The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

A New Model for American Foreign Policy
Art Student Set to Send ‘Transformative’ Project Up in Flames on Mason Pond
No end in sight for conflict between our two angels
Interview: Zheng Wang
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Why Obama should pardon Snowden: Column
'Tribunal' Opens Hearings Into Mass Killings in Indonesia
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
Reflections of a Catholic American on bin Laden’s death
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
How Women’s Rights Are Linked to U.S.-Iran Negotiations
The Lonely Man of Peace
Religions meet at VST
Making Nonviolent Statecraft into a Self-Evident Truth
Interreligious Intercultural Dialogue Institutionalized - Deja Vu All Over Again
Doctoral Student Goes to Hollywood to Teach Peace Techniques
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution Becomes a School
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Marginalizing Muslims in Switzerland
Direct Analytical Approach to Peacebuilding
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
National Geographic Offering Israel Tour: National Geographic Expedition is offering 12-day tours of the Holy Land, complete with hotels and museums
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
Tragedy & Triumph
From Israel to Mason: Conflict scholars present a peace proposal at the UN
New Grad ‘Ecstatic’ with Peace Corps Posting to Mozambique
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Press Pause on the Rush to War
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
How to Solve Your Conflicts, and Get FED at the Same Time
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
Oil Is At The Heart Of The Ukraine Crisis
Universities More Moderate than Believed
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
The Noxious Origins of NYC Gentrification: Cooking Gas
Afghans Failing Security Test In Badakhshan
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Is the OSCE relevant to Cyprus? Or is Cyprus irrelevant to the OSCE?
Germany Tells NATO, Russia To Dialogue Before Things Get 'Completely Out Of Control'
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Tourism of Destruction, Tourism of Construction: Two Trips to the Holy Land
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Bullies, Jerks and Weasels
U.S. Couple Held In Egyptian Prison For 1 Year Over Unfounded Child Abuse
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Interview with CNN: Ancient blueprint for Middle East peace touring U.S.
Breakdown in Yemen
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
Cultural Educator: Aziz Abu Sarah
Dumping Military Kit on Cops Makes Main Street a War Zone
Feminist Scholar Cynthia Enloe Delivers Keynote Address at Gender and Conflict Conference
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
Taliban Prisoner Releases Are High-Risk, Low-Reward
Turkey’s Kurdish Peace Process – Analysis - Part 3
Resolved to Keep Faith
Our moral obligations in Somalia
Presidents must come together on East Asia
The U.S. Afghanistan Strategy Is Failing and It's Time to Pull Out
In Afghanistan, end the fighting and stop the meddling
Faith-Based Diplomacy
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
Israeli, Palestinian join forces to offer tours with two viewpoints
Transforming a Nation
Producing solutions by appreciating the interconnections
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Hunger strike highlights forgotten tragedy of Palestinian prisoners
Trust in Maliki harms U.S. credibility
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
Donald Trump’s bigotry has inspired U.S. Muslim voters like no candidate before
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Democratic Party looks like America
Crimean Tatars Support EuroMaidan Protests in Kyiv
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Doing Due Diligence on Diplomacy With Damascus
Conflict as an opportunity
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Hope for Peace May Be Encouraged by Enemies in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
With Income Inequality Comes Violence
Mason S-CAR Dean’s Book Awarded Top Prize by International Conflict Organization
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
Arab Gulf States Wary of Iran’s Role in the Battle for Mosul
How a monk-turned-street artist sees New York City’s homeless
Achieving the mission: A conversation with UPEACE Vice Rector Amr Abdalla
Senior Government Officials Participate at Workshop on Strategic Communication and Conflict Resolution
Point of View opens—A place for conflict conversation, transformation
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
Beyond Jewish Blessings and Curses There is Absolute Love
Unclenched Fists
Shank: White House, Congress Choosing Wrong Path on Iran
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
A.T. Ariyaratne: Leading Sri Lanka's Largest Civil Society Movement for 50 Years
US Lawmaker Urges Egypt to Release Dual Citizen
Mason professors offer insights in aftermath of Paris tragedy
Morocco: An Emerging Model For Muslim-Jewish Relations – OpEd
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Have We Become Hopelessly Divided?
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
When soldiers commit murder
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
Cure Police Violence As If It Were a Disease
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
Alumnus Helps Special-Needs Students Transition to Higher Ed, Work
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
A New (Old) Narrative for the Left
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
The Next Step for Myanmar
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
Israel Inside/Out: Perspectives And Prisms
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
Options for Action in Syria
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
Should Palestinians Accept Israel as a Jewish State?
For Economic Growth, Repeal Drug Laws and Rehabilitate Ex-Cons
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
America cannot afford such inequality
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
Lecture by Susan Hirsch at San Anton Palace
BHU holds seminar on peacebuilding
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Post Eurozone crisis, how to increase a country's resilience to risk
Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict
A Multifaceted Crisis
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
Riyadh Conference: What Makes It Different?
A Conflict Resolution Scholar Explains How to Resolve Conflicts in the Quiet Car
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Columbia Prof Uses Math To Create World Peace
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Richard Solomon Proved Sport Matters through the ‘Ping-Pong’ Diplomacy, and George Mason University is Poised to Tell Us How
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Peaceful Dispute Resolution Ideas
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
I Was a Palestinian Stone-thrower. Here's Why I Stopped
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
Somalia on the Brink
The Difference Between Protest America 1968 And 2017
Syria, Lebanon, and the Middle East: Enabling a War-to-Peace Transition
Science of unintended consequences
Boots on the Ground, Not Unmanned Robots in the Sky
Myanmar Vote Plan Clouds New US Dialogue
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
Rwandan refugee works for peace and justice
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Motives of suicide terrorists
In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison
A Local First approach to early warning and response
Israel's New Left Goes Online
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
Creating Resilient Communities
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Could a Nuclear Iran Bring About More Stability, Rather Than Less?
