The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Conflict as an opportunity
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
How a monk-turned-street artist sees New York City’s homeless
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
From Israel to Mason: Conflict scholars present a peace proposal at the UN
Next Steps in Syria
Peaceful Dispute Resolution Ideas
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
Robert C. Koehler: Healthy conflict creates resilient communities
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
It's the Arab spring for dictators
BHU holds seminar on peacebuilding
Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
Myanmar's negotiator expresses belief in China's willingness to help in peace process
Wanted: Middle East Statesmen
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
Horizon that is always receding
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
Bullies, Jerks and Weasels
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
Boots on the Ground, Not Unmanned Robots in the Sky
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Peace, alliance, and inclusivity: Ending conflict in Myanmar
The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire
An online occupation
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Motives of suicide terrorists
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
America’s litmus test on Syria
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Cure Police Violence As If It Were a Disease
With Income Inequality Comes Violence
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
A Budget for Working America
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
National Geographic Offering Israel Tour: National Geographic Expedition is offering 12-day tours of the Holy Land, complete with hotels and museums
Americans have had enough conflict
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
EU as model for peace
Options for Action in Syria
Karina V. Korostelina's "Political Insults"
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
A New (Old) Narrative for the Left
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
ما هو الإرث السياسي لمحمود عباس؟
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Religions meet at VST
Tourism of Destruction, Tourism of Construction: Two Trips to the Holy Land
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
How Germans Go Green
Columbia Prof Uses Math To Create World Peace
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Faith-Based Diplomacy
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Politics Unusual
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
When studying abroad in a conflict zone, safety is key
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
Tehran looks ready to tango
Crisis management system for Japan and China
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
Working Abroad a Big Help on the Hill
6th Annual Graduate Education Symposium in Peace and Conflict Resolution Meets at George Mason University
No end in sight for conflict between our two angels
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Dirty Energy Dollars
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
Advocates for Egypt’s street children face unjust imprisonment
A camp for young people touched by terror
Paul Ryan's path to economic peril
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
Vision Series: Sandra Cheldelin to Discuss Women and Conflict
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Do We Need Dictatorship?
Lecture by Susan Hirsch at San Anton Palace
Universities More Moderate than Believed
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
Interview: Zheng Wang
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
Direct Analytical Approach to Peacebuilding
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Don't forget Malaysia
Realising peace potential of constitution
Palestine’s new PM and his prospects for success
Crimean Tatars's Pain is Renewed- Kırım Tatarları'nın acıları tazelendi
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
Questions must be about gun safety
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
Point of View opens—A place for conflict conversation, transformation
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Crimean Tatar Mejlis Elects New Chairperson as Mustafa Cemilev Steps Down
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Israeli-Palestinian conflict - discussion with Marc Gopin: on economic peace & justice
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Creating Resilient Communities
The U.S. Afghanistan Strategy Is Failing and It's Time to Pull Out
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
Presidents must come together on East Asia
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar
Making Nonviolent Statecraft into a Self-Evident Truth
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
A Peacebuilding Approach to Teaching About Extremism
A.T. Ariyaratne: Leading Sri Lanka's Largest Civil Society Movement for 50 Years
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
Feckless on Foreign Policy
A Conflict Resolution Scholar Explains How to Resolve Conflicts in the Quiet Car
The three-ring circus of American politics
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Cyclone Pam Is Just the Start
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
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
Boycotting Muslim 'Savages' Ad on DC Metro in Protest of Hate Speech
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
Palestine is nearly here, deal with it
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Alumnus Helps Special-Needs Students Transition to Higher Ed, Work
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
Creating dialogues that make a difference
The Libyan Revolution at Two
Defense Department in Somalia
Meat Alert
The American Elections: Prospects for a New US Foreign Policy
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Peace Parsha: Hayyei Sarah - Love and Care across Boundaries
America's lawmakers in Libyan quagmire
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
Oil Is At The Heart Of The Ukraine Crisis
'Tribunal' Opens Hearings Into Mass Killings in Indonesia
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
Rights groups renew request for release of defendants in the Belady Foundation case and urge compliance with legal standards for pretrial detention
Democratic Party looks like America
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
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?
