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New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
Presidents must come together on East Asia
How Trump Gives Negotiation a Bad Name
Working Abroad a Big Help on the Hill
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Death to America in Yemen? No.
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
IRP leader speaks in Washington, unsure of party goals and wary of Tajikistan’s future
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Universities More Moderate than Believed
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Is America turning into a failed state?
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
The Speech that Time Forgot
My Turkish Airport
How Germans Go Green
The only way forward on Syria
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
Questions must be about gun safety
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
How to save the American Dream
Coup-Speak Speaking
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
China and Japan engage neocortices
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
Time for the peace vote?
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Time to stop coddling Iran
A New (Old) Narrative for the Left
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Human Rights of Crimean Tatars Discussed in European Parliament
Needed: Social Engineering?
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
Donald Trump's Immigration Plan Would Ban One-Third of the World From the U.S.
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
Elections are good, right? Well, not always
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; Resolving Conflicts in the Caucasus
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
Detroit On The Brink
Portrait of Stalin Sparks Brawl at WWII Ceremony in Crimea
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Meat Alert
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
The Indoctrination Myth
The Difference Between Protest America 1968 And 2017
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
We Lead Developed World in Poverty and Inequality
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
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
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
America cannot afford such inequality
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
Democratic Party looks like America
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Myanmar Vote Plan Clouds New US Dialogue
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
For Economic Growth, Repeal Drug Laws and Rehabilitate Ex-Cons
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis: The way to respond to Russia is not with Cold War rhetoric
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Have We Become Hopelessly Divided?
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Palestine’s new PM and his prospects for success
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Gridlock is death for deliberation
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
A New United Nations of Human Rights Countries
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Highland Community College Board Candidates Weigh District's Financial, Enrollment Woes
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Addressing divide between communities and police
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Drones weaken USA's moral might: Opposing view
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Orange Revolution in Ukraine: Inspiration of Disillusionment?
Interview: Zheng Wang
The Chinese Dream From Mao to Xi
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
"With friends like these..." on Romney's comments about Israeli and Palestinian culture
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Don't forget Malaysia
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Crimea Muslims Fear Separation, Exile
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Lecture by Susan Hirsch at San Anton Palace
Motives of suicide terrorists
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
How to fix our police departments
A peace dividend we should all want
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar
Do We Need Dictatorship?
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Donald Trump’s bigotry has inspired U.S. Muslim voters like no candidate before
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
A Budget for Working America
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Marginalizing Muslims in Switzerland
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
65 years after 'catastrophe,' Palestinians have little to cheer about
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
America's lawmakers in Libyan quagmire
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
Shank: White House, Congress Choosing Wrong Path on Iran
Realising peace potential of constitution
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
Trump is ‘deprived of all knowledge’ about public schools
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
An online occupation
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Using Peace 'Means' to Achieve Peaceful 'Ends'
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
US must vote in favour or abstain
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Politics Unusual
The three-ring circus of American politics
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Conflict Resolution, One Book at a Time
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
Why Rep. Hunter Is Very Wrong About Nuking Iran
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
The case for compulsory voting
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
ما هو الإرث السياسي لمحمود عباس؟
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
Does China Have a Foreign Policy?
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
Liberia’s Path from Anarchy to Elections
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Options for Action in Syria
Crimean Tatars's Pain is Renewed- Kırım Tatarları'nın acıları tazelendi
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
The American Elections: Prospects for a New US Foreign Policy
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
GOP, follow Stevens' example
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
A Local First approach to early warning and response
Horizon that is always receding
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
Transforming a Nation
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Opinion: Why Trump’s foreign policy won’t make America great again
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Dirty Energy Dollars
Russian Consul General to Crimea Resigns Following Offensive Comments About Crimean Tatar Deportation
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
China’s Foreign Policy Debates
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Book Review: Professors and their Politics

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