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In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison
Hunger strike highlights forgotten tragedy of Palestinian prisoners
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Israel Claims Holy Sites, Reignites Religious Flashpoint
Nonviolent resistance key to Middle East breakthrough
Could a Nuclear Iran Bring About More Stability, Rather Than Less?
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Immigrants in Russia
Humanitarian Missiles Are Superior to Cruise Missiles
U.S. Drones Mobilize Pakistani Nonviolent Movement
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Washington’s rapprochement with Syria is welcomed but not enough
We gain more than we lose in the Iran nuclear deal [Commentary]
Students Practice Citizen Diplomacy in Syria
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Peace Parsha: Hayyei Sarah - Love and Care across Boundaries
Hope for Peace May Be Encouraged by Enemies in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Conflict Management Fieldwork in Jordan Yields Surprises, Insights
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Heavy metal music unites Jews and Muslims across the Middle East
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Riyadh Conference: What Makes It Different?
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
The Search for the ‘Why’ of Fort Hood
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
An Extreme Sport: Middle East Peacebuilding
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Next Steps in Syria
Syria's Next Generation
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
Trust in Maliki harms U.S. credibility
Myanmar's negotiator expresses belief in China's willingness to help in peace process
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
Entitled to Protection, Palestinians Should Join the ICC, Now
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
Afghans Failing Security Test In Badakhshan
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
America's lawmakers in Libyan quagmire
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Equality in action: A conversation at the checkpoint
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Letter to the Editor from Dennis Sandole Published in The Economist
Morocco: An Emerging Model For Muslim-Jewish Relations – OpEd
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
Senior Government Officials Participate at Workshop on Strategic Communication and Conflict Resolution
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Resolved to Keep Faith
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
EMU Professor Urges Shift in Iraqi, Afghan Strategy
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
Use US soft power to free the Ashraf Seven
The Speech that Time Forgot
CMEP conference: Middle East peace process needs new paradigm
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
Libya’s GNA and the Future of Public Discourse
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
Afghan religious figures, diplomats come together in İstanbul
Should Palestinians Accept Israel as a Jewish State?
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
How a glacier could thaw dangerous India and Pakistan freeze
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Vietnam and Great Power Rivalries
My Turkish Airport
Yemen needs action, not just talk
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
An Alternative for Afghan Peace Talks
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
Are Direct Negotiations Good or Bad for the Palestinians?
The only way forward on Syria
Israeli, Palestinian join forces to offer tours with two viewpoints
Death to America in Yemen? No.
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
إيران والعواصم الأربع: السيطرة بداية الانهيار
Colombia's Inminent Peace Agreement: A Brief Analysis of What the Agreement is, What is Next and What is Missing
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Divide and conquer negotiations
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
Hezbollah’s Triumph
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
A Silver Lining to the Film and Riots Tragedy: Freedom, Diversity, and the New Competition for Arab Public Space
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Congressional Quarterly Features Michael Shank, ICAR Ph.D. Candidate
The World Discovers Afghanistan’s Peaceful Clerics
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
The Lonely Man of Peace
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Don't Talk, Do Something! Palestinian/Israeli Unilateralism as Legitimate Negotiations
A picture of hope and courage
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
Our moral obligations in Somalia
The effect of 100 years of amnesia on the Turkish population
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Imagining Peace: The Practical Advantages for Muslims, Jews and Christians of Peace for Palestine and Israel
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
Time to stop coddling Iran
First Person: Five Things I Learned in Syrian Refugee Camps
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Today, I join Khader Adnan’s hunger strike – will you?
Doctoral Student Goes to Hollywood to Teach Peace Techniques
Former Middle East 'Foes' to Speak on Building Peace
Obama: fine words and a touch of game theory
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
Graduate students spend spring break with Syrian refugees
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
A Callous Disregard for the Law
Massachusetts and Genocide
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
America’s litmus test on Syria
People to People Contact
This Week in Poverty: 'A Place at the Table' and 'American Winter'
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Diasporas and Conflict
What Are the Rules of War?
What the Middle East can learn from Southeast Asia
ما هو الإرث السياسي لمحمود عباس؟
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Lieberman and the Peace Process
A New Heroism in Israel and Palestine
Breakdown in Yemen
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
'The world is flat' in Egypt
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Ineffective tightening of sanctions on Iran
Wanted: Middle East Statesmen
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
Focus on Al Qaeda in Yemen magnifies chronic instability
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Eviction of Palestinian outpost exposes double standard on settlements
Terrorism and Development
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Symposium on Nagorno Karabakh held in US
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Catching Kony
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
Doing Due Diligence on Diplomacy With Damascus
Interreligious Intercultural Dialogue Institutionalized - Deja Vu All Over Again
Syria, Lebanon, and the Middle East: Enabling a War-to-Peace Transition
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
Why water is key to Syria conflict
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Discussion with Marc Gopin: Part 1 on Economic Peace & Justice
Making Nonviolent Statecraft into a Self-Evident Truth
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Israel's New Left Goes Online
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
Elvis Costello Snubs Israel
"With friends like these..." on Romney's comments about Israeli and Palestinian culture
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Netanyahu’s address to Congress is a recipe for disaster, not peace
Does the U.S. have a moral imperative in Syria?