Taliban Prisoner Releases Are High-Risk, Low-Reward
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Don't Talk, Do Something! Palestinian/Israeli Unilateralism as Legitimate Negotiations
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Promoting Peace and Conflict Awareness In Small Town America: Independence, Kansas
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Drones weaken USA's moral might: Opposing view
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Forgiveness as a rational necessity: My outsider’s take on Easter
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
Former Middle East 'Foes' to Speak on Building Peace
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
When soldiers commit murder
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
A Toast for Peace
Moving Beyond Hope: The IOC and Team Refugee
Vietnam and Great Power Rivalries
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
A Multifaceted Crisis
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
Elections in Tajikistan Have Implications for U.S. Policy in Afghanistan
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
التدخل الروسي أوقف انهيار النظام السوري مؤقتاً
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Turkey’s Kurdish Peace Process – Analysis - Part 3
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
"With friends like these..." on Romney's comments about Israeli and Palestinian culture
Faculty Spotlight on Innovation: Susan Hirsch & Agnieszka Paczynska
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Discussion with Marc Gopin: Part 1 on Economic Peace & Justice
Meet Nousha Kabawat and her unstoppable drive to help Syria’s displaced children thrive
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Ukraine crisis underscores need for renewables push
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Arab Gulf States Wary of Iran’s Role in the Battle for Mosul
Israel Inside/Out: Perspectives And Prisms
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
A Westside Story: Through the Eyes of a Sandtown Child!
Hunger strike highlights forgotten tragedy of Palestinian prisoners
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
DOS UNIVERSIDADES AMERICANAS Ibarretxe trae a Euskadi el Agirre Lehendakaria Center
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
A New United Nations of Human Rights Countries
My Turkish Airport
Post Eurozone crisis, how to increase a country's resilience to risk
In new class, students get lessons in karate kicks, world peace, diplomacy
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
Doing Due Diligence on Diplomacy With Damascus
China’s Foreign Policy Debates
Mason professors offer insights in aftermath of Paris tragedy
Myanmar Vote Plan Clouds New US Dialogue
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
GMU Student Burns Pagoda For Senior Art Project
Washington’s rapprochement with Syria is welcomed but not enough
At summer camp, Syrian child refugees recall a lost homeland
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
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
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
We Lead Developed World in Poverty and Inequality
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Gridlock is death for deliberation
Death to America in Yemen? No.
Detroit On The Brink
Netanyahu’s address to Congress is a recipe for disaster, not peace
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
Marginalizing Muslims in Switzerland
Why Obama should pardon Snowden: Column
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Afghan religious figures, diplomats come together in İstanbul
The Coaching Revolution in the Federal Government
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Transforming a Nation
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
America cannot afford such inequality
Confronting genocide in Myanmar: The urgent need to prevent and protect
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Turkmenistan cautiously opens to the world
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
Bringing Eritrea In From The Cold
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Mason Center Works Toward a Peaceful Future
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
65 years after 'catastrophe,' Palestinians have little to cheer about
How to save the American Dream
I Was a Palestinian Stone-thrower. Here's Why I Stopped
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Book Review: Professors and their Politics
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
A Local First approach to early warning and response
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
An Alternative for Afghan Peace Talks
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
For Economic Growth, Repeal Drug Laws and Rehabilitate Ex-Cons
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution Becomes a School
The Difference Between Protest America 1968 And 2017
The Conflict that Became Mine
Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Senior Government Officials Participate at Workshop on Strategic Communication and Conflict Resolution
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
New Grad ‘Ecstatic’ with Peace Corps Posting to Mozambique
Future of Crimean Tartar Muslims Hangs in the Balance
Ten lessons from Myanmar's peace process
People to People Contact
သုတေတီတစ်ဦး၏ နာဂဒေသနှင့်လူမျိုးများအကြောင်း [Research about the future of local and indigenous people]
Israeli, Palestinian join forces to offer tours with two viewpoints
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
Donald Trump’s bigotry has inspired U.S. Muslim voters like no candidate before
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
Turning Training into Action: Mason Students Analyze a Conflict in Brazil
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Visiting professor analyzes conflict
Is America turning into a failed state?
