The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

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

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