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Bartoli & Shirch featured in the Echo Press: Commentary - A perspective on peace for the season
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Highland Community College Board Candidates Weigh District's Financial, Enrollment Woes
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
Future of Crimean Tartar Muslims Hangs in the Balance
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Boycotting Muslim 'Savages' Ad on DC Metro in Protest of Hate Speech
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
A Local First approach to early warning and response
Why is ISIS destroying Iraq's historical heritage?
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Imagining Peace: The Practical Advantages for Muslims, Jews and Christians of Peace for Palestine and Israel
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Clash of Dreams: Becoming a ‘Normal Country’ in East Asia
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
Invest in the Afghan people not foreign contractors
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
Because National Governments Won't, Cities Are Pushing Zero-Energy Buildings
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Catching Kony
Embracing Healthier Communities Through Clean Energy
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Awakening to Women: The Nobel Effect
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Explosion of the Sacred
Final Frontier on Carbon Emissions: Food
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Behind the Headlines: Israeli Arab's Water Project May Aid Regional Cooperation
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
Fuel for extremism is beyond Bin Laden, EMU prof says
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
A Cultural Awakening Leads to Abundance of Conflict Resolution Opportunities
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
Realising peace potential of constitution
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
Honoring National Service in War and Peace
Rwanda: Opening the door to dialogue (Claudine Kuradusenge)
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
New Grad ‘Ecstatic’ with Peace Corps Posting to Mozambique
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Creating Resilient Communities
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Heavy metal music unites Jews and Muslims across the Middle East
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
The Art of Appeasement, Part I Unraveling a Patchwork of Improvised Disaster
Proof Nuclear Energy Is a Huge Security Risk
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Time for the peace vote?
Adjunct Faculty Demand Change
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Climate crisis and the will to act
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Point of View opens—A place for conflict conversation, transformation
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
Roads: Getting Them Done
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
Peace Parsha: Hayyei Sarah - Love and Care across Boundaries
Beyond Jewish Blessings and Curses There is Absolute Love
Working for world peace here at home
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
Crimean Tatars Fear for Their Safety After Crimea’s Annexation to Russia
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
National Geographic Offering Israel Tour: National Geographic Expedition is offering 12-day tours of the Holy Land, complete with hotels and museums
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Syria's Next Generation
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
Direct Analytical Approach to Peacebuilding
Why China’s New Rich Want to Emigrate
The World Does Not Need a Jewish Ann Coulter: An Open Letter To Ben Shapiro.
Syria’s Christian conundrum
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Collaboration with China is preferable to containment
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
An Interview with Dr. Tetsushi Ogata
How to save the American Dream
Climate change denial — the dangerous lie
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
How Germans Go Green
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Somalia Needs a War on Poverty
The challenge of violent extremism
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Ineffective tightening of sanctions on Iran
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
Civility: The Way We Drive
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
Filmmaker’s ‘Will to Communicate’ Breaks through Community’s Silence
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
Addressing divide between communities and police
The Politics of Bongo Flava
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
Dirty Energy Dollars
Monk-Turned-Street Artist Paints the Homeless to Teach New Yorkers Compassion
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Cyclone Pam Is Just the Start
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Producing solutions by appreciating the interconnections
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
Mason Professors, Graduates Take Active Role in Latin American Conflicts
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Chomsky Takes on the World (Bank)
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Coup-Speak Speaking
The Meaning of Freedom
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
New Norm on Human Rights Emerging in Bolivia
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
Mason S-CAR Dean’s Book Awarded Top Prize by International Conflict Organization
10 Ways Conflict is Like Sex
National Geographic Expeditions ‘Holy Land’ Partner Scores Top UN Award
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
USIP Awards Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowships and Peace Scholarships for 2015-2016
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
On “The Mystery of Capital”
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
The Noxious Origins of NYC Gentrification: Cooking Gas
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
Don't forget Malaysia
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
Our moral obligations in Somalia
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Tragedy & Triumph
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
A Discussion with Marc Gopin, Director, Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Women’s Exclusion Worsens Somali Crises
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Bringing Eritrea In From The Cold
An Extreme Sport: Middle East Peacebuilding
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Stop atrocities before they start
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
A.T. Ariyaratne: Leading Sri Lanka's Largest Civil Society Movement for 50 Years
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
Defense Department in Somalia
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Transforming a Nation
Hurricane Joaquin: Another Word for Climate Change
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
Art Student Set to Send ‘Transformative’ Project Up in Flames on Mason Pond
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Detroit On The Brink
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Egypt: Revolution or bust
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
Review: Free Burma
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Bible Texts Misused in Rumsfeld Reports, Religious Leaders Say
Crashing in America
Jordan Valley essential for a viable Palestinian state
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
Divide and conquer negotiations
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
A Caution Against Framing Syria as an Assad-Opposition Dichotomy
How Peer Pressure Brought Australia on Board Climate Fund
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Faith-Based Diplomacy
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Politics Unusual
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Yemen needs action, not just talk
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Education in Tanzania: Losing the Future
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
Shank and Powell: Climate Change Fight Includes Private Sector
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
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
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
Meat Alert
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
Go After Super Pollutants
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Somalia on the Brink
How to fix our police departments
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
The case for compulsory voting
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Universities More Moderate than Believed
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
Affirmative Action for Somalia
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Doing away with food deserts in the District
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Creating dialogues that make a difference
People to People Contact
Indian Point: Past Its Expiration Date
U.S. Soldiers in Somalia and the Pentagon's Unlearned Lessons
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Needed: Social Engineering?
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
America's police are looking more and more like the military
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
Do We Need Dictatorship?
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
The Coming Rise of Afghan Militias
More record warmth means more flooding: Column

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