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Marginalizing Muslims in Switzerland
Addressing divide between communities and police
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
Civility: The Way We Drive
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Science of unintended consequences
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
Defense Department in Somalia
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
America cannot afford such inequality
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
What Egypt Can Learn from the “Swine Flu” Scare
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Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Don't forget Malaysia
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Humanitarian Missiles Are Superior to Cruise Missiles
Trust in Maliki harms U.S. credibility
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
The Politics of Bongo Flava
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
A Strike Against Israel
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
Syria, Lebanon, and the Middle East: Enabling a War-to-Peace Transition
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
Stop atrocities before they start
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
Cyprus: An EU Presidency occupied by Candidate Turkey
Crimean Tatars's Pain is Renewed- Kırım Tatarları'nın acıları tazelendi
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
The Difference Between Protest America 1968 And 2017
Cultural Educator: Aziz Abu Sarah
Dirty Energy Dollars
Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Hunger strike highlights forgotten tragedy of Palestinian prisoners
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
A.T. Ariyaratne: Leading Sri Lanka's Largest Civil Society Movement for 50 Years
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Does China Have a Foreign Policy?
Saudi rejects foreign interference in Iraq, blames ‘sectarian’ Maliki | Reuters
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
Sick talk: The danger of blaming migrants for Israel’s ills
Washington’s rapprochement with Syria is welcomed but not enough
Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
Politics Unusual
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
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Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Israel Inside/Out: Perspectives And Prisms
The Tale of Two Cities: Kyiv and Simferopol
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
The Lonely Man of Peace
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
The Libyan Revolution at Two
Doctoral Student Goes to Hollywood to Teach Peace Techniques
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
Halep'in geleceği ve Türkiye'nin güvenliği
Heavy metal music unites Jews and Muslims across the Middle East
Afghan religious figures, diplomats come together in İstanbul
The three-ring circus of American politics
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Jerusalem’s potential to bring Jews and Muslims together
Boarding the Train for a Trip into the Past
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Massachusetts and Genocide
Direct Analytical Approach to Peacebuilding
A Silver Lining to the Film and Riots Tragedy: Freedom, Diversity, and the New Competition for Arab Public Space
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
A picture of hope and courage
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Richard Solomon Proved Sport Matters through the ‘Ping-Pong’ Diplomacy, and George Mason University is Poised to Tell Us How
Conflict Resolution, One Book at a Time
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Eviction of Palestinian outpost exposes double standard on settlements
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
When soldiers commit murder
Awakening to Women: The Nobel Effect
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
Terrorism and Development
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
Riyadh Conference: What Makes It Different?
U.S. Drones Mobilize Pakistani Nonviolent Movement
Creating Resilient Communities
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
On “The Mystery of Capital”
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
The U.S. Afghanistan Strategy Is Failing and It's Time to Pull Out
Peace – practical, not fanciful
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
How to fix our police departments
Former Middle East 'Foes' to Speak on Building Peace
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Russian Consul General to Crimea Resigns Following Offensive Comments About Crimean Tatar Deportation
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Graduate students spend spring break with Syrian refugees
Questions must be about gun safety
Chomsky Takes on the World (Bank)
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Peace Parsha: Hayyei Sarah - Love and Care across Boundaries
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Israeli-Palestinian conflict - discussion with Marc Gopin: on economic peace & justice
Adjunct Faculty Demand Change
Afghans Failing Security Test In Badakhshan
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Go After Super Pollutants
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Equality in action: A conversation at the checkpoint
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
Conflict Management Fieldwork in Jordan Yields Surprises, Insights
Nonviolent resistance key to Middle East breakthrough
Promoting peace, locally and globally
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Shank: White House, Congress Choosing Wrong Path on Iran
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
America’s litmus test on Syria
The effect of 100 years of amnesia on the Turkish population
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
Germany Tells NATO, Russia To Dialogue Before Things Get 'Completely Out Of Control'
Honoring National Service in War and Peace
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Faith-Based Diplomacy
State Department Should Speak Out For Aya Hijazi, US Human Rights Defender In Egypt Prison
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
Rituals of Gendered Violence: School Girl Kidnappings in Nigeria
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
Mason S-CAR Dean’s Book Awarded Top Prize by International Conflict Organization
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Imagining Peace: The Practical Advantages for Muslims, Jews and Christians of Peace for Palestine and Israel
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
In the Army, sex discrimination begins at West Point
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
Lecture by Susan Hirsch at San Anton Palace
Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
Could a Nuclear Iran Bring About More Stability, Rather Than Less?
