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Obama: fine words and a touch of game theory
'The world is flat' in Egypt
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Don't Talk, Do Something! Palestinian/Israeli Unilateralism as Legitimate Negotiations
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
Faith dialogue focus on social media sites
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Students Practice Citizen Diplomacy in Syria
Crashing in America
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
A Caution Against Framing Syria as an Assad-Opposition Dichotomy
CMEP conference: Middle East peace process needs new paradigm
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
Humanitarian Missiles Are Superior to Cruise Missiles
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
The effect of 100 years of amnesia on the Turkish population
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
Hope for Peace May Be Encouraged by Enemies in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Do We Need Dictatorship?
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Are Direct Negotiations Good or Bad for the Palestinians?
Next Steps in Syria
Cultural Educator: Aziz Abu Sarah
Ötekilerden ‘Ötekilere’ (From Others to ‘Others’)
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Beyond Jewish Blessings and Curses There is Absolute Love
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
We gain more than we lose in the Iran nuclear deal [Commentary]
Israel's New Left Goes Online
Making Nonviolent Statecraft into a Self-Evident Truth
Hezbollah’s Triumph
My Turkish Airport
Iraq’s Islamic divisions intensify
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
‘The American Lawrence of Arabia’s’ life goes on show in the U.S.
What the Middle East can learn from Southeast Asia
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Washington’s rapprochement with Syria is welcomed but not enough
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
62nd Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportation “Protest Meeting” in Simferopol, Crimea Went By Peacefully
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Trust in Maliki harms U.S. credibility
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
Fulbright Scholars Offer Tips to Win the Prize
Lieberman and the Peace Process
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
Cyprus: An EU Presidency occupied by Candidate Turkey
Jerusalem’s potential to bring Jews and Muslims together
U.S. Couple Held In Egyptian Prison For 1 Year Over Unfounded Child Abuse
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Press Pause on the Rush to War
US must vote in favour or abstain
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Wanted: Middle East Statesmen
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
Heavy metal music unites Jews and Muslims across the Middle East
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Detroit On The Brink
Eviction of Palestinian outpost exposes double standard on settlements
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
The costly errors of America's wars
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
إيران والعواصم الأربع: السيطرة بداية الانهيار
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
America’s litmus test on Syria
Price tag attack on J’lem church provokes religious condemnation
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Former Middle East 'Foes' to Speak on Building Peace
Israel Inside/Out: Perspectives And Prisms
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Yemen: Expert says 'regulated escalation' expected Friday
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Syria's Next Generation
Female suicide bombers; Misguided media; Karadzic at the Hague
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
Use US soft power to free the Ashraf Seven
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
ما هو الإرث السياسي لمحمود عباس؟
Bible Texts Misused in Rumsfeld Reports, Religious Leaders Say
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Palestine’s new PM and his prospects for success
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Promoting Peace and Conflict Awareness In Small Town America: Independence, Kansas
Lieberman and the Peace Process
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
Afghan religious figures, diplomats come together in İstanbul
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
The World Does Not Need a Jewish Ann Coulter: An Open Letter To Ben Shapiro.
The Lonely Man of Peace
Graduate students spend spring break with Syrian refugees
Read This Before You Post About Gaza On Facebook
Could a Nuclear Iran Bring About More Stability, Rather Than Less?
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
Arab Gulf States Wary of Iran’s Role in the Battle for Mosul
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
Awakening to Women: The Nobel Effect
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
Saudi rejects foreign interference in Iraq, blames ‘sectarian’ Maliki | Reuters
A New Heroism in Israel and Palestine
US Lawmaker Urges Egypt to Release Dual Citizen
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
The Libyan Revolution at Two
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
Unclenched Fists
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
Transforming a Nation
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
Egypt acquits American woman detained for 3 years
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
America's lawmakers in Libyan quagmire
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
Massachusetts and Genocide
Riyadh Conference: What Makes It Different?
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
Rodef Shalom to host panel on Palestinian perspectives
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Elvis Costello Snubs Israel
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Death to America in Yemen? No.
Lessons from South Asia for an Arab Spring
Why Rep. Hunter Is Very Wrong About Nuking Iran
The World Discovers Afghanistan’s Peaceful Clerics
Rubenstein, Faculty Member of the Year, took time to find his calling
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
Egypt: Revolution or bust
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
Conflict as an opportunity
First Person: Five Things I Learned in Syrian Refugee Camps
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Responsible Journalism Series: Media as Critical Reflective Practice
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
An Extreme Sport: Middle East Peacebuilding
IAA Chief Attends Workshop
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Conflict Management Fieldwork in Jordan Yields Surprises, Insights
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
The Conflict that Became Mine
A Callous Disregard for the Law
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
A Toast for Peace
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Entitled to Protection, Palestinians Should Join the ICC, Now
Syria’s Christian conundrum
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Breakdown in Yemen
Tehran looks ready to tango
What Are the Rules of War?