The Tale of Two Cities: Kyiv and Simferopol
Imagining Peace: The Practical Advantages for Muslims, Jews and Christians of Peace for Palestine and Israel
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
Libya’s GNA and the Future of Public Discourse
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
What Are the Rules of War?
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
The case for compulsory voting
Faculty Spotlight on Innovation: Susan Hirsch & Agnieszka Paczynska
A Discussion with Marc Gopin, Director, Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
သုတေတီတစ်ဦး၏ နာဂဒေသနှင့်လူမျိုးများအကြောင်း [Research about the future of local and indigenous people]
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Politics Unusual
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
Use US soft power to free the Ashraf Seven
People to People Contact
State Department Should Speak Out For Aya Hijazi, US Human Rights Defender In Egypt Prison
A Peacebuilding Approach to Teaching About Extremism
DOS UNIVERSIDADES AMERICANAS Ibarretxe trae a Euskadi el Agirre Lehendakaria Center
Iraq’s Islamic divisions intensify
Ötekilerden ‘Ötekilere’ (From Others to ‘Others’)
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Advocates for Egypt’s street children face unjust imprisonment
In new class, students get lessons in karate kicks, world peace, diplomacy
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Afghan Security Forces Pass First Test, But Questions Remain
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
Meet Nousha Kabawat and her unstoppable drive to help Syria’s displaced children thrive
Myanmar's negotiator expresses belief in China's willingness to help in peace process
An OSCE reconciliation strategy for Cyprus?
An Extreme Sport: Middle East Peacebuilding
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
The Coaching Revolution in the Federal Government
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; Resolving Conflicts in the Caucasus
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
Arts and Peacebuilding
Collateral damage by drones dirties the hands of our nation
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Conflict Resolution Educators Converge on Mason for Annual Conference
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Promoting Peace and Conflict Awareness In Small Town America: Independence, Kansas
The World Discovers Afghanistan’s Peaceful Clerics
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Wanted: Middle East Statesmen
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
Paul Ryan's path to economic peril
How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis: The way to respond to Russia is not with Cold War rhetoric
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
Filmmaker’s ‘Will to Communicate’ Breaks through Community’s Silence
Stimson Center Names Five Nonresident Fellows
A Westside Story: Through the Eyes of a Sandtown Child!
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
Could ‘Insight Policing’ have saved Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and others?
Professor Utilizes Real World Experience in Conflict Resolution Studies
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Visiting professor analyzes conflict
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
Coup-Speak Speaking
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Letter to the Editor from Dennis Sandole Published in The Economist
Moving Beyond Hope: The IOC and Team Refugee
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Congratulations to the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at GMU: The IMTD and ICAR partnership continues
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Sisters know a good road trip when they see one
Syria's Next Generation
Indian Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Hopes to Teach Peace to the Taliban
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
Students Practice Citizen Diplomacy in Syria
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Colombia's Inminent Peace Agreement: A Brief Analysis of What the Agreement is, What is Next and What is Missing
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
Egypt: Revolution or bust
Optimism at last for American jailed in Egypt, her family
Rodef Shalom to host panel on Palestinian perspectives
Americans have had enough conflict
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
Dr. Jeremy Rinker- UNCG Campus Weekly
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Boycotting Muslim 'Savages' Ad on DC Metro in Protest of Hate Speech
Crimean Tatar Mejlis Elects New Chairperson as Mustafa Cemilev Steps Down
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
When studying abroad in a conflict zone, safety is key
Peacebuilding: the new generation
Hutu Diaspora Narrative: Identity in Conflict, Conflict of Identity
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
Fulbright Scholars Offer Tips to Win the Prize
Inside the Beltway: Pillars of liberty
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Q & A With Kevin Avruch, Ph.D.
Settlement of Karabakh conflict ruled out as long as ‘mutual concessions’ perceived as loss
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
The Conflict that Became Mine
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
A New United Nations of Human Rights Countries
GMU Student Burns Pagoda For Senior Art Project
A New Heroism in Israel and Palestine
Crisis management system for Japan and China
The Art of Appeasement, Part I Unraveling a Patchwork of Improvised Disaster
Rights groups renew request for release of defendants in the Belady Foundation case and urge compliance with legal standards for pretrial detention
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
This Week in Poverty: 'A Place at the Table' and 'American Winter'
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Aziz Abu Sarah – Ending the Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Turning Training into Action: Mason Students Analyze a Conflict in Brazil
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Trump is ‘deprived of all knowledge’ about public schools
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
6th Annual Graduate Education Symposium in Peace and Conflict Resolution Meets at George Mason University
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
The Politics of Bongo Flava
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
EU as model for peace
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
A Toast for Peace
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
Ukraine crisis underscores need for renewables push
Mason Professors, Graduates Take Active Role in Latin American Conflicts
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
Stop atrocities before they start
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
10 Ways Conflict is Like Sex
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Israeli-Palestinian conflict - discussion with Marc Gopin: on economic peace & justice
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Working for world peace here at home
"With friends like these..." on Romney's comments about Israeli and Palestinian culture
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
At summer camp, Syrian child refugees recall a lost homeland

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