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Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
UN Small Arms Conference: Evaluation and Prospects
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
Crashing in America
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Why Obama should pardon Snowden: Column
How to fix our police departments
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Meat Alert
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
How a glacier could thaw dangerous India and Pakistan freeze
Women in Combat
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
The U.S. Afghanistan Strategy Is Failing and It's Time to Pull Out
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
How to save the American Dream
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
The three-ring circus of American politics
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
Stop Treating America Like a War Zone: Congress must stop the militarization of America's police forces
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
What Are the Rules of War?
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
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
We gain more than we lose in the Iran nuclear deal [Commentary]
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Our moral obligations in Somalia
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
Time to stop coddling Iran
Detroit On The Brink
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Japan’s Remilitarization, Beating Ploughshares into Swords
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Higher education leans left. But why? And so what?
Americans have had enough conflict
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
The challenge of violent extremism
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
التدخل الروسي أوقف انهيار النظام السوري مؤقتاً
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
Cost of inaction will be great
Dumping Military Kit on Cops Makes Main Street a War Zone
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
Why I'm Going to Yemen
The costly errors of America's wars
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Catching Kony
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Boarding the Train for a Trip into the Past
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Divide and conquer negotiations
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
Is America turning into a failed state?
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Stop atrocities before they start
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Somalia on the Brink
Addressing divide between communities and police
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Invest in the Afghan people not foreign contractors
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
A col.’s view of commander’s authority
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
Peace – practical, not fanciful
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
GOP, follow Stevens' example
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Fuel for extremism is beyond Bin Laden, EMU prof says
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
A Callous Disregard for the Law
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
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)
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Defense Department in Somalia
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
Nigeria: A Network That Reconnects North With Sardauna's Biographer John Paden
Saudi rejects foreign interference in Iraq, blames ‘sectarian’ Maliki | Reuters
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Conflict and the Consequences of Isolation: A Comparative Study
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Dirt on Our Hands
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
Go After Super Pollutants
When soldiers commit murder
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry
A Budget for Working America
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Syria Conflict Panel
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
Crisis management system for Japan and China
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
Bringing Eritrea In From The Cold
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
Afghan Security Forces Pass First Test, But Questions Remain
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
S-CAR Class Inspires Landmark Lawsuit
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Working for world peace here at home
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
The Indoctrination Myth
America's police are looking more and more like the military
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
In the Army, sex discrimination begins at West Point
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Options for Action in Syria
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Democratic Party looks like America
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
Measuring the cost of violence
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Terrorism and Development
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
U.S. Soldiers in Somalia and the Pentagon's Unlearned Lessons
Germany Tells NATO, Russia To Dialogue Before Things Get 'Completely Out Of Control'
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Gun Bans Aren't the Only Answer to America's Violence Problem
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
Busting the Biofuels Boom
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Coup-Speak Speaking
A new look at climate change
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Dirty Energy Dollars
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
Climate crisis and the will to act
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
Women-in-Combat Plaintiff to Present Keynote at Gender and Conflict Center Reception
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
America’s litmus test on Syria
Bible Texts Misused in Rumsfeld Reports, Religious Leaders Say
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
The only way forward on Syria

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