A Budget for Working America
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Transforming a Nation
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Yemen needs action, not just talk
U.S. Soldiers in Somalia and the Pentagon's Unlearned Lessons
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Confronting genocide in Myanmar: The urgent need to prevent and protect
The only way forward on Syria
Stop Treating America Like a War Zone: Congress must stop the militarization of America's police forces
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
EMU Professor Urges Shift in Iraqi, Afghan Strategy
Elections are good, right? Well, not always
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
China’s Foreign Policy Debates
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
Mason Center Works Toward a Peaceful Future
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
First Person: Five Things I Learned in Syrian Refugee Camps
How Germans Go Green
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
Time to stop coddling Iran
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Why is ISIS destroying Iraq's historical heritage?
Elvis Costello Snubs Israel
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
Palestine’s new PM and his prospects for success
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
IAA Chief Attends Workshop
How to save the American Dream
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
'The world is flat' in Egypt
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Options for Action in Syria
Detroit On The Brink
Should Palestinians Accept Israel as a Jewish State?
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Divide and conquer negotiations
Orange Revolution in Ukraine: Inspiration of Disillusionment?
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
Women in Combat
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
People to People Contact
Arab Gulf States Wary of Iran’s Role in the Battle for Mosul
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
CMEP conference: Middle East peace process needs new paradigm
The World Discovers Afghanistan’s Peaceful Clerics
Human Rights of Crimean Tatars Discussed in European Parliament
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
IRP leader speaks in Washington, unsure of party goals and wary of Tajikistan’s future
Crimean Tatar Mejlis Elects New Chairperson as Mustafa Cemilev Steps Down
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
How Women’s Rights Are Linked to U.S.-Iran Negotiations
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
History Education in the South Caucasus
I Was a Palestinian Stone-thrower. Here's Why I Stopped
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
Coup-Speak Speaking
Is the OSCE relevant to Cyprus? Or is Cyprus irrelevant to the OSCE?
Is America turning into a failed state?
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Tragedy & Triumph
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
Book review: The Shifting Grounds of Conflict and Peacebuilding
Women-in-Combat Plaintiff to Present Keynote at Gender and Conflict Center Reception
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
America's lawmakers in Libyan quagmire
The Speech that Time Forgot
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
China and Japan engage neocortices
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
Making Nonviolent Statecraft into a Self-Evident Truth
Libya’s GNA and the Future of Public Discourse
Bringing Eritrea In From The Cold
Symposium on Nagorno Karabakh held in US
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
Highland Community College Board Candidates Weigh District's Financial, Enrollment Woes
Egypt acquits American woman detained for 3 years
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Working Abroad a Big Help on the Hill
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
How to Solve Your Conflicts, and Get FED at the Same Time
Congratulations to the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at GMU: The IMTD and ICAR partnership continues
Have We Become Hopelessly Divided?
A Callous Disregard for the Law
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Meet Nousha Kabawat and her unstoppable drive to help Syria’s displaced children thrive
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Education in Tanzania: Losing the Future
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
An Alternative for Afghan Peace Talks
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
In new class, students get lessons in karate kicks, world peace, diplomacy
A Discussion with Marc Gopin, Director, Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
From Israel to Mason: Conflict scholars present a peace proposal at the UN
Portrait of Stalin Sparks Brawl at WWII Ceremony in Crimea
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
Don't Talk, Do Something! Palestinian/Israeli Unilateralism as Legitimate Negotiations
Opinion: Why Trump’s foreign policy won’t make America great again
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
How U.S. Ambassadors Influence China (But Not Americans)
Climate change denial — the dangerous lie
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
What Are the Rules of War?
