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Conflict Resolution Educators Converge on Mason for Annual Conference
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
Portrait of Stalin Sparks Brawl at WWII Ceremony in Crimea
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Dr. Jeremy Rinker- UNCG Campus Weekly
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
Time for the peace vote?
The Noxious Origins of NYC Gentrification: Cooking Gas
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
Cultural Educator: Aziz Abu Sarah
Tragedy & Triumph
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
The three-ring circus of American politics
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
A New Model for American Foreign Policy
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
BHU holds seminar on peacebuilding
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Opinion: Why Trump’s foreign policy won’t make America great again
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Ineffective tightening of sanctions on Iran
Riyadh Conference: What Makes It Different?
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
Alumnus Helps Special-Needs Students Transition to Higher Ed, Work
Our moral obligations in Somalia
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Donald Trump's Immigration Plan Would Ban One-Third of the World From the U.S.
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
Interreligious Intercultural Dialogue Institutionalized - Deja Vu All Over Again
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Congratulations to the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at GMU: The IMTD and ICAR partnership continues
Religion and Power Moving Forward into the Twenty-First Century
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
With Income Inequality Comes Violence
Promoting Peace and Conflict Awareness In Small Town America: Independence, Kansas
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
A Discussion with Marc Gopin, Director, Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
Rwandan refugee works for peace and justice
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
A Toast for Peace
Terrorism and Development
A New Heroism in Israel and Palestine
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
A Multifaceted Crisis
10 Ways Conflict is Like Sex
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
Peaceful Dispute Resolution Ideas
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
In new class, students get lessons in karate kicks, world peace, diplomacy
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
In Afghanistan, end the fighting and stop the meddling
Could a Nuclear Iran Bring About More Stability, Rather Than Less?
Candidates should address cost of violence in primary states
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
An online occupation
At summer camp, Syrian child refugees recall a lost homeland
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
US Lawmaker Urges Egypt to Release Dual Citizen
Faculty Spotlight on Innovation: Susan Hirsch & Agnieszka Paczynska
Taliban Prisoner Releases Are High-Risk, Low-Reward
Germany Tells NATO, Russia To Dialogue Before Things Get 'Completely Out Of Control'
Focus on Al Qaeda in Yemen magnifies chronic instability
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Ukraine crisis underscores need for renewables push
Palestine’s new PM and his prospects for success
Myanmar Vote Plan Clouds New US Dialogue
The effect of 100 years of amnesia on the Turkish population
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
Washington’s rapprochement with Syria is welcomed but not enough
How a monk-turned-street artist sees New York City’s homeless
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
The Mother of Badly Timed Arms Sales
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
Female suicide bombers; Misguided media; Karadzic at the Hague
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
Ötekilerden ‘Ötekilere’ (From Others to ‘Others’)
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Questions must be about gun safety
Death to America in Yemen? No.
Vision Series: Sandra Cheldelin to Discuss Women and Conflict
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Are Direct Negotiations Good or Bad for the Palestinians?
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Crisis management system for Japan and China
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
Dirty Energy Dollars
Liberia’s Path from Anarchy to Elections
Colombia's Inminent Peace Agreement: A Brief Analysis of What the Agreement is, What is Next and What is Missing
Settlement of Karabakh conflict ruled out as long as ‘mutual concessions’ perceived as loss
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Marginalizing Muslims in Switzerland
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Peace – practical, not fanciful
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Transforming a Nation
New Grad ‘Ecstatic’ with Peace Corps Posting to Mozambique
Our Understanding of Terrorism is being Undermined
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Interview: Zheng Wang
Collateral damage by drones dirties the hands of our nation
The Indoctrination Myth
Hope for Peace May Be Encouraged by Enemies in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Americans have had enough conflict
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
A Conflict Resolution Scholar Explains How to Resolve Conflicts in the Quiet Car
Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
Mason professors offer insights in aftermath of Paris tragedy
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
People to People Contact
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Libya’s GNA and the Future of Public Discourse
Have We Become Hopelessly Divided?
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Producing solutions by appreciating the interconnections
Meat Alert
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
Human Rights of Crimean Tatars Discussed in European Parliament
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
Gridlock is death for deliberation
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Future of Crimean Tartar Muslims Hangs in the Balance
Drones weaken USA's moral might: Opposing view
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
Unclenched Fists
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
Lecture by Susan Hirsch at San Anton Palace
Sisters know a good road trip when they see one
An Extreme Sport: Middle East Peacebuilding
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Is America turning into a failed state?
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Beyond Jewish Blessings and Curses There is Absolute Love
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Senior Government Officials Participate at Workshop on Strategic Communication and Conflict Resolution
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
I Was a Palestinian Stone-thrower. Here's Why I Stopped
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
Conflict Resolution, One Book at a Time
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Elections are good, right? Well, not always
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Trump is ‘deprived of all knowledge’ about public schools
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Somalia on the Brink
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
The World Does Not Need a Jewish Ann Coulter: An Open Letter To Ben Shapiro.
Addressing divide between communities and police
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Don't Talk, Do Something! Palestinian/Israeli Unilateralism as Legitimate Negotiations
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Science of unintended consequences
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Reflections of a Catholic American on bin Laden’s death
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis: The way to respond to Russia is not with Cold War rhetoric
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
Using Peace 'Means' to Achieve Peaceful 'Ends'
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
A Peacebuilding Approach to Teaching About Extremism
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
Q & A With Kevin Avruch, Ph.D.
