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Bartoli & Shirch featured in the Echo Press: Commentary - A perspective on peace for the season
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
Egypt: Revolution or bust
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
A new look at climate change
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
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
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
The Next Step for Myanmar
Promoting Peace and Conflict Awareness In Small Town America: Independence, Kansas
Addressing divide between communities and police
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
A Caution Against Framing Syria as an Assad-Opposition Dichotomy
Bible Texts Misused in Rumsfeld Reports, Religious Leaders Say
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
Climate change denial — the dangerous lie
Needed: Social Engineering?
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Creating Resilient Communities
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Jordan Valley essential for a viable Palestinian state
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Peace Economics and Occupy Wall Street
Shank and Powell: Climate Change Fight Includes Private Sector
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
Collaboration with China is preferable to containment
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Defense Department in Somalia
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Invest in the Afghan people not foreign contractors
Do We Need Dictatorship?
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Stop atrocities before they start
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
How to fix our police departments
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Future of Crimean Tartar Muslims Hangs in the Balance
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
The Coming Rise of Afghan Militias
America's Water Supply Is Going Down the Drain
America cannot afford such inequality
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
A.T. Ariyaratne: Leading Sri Lanka's Largest Civil Society Movement for 50 Years
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Our moral obligations in Somalia
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Direct Analytical Approach to Peacebuilding
Ineffective tightening of sanctions on Iran
Indian Point: Past Its Expiration Date
Affirmative Action for Somalia
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
Peace Parsha: Hayyei Sarah - Love and Care across Boundaries
An Interview with Dr. Tetsushi Ogata
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
The case for compulsory voting
Explosion of the Sacred
We Lead Developed World in Poverty and Inequality
Meat Alert
Richard Solomon Proved Sport Matters through the ‘Ping-Pong’ Diplomacy, and George Mason University is Poised to Tell Us How
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
Working for world peace here at home
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Terrorism and Development
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Heavy metal music unites Jews and Muslims across the Middle East
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Tragedy & Triumph
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Rwanda: Opening the door to dialogue (Claudine Kuradusenge)
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
Embracing Healthier Communities Through Clean Energy
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
Cyprus – the drama unfolds
Clash of Dreams: Becoming a ‘Normal Country’ in East Asia
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
Faith-Based Diplomacy
Hurricane Joaquin: Another Word for Climate Change
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
A Local First approach to early warning and response
How Germans Go Green
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Yemen needs action, not just talk
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
The challenge of violent extremism
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Behind the Headlines: Israeli Arab's Water Project May Aid Regional Cooperation
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
Dirty Energy Dollars
Fuel for extremism is beyond Bin Laden, EMU prof says
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
U.S. Soldiers in Somalia and the Pentagon's Unlearned Lessons
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Post Eurozone crisis, how to increase a country's resilience to risk
Roads: Getting Them Done
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
Monk-Turned-Street Artist Paints the Homeless to Teach New Yorkers Compassion
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Crimean Tatars Fear for Their Safety After Crimea’s Annexation to Russia
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Tehran looks ready to tango
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
National Geographic Expeditions ‘Holy Land’ Partner Scores Top UN Award
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
People to People Contact
USIP Awards Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowships and Peace Scholarships for 2015-2016
Somalia on the Brink
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
Honoring National Service in War and Peace
Palestinian Organization Wins 1st Place in Intercultural Innovation Award
Proof Nuclear Energy Is a Huge Security Risk
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
Civility: The Way We Drive
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
New Grad ‘Ecstatic’ with Peace Corps Posting to Mozambique
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Cost of inaction will be great
A Cultural Awakening Leads to Abundance of Conflict Resolution Opportunities
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
The Noxious Origins of NYC Gentrification: Cooking Gas
Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Coup-Speak Speaking
The Politics of Bongo Flava
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
Realising peace potential of constitution
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
America's police are looking more and more like the military
Syria's Next Generation
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
An alternative to the World Bank and IMF
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Why China’s New Rich Want to Emigrate
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
A Silver Lining to the Film and Riots Tragedy: Freedom, Diversity, and the New Competition for Arab Public Space
Emerging Powers and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Liberia
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
Awakening to Women: The Nobel Effect
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
How to save the American Dream
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Filmmaker’s ‘Will to Communicate’ Breaks through Community’s Silence
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Detroit On The Brink
Crashing in America
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
On “The Mystery of Capital”
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Doing away with food deserts in the District
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Interview: Zheng Wang
Cyclone Pam Is Just the Start
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Bringing Eritrea In From The Cold
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
Mason Professors, Graduates Take Active Role in Latin American Conflicts
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
The Art of Appeasement, Part I Unraveling a Patchwork of Improvised Disaster
How Peer Pressure Brought Australia on Board Climate Fund
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
Chomsky Takes on the World (Bank)
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Transforming a Nation
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
Final Frontier on Carbon Emissions: Food
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
Point of View opens—A place for conflict conversation, transformation
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
Politics Unusual
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
Go After Super Pollutants
Don't forget Malaysia
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Somalia Needs a War on Poverty
Highland Community College Board Candidates Weigh District's Financial, Enrollment Woes
Adjunct Faculty Demand Change
Review: Free Burma
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Climate crisis and the will to act
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
Catching Kony
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
Instead of Gray’s Raise D.C., Michelle Rhee’s book: Let’s take a truly radical approach to school reform
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Universities More Moderate than Believed
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Measuring the cost of violence
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Myanmar's negotiator expresses belief in China's willingness to help in peace process
Peace Corps Program & Training Specialist for Africa
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
Women’s Exclusion Worsens Somali Crises
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Mason Students Start Business Focused on Ethical Transparency
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
Because National Governments Won't, Cities Are Pushing Zero-Energy Buildings
The costly errors of America's wars
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
With Income Inequality Comes Violence
Education in Tanzania: Losing the Future

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