The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Unclenched Fists
The costly errors of America's wars
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
Crimean Tatars Fear for Their Safety After Crimea’s Annexation to Russia
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Motives of suicide terrorists
A camp for young people touched by terror
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
Gulf Nations Can Provide Jobs, Which Is Crucial to Syrian Refugees
When soldiers commit murder
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Seeking Opportunities for Intervention: One woman’s efforts to positively influence inner-city youth: Interview with Mary Wade
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Ten lessons from Myanmar's peace process
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
Conflict as an opportunity
Could ‘Insight Policing’ have saved Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and others?
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
The Next Step for Myanmar
Fulbright Scholars Offer Tips to Win the Prize
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Female suicide bombers; Misguided media; Karadzic at the Hague
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Afghans Failing Security Test In Badakhshan
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Don't forget Malaysia
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
Religion and Power Moving Forward into the Twenty-First Century
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
An Alternative for Afghan Peace Talks
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
The Harm in Hashtags
Mason professors offer insights in aftermath of Paris tragedy
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Climate change denial — the dangerous lie
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
Confronting genocide in Myanmar: The urgent need to prevent and protect
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
The only way forward on Syria
Politics Unusual
Horizon that is always receding
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
When studying abroad in a conflict zone, safety is key
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
How to fix our police departments
Tragedy & Triumph
Cure Police Violence As If It Were a Disease
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
Divide and conquer negotiations
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
Our Understanding of Terrorism is being Undermined
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
Charleston Shootings: The Intersection Of Race And Gender
Afghan religious figures, diplomats come together in İstanbul
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
Dirty Energy Dollars
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
BHU holds seminar on peacebuilding
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
Reflections of a Catholic American on bin Laden’s death
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
Taliban Prisoner Releases Are High-Risk, Low-Reward
Vietnam and Great Power Rivalries
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
Arts and Peacebuilding
Afghan-U.S. relations damaged by shooting: analyst
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Sarajevo: Memories of war
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
Death to America in Yemen? No.
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Peaceful Dispute Resolution Ideas
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Measuring the cost of violence
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Rituals of Gendered Violence: School Girl Kidnappings in Nigeria
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Vision Series: Sandra Cheldelin to Discuss Women and Conflict
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
EMU Professor Urges Shift in Iraqi, Afghan Strategy
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
I Was a Palestinian Stone-thrower. Here's Why I Stopped
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis: The way to respond to Russia is not with Cold War rhetoric
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Addressing divide between communities and police
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
America cannot afford such inequality
My Turkish Airport
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
Boarding the Train for a Trip into the Past
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Invest in the Afghan people not foreign contractors
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
Stop atrocities before they start
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Future of Crimean Tartar Muslims Hangs in the Balance
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
The Coming Rise of Afghan Militias
Terrorism and Development
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Working for world peace here at home
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Syria's Next Generation
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
The World Does Not Need a Jewish Ann Coulter: An Open Letter To Ben Shapiro.
Equality in action: A conversation at the checkpoint
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
A Peacebuilding Travel Log
A Peacebuilding Approach to Teaching About Extremism
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
A Silver Lining to the Film and Riots Tragedy: Freedom, Diversity, and the New Competition for Arab Public Space
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
The Search for the ‘Why’ of Fort Hood
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Questions must be about gun safety
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
What the Middle East can learn from Southeast Asia
Graduate students spend spring break with Syrian refugees
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Time to stop coddling Iran
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Realising peace potential of constitution
How a glacier could thaw dangerous India and Pakistan freeze
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Rwanda: Opening the door to dialogue (Claudine Kuradusenge)
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Elections in Tajikistan Have Implications for U.S. Policy in Afghanistan
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
A peace dividend we should all want
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Palestinian Child Attackers Are Victims, Not Terrorists
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge

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