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

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