The Hill Features Michael Shank, ICAR Ph.D. Candidate
Palestine is nearly here, deal with it
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
The Libyan Revolution at Two
Cyprus: An EU Presidency occupied by Candidate Turkey
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
Halep'in geleceği ve Türkiye'nin güvenliği
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Lieberman and the Peace Process
How Trump Gives Negotiation a Bad Name
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Why Rep. Hunter Is Very Wrong About Nuking Iran
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Syria’s Christian conundrum
Iraq’s Islamic divisions intensify
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
Somalia on the Brink
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Donald Trump's Immigration Plan Would Ban One-Third of the World From the U.S.
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
Bringing Eritrea In From The Cold
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Jerusalem’s potential to bring Jews and Muslims together
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Aziz Abu Sarah – Ending the Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
Price tag attack on J’lem church provokes religious condemnation
A Caution Against Framing Syria as an Assad-Opposition Dichotomy
A Discussion with Marc Gopin, Director, Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
National Geographic Offering Israel Tour: National Geographic Expedition is offering 12-day tours of the Holy Land, complete with hotels and museums
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Peace, alliance, and inclusivity: Ending conflict in Myanmar
Columbia Prof Uses Math To Create World Peace
Options for Action in Syria
Behind the Headlines: Israeli Arab's Water Project May Aid Regional Cooperation
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
National Geographic Expeditions ‘Holy Land’ Partner Scores Top UN Award
Jordan Valley essential for a viable Palestinian state
Israeli-Palestinian conflict - discussion with Marc Gopin: on economic peace & justice
Interview with CNN: Ancient blueprint for Middle East peace touring U.S.
Democratic Party looks like America
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Yemen: Expert says 'regulated escalation' expected Friday
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Lessons from South Asia for an Arab Spring
Gulf Nations Can Provide Jobs, Which Is Crucial to Syrian Refugees
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
Responsible Journalism Series: Media as Critical Reflective Practice
Interview with Saira Yamin
Tourism of Destruction, Tourism of Construction: Two Trips to the Holy Land
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Cultural Educator: Aziz Abu Sarah
How to Solve Your Conflicts, and Get FED at the Same Time
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
Palestinian Organization Wins 1st Place in Intercultural Innovation Award
A Toast for Peace
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Conflict and the Consequences of Isolation: A Comparative Study
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
Tehran looks ready to tango
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
How Women’s Rights Are Linked to U.S.-Iran Negotiations
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
Science of unintended consequences
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
Egypt acquits American woman detained for 3 years
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
Why is ISIS destroying Iraq's historical heritage?
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
Syria Conflict Panel
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Rodef Shalom to host panel on Palestinian perspectives
A Peacebuilding Travel Log
Happy Independence Day wishes from a Palestinian
The Conflict that Became Mine
Boycotting Muslim 'Savages' Ad on DC Metro in Protest of Hate Speech
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Ötekilerden ‘Ötekilere’ (From Others to ‘Others’)
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Female suicide bombers; Misguided media; Karadzic at the Hague
Seeing Both Sides of the Holy Land
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
IAA Chief Attends Workshop
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
Mason Center Works Toward a Peaceful Future
At summer camp, Syrian child refugees recall a lost homeland
What Egypt Can Learn from the “Swine Flu” Scare
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Arab Gulf States Wary of Iran’s Role in the Battle for Mosul
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Conflict Resolution, One Book at a Time
Sick talk: The danger of blaming migrants for Israel’s ills
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Egypt: Revolution or bust
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Faith dialogue focus on social media sites
Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
When diplomatic opportunities were dismissed
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
US must vote in favour or abstain
Americans have had enough conflict
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
A Strike Against Israel
Saudi rejects foreign interference in Iraq, blames ‘sectarian’ Maliki | Reuters
Turkey's Complex Policy
Palestine’s new PM and his prospects for success
Israel Inside/Out: Perspectives And Prisms
‘The American Lawrence of Arabia’s’ life goes on show in the U.S.
التدخل الروسي أوقف انهيار النظام السوري مؤقتاً
The costly errors of America's wars
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Filmmaker’s ‘Will to Communicate’ Breaks through Community’s Silence

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