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Discussion with Marc Gopin: Part 1 on Economic Peace & Justice
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Jordan Valley essential for a viable Palestinian state
A Strike Against Israel
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
A Discussion with Marc Gopin, Director, Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
Israeli, Palestinian join forces to offer tours with two viewpoints
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
National Geographic Expeditions ‘Holy Land’ Partner Scores Top UN Award
Gulf Nations Can Provide Jobs, Which Is Crucial to Syrian Refugees
Israeli-Palestinian conflict - discussion with Marc Gopin: on economic peace & justice
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
A Silver Lining to the Film and Riots Tragedy: Freedom, Diversity, and the New Competition for Arab Public Space
The only way forward on Syria
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
What Egypt Can Learn from the “Swine Flu” Scare
How Women’s Rights Are Linked to U.S.-Iran Negotiations
Ineffective tightening of sanctions on Iran
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
A picture of hope and courage
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
التدخل الروسي أوقف انهيار النظام السوري مؤقتاً
The Meaning of Freedom
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
Why water is key to Syria conflict
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Conflict Resolution, One Book at a Time
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
Tourism of Destruction, Tourism of Construction: Two Trips to the Holy Land
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
State Department Should Speak Out For Aya Hijazi, US Human Rights Defender In Egypt Prison
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
Interview with CNN: Ancient blueprint for Middle East peace touring U.S.
Does the U.S. have a moral imperative in Syria?
Time to stop coddling Iran
Richard Solomon Proved Sport Matters through the ‘Ping-Pong’ Diplomacy, and George Mason University is Poised to Tell Us How
Politics Unusual
Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
Halep'in geleceği ve Türkiye'nin güvenliği
Why I'm Going to Yemen
When diplomatic opportunities were dismissed
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Terrorism and Development
Behind the Headlines: Israeli Arab's Water Project May Aid Regional Cooperation
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
Aziz Abu Sarah – Ending the Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
Happy Independence Day wishes from a Palestinian
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
Mason Center Works Toward a Peaceful Future
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Syria, Lebanon, and the Middle East: Enabling a War-to-Peace Transition
U.S. Drones Mobilize Pakistani Nonviolent Movement
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
Seeing Both Sides of the Holy Land
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
A Cultural Awakening Leads to Abundance of Conflict Resolution Opportunities
A.T. Ariyaratne: Leading Sri Lanka's Largest Civil Society Movement for 50 Years
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
How to Solve Your Conflicts, and Get FED at the Same Time
Faith-Based Diplomacy
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Senior Government Officials Participate at Workshop on Strategic Communication and Conflict Resolution
Options for Action in Syria
Yemen needs action, not just talk
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
A Westside Story: Through the Eyes of a Sandtown Child!
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Doctoral Student Goes to Hollywood to Teach Peace Techniques
Sick talk: The danger of blaming migrants for Israel’s ills
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
Advocates for Egypt’s street children face unjust imprisonment
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Turkey's Complex Policy
Interreligious Intercultural Dialogue Institutionalized - Deja Vu All Over Again
OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
Netanyahu’s address to Congress is a recipe for disaster, not peace
It's the Arab spring for dictators
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
A New Model for American Foreign Policy
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
Hunger strike highlights forgotten tragedy of Palestinian prisoners
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Israel Claims Holy Sites, Reignites Religious Flashpoint
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
Remembering Roger Fisher And Our Stage Of Human Global Development
Doing Due Diligence on Diplomacy With Damascus
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
EMU Professor Urges Shift in Iraqi, Afghan Strategy
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
Palestinian Organization Wins 1st Place in Intercultural Innovation Award
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
Syria Conflict Panel
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
The Speech that Time Forgot
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Imagining Peace: The Practical Advantages for Muslims, Jews and Christians of Peace for Palestine and Israel
Rights groups renew request for release of defendants in the Belady Foundation case and urge compliance with legal standards for pretrial detention
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Nonviolent resistance key to Middle East breakthrough
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Should Palestinians Accept Israel as a Jewish State?
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
Focus on Al Qaeda in Yemen magnifies chronic instability
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
At summer camp, Syrian child refugees recall a lost homeland
Columbia Prof Uses Math To Create World Peace
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Filmmaker’s ‘Will to Communicate’ Breaks through Community’s Silence
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Today, I join Khader Adnan’s hunger strike – will you?
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
National Geographic Offering Israel Tour: National Geographic Expedition is offering 12-day tours of the Holy Land, complete with hotels and museums
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
Resolved to Keep Faith
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Why is ISIS destroying Iraq's historical heritage?
Conference on Activist H. Thurman Held on ‘9/11’ Anniversary
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Equality in action: A conversation at the checkpoint
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
People to People Contact
Honoring National Service in War and Peace
The Price of Abandoning Yemen

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