Fulbright Scholars Offer Tips to Win the Prize
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
How U.S. Ambassadors Influence China (But Not Americans)
"With friends like these..." on Romney's comments about Israeli and Palestinian culture
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
Highland Community College Board Candidates Weigh District's Financial, Enrollment Woes
Tourism of Destruction, Tourism of Construction: Two Trips to the Holy Land
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Time to stop coddling Iran
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Optimism at last for American jailed in Egypt, her family
The Politics of Bongo Flava
Peacebuilding: the new generation
Bible Texts Misused in Rumsfeld Reports, Religious Leaders Say
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
National Geographic Offering Israel Tour: National Geographic Expedition is offering 12-day tours of the Holy Land, complete with hotels and museums
The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire
Stimson Center Names Five Nonresident Fellows
Dumping Military Kit on Cops Makes Main Street a War Zone
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
Egypt: Revolution or bust
ما هو الإرث السياسي لمحمود عباس؟
Professor Utilizes Real World Experience in Conflict Resolution Studies
Crimea Muslims Fear Separation, Exile
DOS UNIVERSIDADES AMERICANAS Ibarretxe trae a Euskadi el Agirre Lehendakaria Center
The Search for the ‘Why’ of Fort Hood
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
Crimean Tatars Support EuroMaidan Protests in Kyiv
Doing Due Diligence on Diplomacy With Damascus
Letter to the Editor from Dennis Sandole Published in The Economist
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
Boots on the Ground, Not Unmanned Robots in the Sky
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Divide and conquer negotiations
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
Turkey’s Kurdish Peace Process – Analysis - Part 3
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
State Department Should Speak Out For Aya Hijazi, US Human Rights Defender In Egypt Prison
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
China and Japan engage neocortices
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
Coup-Speak Speaking
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Orange Revolution in Ukraine: Inspiration of Disillusionment?
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
From Israel to Mason: Conflict scholars present a peace proposal at the UN
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
65 years after 'catastrophe,' Palestinians have little to cheer about
Students Practice Citizen Diplomacy in Syria
Art Student Set to Send ‘Transformative’ Project Up in Flames on Mason Pond
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Paul Ryan's path to economic peril
Measuring the cost of violence
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
It's the Arab spring for dictators
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
When soldiers commit murder
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Syria, Lebanon, and the Middle East: Enabling a War-to-Peace Transition
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
A Peacebuilding Travel Log
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
How to Solve Your Conflicts, and Get FED at the Same Time
Cure Police Violence As If It Were a Disease
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
Detroit On The Brink
Resolved to Keep Faith
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
The Chinese Dream From Mao to Xi
The Conflict that Became Mine
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
A New (Old) Narrative for the Left
Needed: Social Engineering?
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Religions meet at VST
Turkmenistan cautiously opens to the world
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
The U.S. Afghanistan Strategy Is Failing and It's Time to Pull Out
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Chomsky Takes on the World (Bank)
Visiting professor analyzes conflict
Should Palestinians Accept Israel as a Jewish State?
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
The Art of Appeasement, Part I Unraveling a Patchwork of Improvised Disaster
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
6th Annual Graduate Education Symposium in Peace and Conflict Resolution Meets at George Mason University
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
Boycotting Muslim 'Savages' Ad on DC Metro in Protest of Hate Speech
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
When studying abroad in a conflict zone, safety is key
Advocates for Egypt’s street children face unjust imprisonment
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Motives of suicide terrorists
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
How to fix our police departments
Shank: White House, Congress Choosing Wrong Path on Iran
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Crimean Tatars Fear for Their Safety After Crimea’s Annexation to Russia
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Politics Unusual
Direct Analytical Approach to Peacebuilding
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Democratic Party looks like America
EU as model for peace
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Realising peace potential of constitution
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
A camp for young people touched by terror
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
How a glacier could thaw dangerous India and Pakistan freeze
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Columbia Prof Uses Math To Create World Peace
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Rwanda: Opening the door to dialogue (Claudine Kuradusenge)
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
The Speech that Time Forgot
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
A peace dividend we should all want
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
Presidents must come together on East Asia
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Imagining Peace: The Practical Advantages for Muslims, Jews and Christians of Peace for Palestine and Israel
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
Working Abroad a Big Help on the Hill
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
The case for compulsory voting
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Universities More Moderate than Believed
Charleston Shootings: The Intersection Of Race And Gender
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Use US soft power to free the Ashraf Seven
Israeli, Palestinian join forces to offer tours with two viewpoints
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
Don't forget Malaysia
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
Achieving the mission: A conversation with UPEACE Vice Rector Amr Abdalla
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Post Eurozone crisis, how to increase a country's resilience to risk
Hutu Diaspora Narrative: Identity in Conflict, Conflict of Identity
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Could ‘Insight Policing’ have saved Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and others?
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Israel Inside/Out: Perspectives And Prisms
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
Trust in Maliki harms U.S. credibility
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
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
Crimean Tatars's Pain is Renewed- Kırım Tatarları'nın acıları tazelendi
This Week in Poverty: 'A Place at the Table' and 'American Winter'
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
Cyclone Pam Is Just the Start
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
The Tale of Two Cities: Kyiv and Simferopol
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Israel's New Left Goes Online
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Bullies, Jerks and Weasels
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The Coaching Revolution in the Federal Government
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Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
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Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
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How to save the American Dream
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Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
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