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OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
Coup-Speak Speaking
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
IRP leader speaks in Washington, unsure of party goals and wary of Tajikistan’s future
Elections are good, right? Well, not always
Why China’s New Rich Want to Emigrate
The American Elections: Prospects for a New US Foreign Policy
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Donald Trump's Immigration Plan Would Ban One-Third of the World From the U.S.
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
On “The Mystery of Capital”
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Indian Point: Past Its Expiration Date
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
Horizon that is always receding
Crimean Tatars's Pain is Renewed- Kırım Tatarları'nın acıları tazelendi
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Press Pause on the Rush to War
How Germans Go Green
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Why Rep. Hunter Is Very Wrong About Nuking Iran
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
The costly errors of America's wars
GOP, follow Stevens' example
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Dirty Energy Dollars
Cyprus – the drama unfolds
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; Resolving Conflicts in the Caucasus
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
The case for compulsory voting
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
65 years after 'catastrophe,' Palestinians have little to cheer about
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Don't forget Malaysia
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
ما هو الإرث السياسي لمحمود عباس؟
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
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Shank: White House, Congress Choosing Wrong Path on Iran
Lecture by Susan Hirsch at San Anton Palace
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
Embracing Healthier Communities Through Clean Energy
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Is America turning into a failed state?
The challenge of violent extremism
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
US must vote in favour or abstain
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
Behind the Headlines: Israeli Arab's Water Project May Aid Regional Cooperation
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
The Next Step for Myanmar
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Monk-Turned-Street Artist Paints the Homeless to Teach New Yorkers Compassion
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Art Student Set to Send ‘Transformative’ Project Up in Flames on Mason Pond
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
Crashing in America
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
Oil Is At The Heart Of The Ukraine Crisis
Working Abroad a Big Help on the Hill
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
China and Japan engage neocortices
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
Universities More Moderate than Believed
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Equality in action: A conversation at the checkpoint
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
Ukraine crisis underscores need for renewables push
Myanmar Vote Plan Clouds New US Dialogue
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
Drones weaken USA's moral might: Opposing view
America's Water Supply Is Going Down the Drain
America's lawmakers in Libyan quagmire
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Go After Super Pollutants
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
How sustainability should shape the American diet
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Stop atrocities before they start
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Trump is ‘deprived of all knowledge’ about public schools
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
Final Frontier on Carbon Emissions: Food
Filmmaker’s ‘Will to Communicate’ Breaks through Community’s Silence
Meat Alert
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Review: Free Burma
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
"With friends like these..." on Romney's comments about Israeli and Palestinian culture
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
Politics Unusual
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Time to stop coddling Iran
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
China’s Foreign Policy Debates
Cost of inaction will be great
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Addressing divide between communities and police
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
When soldiers commit murder
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
Civility: The Way We Drive
Mason Professors, Graduates Take Active Role in Latin American Conflicts
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Somalia Needs a War on Poverty
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Proof Nuclear Energy Is a Huge Security Risk
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
How to save the American Dream
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
My Turkish Airport
A Callous Disregard for the Law
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
Highland Community College Board Candidates Weigh District's Financial, Enrollment Woes
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
Detroit On The Brink
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
How Peer Pressure Brought Australia on Board Climate Fund
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
Questions must be about gun safety
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Doing away with food deserts in the District
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
Liberia’s Path from Anarchy to Elections
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Human Rights of Crimean Tatars Discussed in European Parliament
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
Gulf Nations Can Provide Jobs, Which Is Crucial to Syrian Refugees
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Death to America in Yemen? No.
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Afghans Failing Security Test In Badakhshan
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
A New United Nations of Human Rights Countries
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
When diplomatic opportunities were dismissed
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Dirt on Our Hands
Tragedy & Triumph
A New (Old) Narrative for the Left
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
Because National Governments Won't, Cities Are Pushing Zero-Energy Buildings
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
We Lead Developed World in Poverty and Inequality
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
The Indoctrination Myth
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Gun Bans Aren't the Only Answer to America's Violence Problem
Do We Need Dictatorship?
America cannot afford such inequality
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Crisis management system for Japan and China
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
Realising peace potential of constitution
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
Vietnam and Great Power Rivalries
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
I Was a Palestinian Stone-thrower. Here's Why I Stopped
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Marginalizing Muslims in Switzerland
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
How to fix our police departments
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Palestine’s new PM and his prospects for success
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Presidents must come together on East Asia
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
A Local First approach to early warning and response
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Using Peace 'Means' to Achieve Peaceful 'Ends'
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
Working for world peace here at home
Does China Have a Foreign Policy?
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
Transforming a Nation
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
What Egypt Can Learn from the “Swine Flu” Scare
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Options for Action in Syria
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
Higher education leans left. But why? And so what?
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
An alternative to the World Bank and IMF
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
A new look at climate change
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
An online occupation
Orange Revolution in Ukraine: Inspiration of Disillusionment?
Climate change denial — the dangerous lie
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Measuring the cost of violence
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Conflict Resolution, One Book at a Time
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
Women in Combat
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Cyclone Pam Is Just the Start
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
Russian Consul General to Crimea Resigns Following Offensive Comments About Crimean Tatar Deportation
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
Robert C. Koehler: Healthy conflict creates resilient communities
Our moral obligations in Somalia
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
Have We Become Hopelessly Divided?
Syria's Next Generation
Post Eurozone crisis, how to increase a country's resilience to risk
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis: The way to respond to Russia is not with Cold War rhetoric
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
America's police are looking more and more like the military
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Opinion: Why Trump’s foreign policy won’t make America great again
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
How Trump Gives Negotiation a Bad Name
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Syria Conflict Panel
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
Roads: Getting Them Done
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Democratic Party looks like America
For Economic Growth, Repeal Drug Laws and Rehabilitate Ex-Cons
Collaboration with China is preferable to containment
The Meaning of Freedom
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Crimea Muslims Fear Separation, Exile
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Interview: Zheng Wang
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
Terrorism and Development
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
The only way forward on Syria
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
A peace dividend we should all want
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
When studying abroad in a conflict zone, safety is key
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
The Difference Between Protest America 1968 And 2017
Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Creating Resilient Communities
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Hurricane Joaquin: Another Word for Climate Change
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Climate crisis and the will to act
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Gridlock is death for deliberation
The Noxious Origins of NYC Gentrification: Cooking Gas
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Rituals of Gendered Violence: School Girl Kidnappings in Nigeria
Motives of suicide terrorists
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
The three-ring circus of American politics
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
The Chinese Dream From Mao to Xi
Shank and Powell: Climate Change Fight Includes Private Sector
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Americans have had enough conflict
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
Needed: Social Engineering?
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
Donald Trump’s bigotry has inspired U.S. Muslim voters like no candidate before
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Chomsky Takes on the World (Bank)
EMU Professor Urges Shift in Iraqi, Afghan Strategy
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Instead of Gray’s Raise D.C., Michelle Rhee’s book: Let’s take a truly radical approach to school reform
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
Book Review: Professors and their Politics
Peace Economics and Occupy Wall Street
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
What Are the Rules of War?
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
Time for the peace vote?
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
A Budget for Working America
The Speech that Time Forgot
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Portrait of Stalin Sparks Brawl at WWII Ceremony in Crimea
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
Somalia on the Brink
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
America’s litmus test on Syria
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry

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