name
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
Book Review: Professors and their Politics
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
Interview with CNN: Ancient blueprint for Middle East peace touring U.S.
62nd Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportation “Protest Meeting” in Simferopol, Crimea Went By Peacefully
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
Fulbright Scholars Offer Tips to Win the Prize
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
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