Rwandan refugee works for peace and justice
Filmmaker’s ‘Will to Communicate’ Breaks through Community’s Silence
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Cyprus: An EU Presidency occupied by Candidate Turkey
Feminist Scholar Cynthia Enloe Delivers Keynote Address at Gender and Conflict Conference
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Wallace Warfield, George Mason professor and conflict resolution expert, dies
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
We gain more than we lose in the Iran nuclear deal [Commentary]
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
A New Model for American Foreign Policy
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
Syria’s Christian conundrum
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
Richard Solomon Proved Sport Matters through the ‘Ping-Pong’ Diplomacy, and George Mason University is Poised to Tell Us How
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
Conflict Resolution, One Book at a Time
U.S. Couple Held In Egyptian Prison For 1 Year Over Unfounded Child Abuse
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
A peace dividend we should all want
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Cultural Educator: Aziz Abu Sarah
Emerging Powers and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Liberia
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Mason Professors, Graduates Take Active Role in Latin American Conflicts
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
China and Japan engage neocortices
Use US soft power to free the Ashraf Seven
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
EMU Professor Urges Shift in Iraqi, Afghan Strategy
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Focus on Al Qaeda in Yemen magnifies chronic instability
Using Peace 'Means' to Achieve Peaceful 'Ends'
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
Congratulations to the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at GMU: The IMTD and ICAR partnership continues
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Our moral obligations in Somalia
The Politics of Bongo Flava
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
A Discussion with Marc Gopin, Director, Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution Educators Converge on Mason for Annual Conference
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
Dr. Jeremy Rinker- UNCG Campus Weekly
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
Terrorism and Development
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Time to stop coddling Iran
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Crimean Tatars Support EuroMaidan Protests in Kyiv
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Bible Texts Misused in Rumsfeld Reports, Religious Leaders Say
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
GOP, follow Stevens' example
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Elections are good, right? Well, not always
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
Achieving the mission: A conversation with UPEACE Vice Rector Amr Abdalla
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Colombia's Inminent Peace Agreement: A Brief Analysis of What the Agreement is, What is Next and What is Missing
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
Donald Trump's Immigration Plan Would Ban One-Third of the World From the U.S.
The case for compulsory voting
Orange Revolution in Ukraine: Inspiration of Disillusionment?
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
Peacebuilding: the new generation
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Letter to the Editor from Dennis Sandole Published in The Economist
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
IRP leader speaks in Washington, unsure of party goals and wary of Tajikistan’s future
The Next Step for Myanmar
10 Ways Conflict is Like Sex
Israel's New Left Goes Online
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
This Week in Poverty: 'A Place at the Table' and 'American Winter'
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
Germany Tells NATO, Russia To Dialogue Before Things Get 'Completely Out Of Control'
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Students Practice Citizen Diplomacy in Syria
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Book review: The Shifting Grounds of Conflict and Peacebuilding
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
The World Discovers Afghanistan’s Peaceful Clerics
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
A Peacebuilding Travel Log
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
Reconciliation in Rwanda: Building Peace Through Dialogue
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
Shank: White House, Congress Choosing Wrong Path on Iran
Syria, Lebanon, and the Middle East: Enabling a War-to-Peace Transition
Breakdown in Yemen
Ötekilerden ‘Ötekilere’ (From Others to ‘Others’)
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
US Lawmaker Urges Egypt to Release Dual Citizen
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
The effect of 100 years of amnesia on the Turkish population
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
Is the OSCE relevant to Cyprus? Or is Cyprus irrelevant to the OSCE?
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Needed: Social Engineering?
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
Why Rep. Hunter Is Very Wrong About Nuking Iran
How Trump Gives Negotiation a Bad Name
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
When diplomatic opportunities were dismissed
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
Liberia’s Path from Anarchy to Elections
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Russian Consul General to Crimea Resigns Following Offensive Comments About Crimean Tatar Deportation
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
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Science of unintended consequences
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The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
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A Fixable Problem for Our Society
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Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
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The Art of Appeasement, Part I Unraveling a Patchwork of Improvised Disaster
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Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
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Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
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Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
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Press Pause on the Rush to War
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
Hope for Peace May Be Encouraged by Enemies in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
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How U.S. Ambassadors Influence China (But Not Americans)
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
The Speech that Time Forgot
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
Could a Nuclear Iran Bring About More Stability, Rather Than Less?
Unclenched Fists
Cyprus – the drama unfolds
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
Libya’s GNA and the Future of Public Discourse
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Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
The Coming Rise of Afghan Militias
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
What the Middle East can learn from Southeast Asia
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Coup-Speak Speaking
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
Reflections of a Catholic American on bin Laden’s death
Have We Become Hopelessly Divided?
The only way forward on Syria
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Hutu Diaspora Narrative: Identity in Conflict, Conflict of Identity
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Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Somalia on the Brink
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
The Noxious Origins of NYC Gentrification: Cooking Gas
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Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
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Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
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UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
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Aziz Abu Sarah – Ending the Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
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Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
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