The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

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

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