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Female suicide bombers; Misguided media; Karadzic at the Hague
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
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
How Peer Pressure Brought Australia on Board Climate Fund
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Roads: Getting Them Done
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
Because National Governments Won't, Cities Are Pushing Zero-Energy Buildings
Final Frontier on Carbon Emissions: Food
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
Detroit On The Brink
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Cyclone Pam Is Just the Start
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Measuring the cost of violence
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Behind the Headlines: Israeli Arab's Water Project May Aid Regional Cooperation
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
Addressing divide between communities and police
Mason professors offer insights in aftermath of Paris tragedy
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
The Harm in Hashtags
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
A Budget for Working America
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
Proof Nuclear Energy Is a Huge Security Risk
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
How to fix our police departments
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Cost of inaction will be great
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
My Turkish Airport
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
What Are the Rules of War?
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Civility: The Way We Drive
Don't forget Malaysia
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
Busting the Biofuels Boom
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
The Indoctrination Myth
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Terrorism and Development
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
A Callous Disregard for the Law
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Crisis management system for Japan and China
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
The challenge of violent extremism
Gun Bans Aren't the Only Answer to America's Violence Problem
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
The costly errors of America's wars
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
How Germans Go Green
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Motives of suicide terrorists
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Go After Super Pollutants
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
America’s litmus test on Syria
Mason Professors, Graduates Take Active Role in Latin American Conflicts
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Meat Alert
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
A Peacebuilding Approach to Teaching About Extremism
America's police are looking more and more like the military
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Doing away with food deserts in the District
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
A new look at climate change
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Reflections of a Catholic American on bin Laden’s death
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
Hurricane Joaquin: Another Word for Climate Change
Our moral obligations in Somalia
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
GOP, follow Stevens' example
How to save the American Dream
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
Afghan-U.S. relations damaged by shooting: analyst
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Climate crisis and the will to act
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
The three-ring circus of American politics
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Divide and conquer negotiations
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Options for Action in Syria
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Democratic Party looks like America
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
Embracing Healthier Communities Through Clean Energy
Time to stop coddling Iran
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
Women in Combat
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Crashing in America
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Dirty Energy Dollars
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Higher education leans left. But why? And so what?
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
The Noxious Origins of NYC Gentrification: Cooking Gas
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Syria Conflict Panel
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
Shank and Powell: Climate Change Fight Includes Private Sector
Climate change denial — the dangerous lie
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Palestinian Child Attackers Are Victims, Not Terrorists
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
Dirt on Our Hands
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Somalia on the Brink
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Feckless on Foreign Policy
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
Indian Point: Past Its Expiration Date
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
When soldiers commit murder
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Is America turning into a failed state?
Our Understanding of Terrorism is being Undermined
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
Collaboration with China is preferable to containment
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Americans have had enough conflict
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
Working for world peace here at home
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
A camp for young people touched by terror
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict

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