The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

A New Model for American Foreign Policy
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
The Harm in Hashtags
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
'Tribunal' Opens Hearings Into Mass Killings in Indonesia
A Callous Disregard for the Law
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
A new look at climate change
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
Instead of Gray’s Raise D.C., Michelle Rhee’s book: Let’s take a truly radical approach to school reform
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Seeking Opportunities for Intervention: One woman’s efforts to positively influence inner-city youth: Interview with Mary Wade
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
New Norm on Human Rights Emerging in Bolivia
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Addressing divide between communities and police
Higher education leans left. But why? And so what?
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
Reflections on Transformative Education: Toward Peace Learning Systems
Feckless on Foreign Policy
GOP, follow Stevens' example
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
A Peacebuilding Travel Log
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
Syria Conflict Panel
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
Crisis management system for Japan and China
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
Education in Tanzania: Losing the Future
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Dirty Energy Dollars
From Israel to Mason: Conflict scholars present a peace proposal at the UN
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Women in Combat
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
How to save the American Dream
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
Somalia on the Brink
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
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
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Is America turning into a failed state?
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Moving Beyond Hope: The IOC and Team Refugee
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
How to fix our police departments
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Working for world peace here at home
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
Promoting peace, locally and globally
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Americans have had enough conflict
Promoting Peace and Conflict Awareness In Small Town America: Independence, Kansas
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Cost of inaction will be great
The challenge of violent extremism
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Options for Action in Syria
Peace Parsha: Hayyei Sarah - Love and Care across Boundaries
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Gun Bans Aren't the Only Answer to America's Violence Problem
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Religion and Power Moving Forward into the Twenty-First Century
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Tragedy & Triumph
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
The Meaning of Freedom
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
How Women’s Rights Are Linked to U.S.-Iran Negotiations
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Muslim Women Find Empowerment Through Competitive Sports
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
America's police are looking more and more like the military
Syria's Next Generation
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
4th Annual Symposium on the State of Graduate Education in Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University, May 19-20, 2014
Honoring National Service in War and Peace
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Trust in Maliki harms U.S. credibility
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Unclenched Fists
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Detroit On The Brink
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Chomsky Takes on the World (Bank)
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Climate crisis and the will to act
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
Stuart High School Students Use Traditional Karate to Help With Conflict Resolution
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
Nonviolent resistance key to Middle East breakthrough
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Use US soft power to free the Ashraf Seven
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
The Politics of Bongo Flava
Crashing in America
Peace – practical, not fanciful
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Meat Alert
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
Terrorism and Development
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
The Indoctrination Myth
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
DC Public Schools: How to keep kids out of class, not in
Alumnus Helps Special-Needs Students Transition to Higher Ed, Work
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Measuring the cost of violence
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
First Person: Five Things I Learned in Syrian Refugee Camps
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
Somalia Needs a War on Poverty
GMU Student Burns Pagoda For Senior Art Project
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
Dirt on Our Hands
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
USIP Awards Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowships and Peace Scholarships for 2015-2016
Press Pause on the Rush to War
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Confronting genocide in Myanmar: The urgent need to prevent and protect
Democratic Party looks like America
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
Nigeria: A Network That Reconnects North With Sardauna's Biographer John Paden
A Budget for Working America
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
America’s litmus test on Syria
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
The Mother of Badly Timed Arms Sales
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
A camp for young people touched by terror
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
In new class, students get lessons in karate kicks, world peace, diplomacy
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Meet Nousha Kabawat and her unstoppable drive to help Syria’s displaced children thrive
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
The Next Step for Myanmar
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
A New United Nations of Human Rights Countries
A Westside Story: Through the Eyes of a Sandtown Child!
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Rituals of Gendered Violence: School Girl Kidnappings in Nigeria
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
Palestinian Child Attackers Are Victims, Not Terrorists
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
Do We Need Dictatorship?
Graduate students spend spring break with Syrian refugees
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Aziz Abu Sarah – Ending the Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
What Are the Rules of War?
Go After Super Pollutants
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
A Cultural Awakening Leads to Abundance of Conflict Resolution Opportunities
Our moral obligations in Somalia
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
The three-ring circus of American politics
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
UN Small Arms Conference: Evaluation and Prospects
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
When soldiers commit murder
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Rubenstein, Faculty Member of the Year, took time to find his calling
Palestine’s new PM and his prospects for success
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
Will Republicans suggest an economic cure in Nevada?
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
U.S. Soldiers in Somalia and the Pentagon's Unlearned Lessons

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