The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
The American Elections: Prospects for a New US Foreign Policy
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
IRP leader speaks in Washington, unsure of party goals and wary of Tajikistan’s future
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
Horizon that is always receding
Detroit On The Brink
Have We Become Hopelessly Divided?
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
Does China Have a Foreign Policy?
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Why Rep. Hunter Is Very Wrong About Nuking Iran
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
Questions must be about gun safety
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Book Review: Professors and their Politics
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Andrew Left The Window Open
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
Options for Action in Syria
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
Coup-Speak Speaking
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Crimean Tatars's Pain is Renewed- Kırım Tatarları'nın acıları tazelendi
Nigeria: A Network That Reconnects North With Sardauna's Biographer John Paden
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
A Local First approach to early warning and response
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Will Republicans suggest an economic cure in Nevada?
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Working Abroad a Big Help on the Hill
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Addressing divide between communities and police
Transforming a Nation
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Yemen needs action, not just talk
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Universities More Moderate than Believed
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Russian Consul General to Crimea Resigns Following Offensive Comments About Crimean Tatar Deportation
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
ما هو الإرث السياسي لمحمود عباس؟
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
The Speech that Time Forgot
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Donald Trump’s bigotry has inspired U.S. Muslim voters like no candidate before
Terrorism and Development
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
China’s Foreign Policy Debates
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
An online occupation
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
The Indoctrination Myth
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
The Harm in Hashtags
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
A peace dividend we should all want
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
EMU Professor Urges Shift in Iraqi, Afghan Strategy
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
The three-ring circus of American politics
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
The only way forward on Syria
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Time to stop coddling Iran
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
Democratic Party looks like America
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
Realising peace potential of constitution
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; Resolving Conflicts in the Caucasus
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
How Trump Gives Negotiation a Bad Name
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Trump is ‘deprived of all knowledge’ about public schools
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Gridlock is death for deliberation
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
How to fix our police departments
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
How to save the American Dream
China and Japan engage neocortices
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
We Lead Developed World in Poverty and Inequality
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
Needed: Social Engineering?
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
America cannot afford such inequality
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Portrait of Stalin Sparks Brawl at WWII Ceremony in Crimea
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Myanmar Vote Plan Clouds New US Dialogue
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Lecture by Susan Hirsch at San Anton Palace
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
Opinion: Why Trump’s foreign policy won’t make America great again
Highland Community College Board Candidates Weigh District's Financial, Enrollment Woes
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
Using Peace 'Means' to Achieve Peaceful 'Ends'
A New United Nations of Human Rights Countries
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
Lessons from South Asia for an Arab Spring
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
Is America turning into a failed state?
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis: The way to respond to Russia is not with Cold War rhetoric
Palestine’s new PM and his prospects for success
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Meat Alert
Orange Revolution in Ukraine: Inspiration of Disillusionment?
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Don't forget Malaysia
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Presidents must come together on East Asia
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Shank: White House, Congress Choosing Wrong Path on Iran
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Motives of suicide terrorists
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Feckless on Foreign Policy
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Human Rights of Crimean Tatars Discussed in European Parliament
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
My Turkish Airport
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
Drones weaken USA's moral might: Opposing view
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
Dirty Energy Dollars
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
"With friends like these..." on Romney's comments about Israeli and Palestinian culture
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
America's lawmakers in Libyan quagmire
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Interview: Zheng Wang
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
The case for compulsory voting
Elections are good, right? Well, not always
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Marginalizing Muslims in Switzerland
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
The Chinese Dream From Mao to Xi
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Death to America in Yemen? No.
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Crimea Muslims Fear Separation, Exile
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
A New (Old) Narrative for the Left
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Time for the peace vote?
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
U.S. Drones Mobilize Pakistani Nonviolent Movement
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
GOP, follow Stevens' example
Donald Trump's Immigration Plan Would Ban One-Third of the World From the U.S.
Do We Need Dictatorship?
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
US must vote in favour or abstain
How Germans Go Green
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
Politics Unusual
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
A Budget for Working America
65 years after 'catastrophe,' Palestinians have little to cheer about
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Conflict Resolution, One Book at a Time
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
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
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Liberia’s Path from Anarchy to Elections
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
The Difference Between Protest America 1968 And 2017
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
For Economic Growth, Repeal Drug Laws and Rehabilitate Ex-Cons
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making

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