Why water is key to Syria conflict
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
Meat Alert
Today, I join Khader Adnan’s hunger strike – will you?
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
Interview: Zheng Wang
‘The American Lawrence of Arabia’s’ life goes on show in the U.S.
Israel Claims Holy Sites, Reignites Religious Flashpoint
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Obama: fine words and a touch of game theory
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
Trump is ‘deprived of all knowledge’ about public schools
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
GOP, follow Stevens' example
S-CAR Class Inspires Landmark Lawsuit
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
Columbia Prof Uses Math To Create World Peace
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Hutu Diaspora Narrative: Identity in Conflict, Conflict of Identity
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Invest in the Afghan people not foreign contractors
A peace dividend we should all want
Jordan Valley essential for a viable Palestinian state
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Iraq’s Islamic divisions intensify
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Myanmar Vote Plan Clouds New US Dialogue
Rights groups renew request for release of defendants in the Belady Foundation case and urge compliance with legal standards for pretrial detention
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
A Peacebuilding Travel Log
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
Hope for Peace May Be Encouraged by Enemies in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Focus on Al Qaeda in Yemen magnifies chronic instability
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
For Mason Conflict Professor, Unrest in Ukraine Is Personal
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
The American Elections: Prospects for a New US Foreign Policy
Dr. Jeremy Rinker- UNCG Campus Weekly
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Netanyahu’s address to Congress is a recipe for disaster, not peace
Dumping Military Kit on Cops Makes Main Street a War Zone
In Afghanistan, end the fighting and stop the meddling
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; Resolving Conflicts in the Caucasus
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Needed: Social Engineering?
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
Indian Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Hopes to Teach Peace to the Taliban
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
We gain more than we lose in the Iran nuclear deal [Commentary]
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
Turkey's Complex Policy
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Sarajevo: Memories of war
What the Middle East can learn from Southeast Asia
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Liberia’s Path from Anarchy to Elections
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
Does the U.S. have a moral imperative in Syria?
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
Do We Need Dictatorship?
ما هو الإرث السياسي لمحمود عباس؟
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
Use US soft power to free the Ashraf Seven
Syria's Next Generation
Happy Independence Day wishes from a Palestinian
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Donald Trump’s bigotry has inspired U.S. Muslim voters like no candidate before
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
Women’s Exclusion Worsens Somali Crises
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Breakdown in Yemen
Wanted: Middle East Statesmen
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Israel's New Left Goes Online
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
The Art of Appeasement, Part I Unraveling a Patchwork of Improvised Disaster
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
The Conflict that Became Mine
Karina V. Korostelina's "Political Insults"
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
A New Heroism in Israel and Palestine
Time for the peace vote?
Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Producing solutions by appreciating the interconnections
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
A Local First approach to early warning and response
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
Israeli, Palestinian join forces to offer tours with two viewpoints
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
A col.’s view of commander’s authority
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
Afghan Security Forces Pass First Test, But Questions Remain
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
A Caution Against Framing Syria as an Assad-Opposition Dichotomy
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Stitching together the torn fabric of church and society
Review: Free Burma
Ineffective tightening of sanctions on Iran
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
A New (Old) Narrative for the Left
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Behind the Headlines: Israeli Arab's Water Project May Aid Regional Cooperation
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
Future of Crimean Tartar Muslims Hangs in the Balance
How Trump Gives Negotiation a Bad Name
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
Lieberman and the Peace Process
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
The Coming Rise of Afghan Militias
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
When studying abroad in a conflict zone, safety is key
When diplomatic opportunities were dismissed
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Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
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Explosion of the Sacred
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Horizon that is always receding
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Death to America in Yemen? No.
Hezbollah’s Triumph
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Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
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Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
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Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
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Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
Using Peace 'Means' to Achieve Peaceful 'Ends'
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Motives of suicide terrorists
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Police Militarization Must Be Halted
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Conflict as an opportunity
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