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How Germans Go Green
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Use US soft power to free the Ashraf Seven
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Don't Talk, Do Something! Palestinian/Israeli Unilateralism as Legitimate Negotiations
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
National Geographic Expeditions ‘Holy Land’ Partner Scores Top UN Award
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
At summer camp, Syrian child refugees recall a lost homeland
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
Hope for Peace May Be Encouraged by Enemies in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
A Silver Lining to the Film and Riots Tragedy: Freedom, Diversity, and the New Competition for Arab Public Space
Afghan Security Forces Pass First Test, But Questions Remain
Producing solutions by appreciating the interconnections
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Ineffective tightening of sanctions on Iran
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
The Noxious Origins of NYC Gentrification: Cooking Gas
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
التدخل الروسي أوقف انهيار النظام السوري مؤقتاً
Why is ISIS destroying Iraq's historical heritage?
Obama: fine words and a touch of game theory
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
Yemen needs action, not just talk
In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
A New Heroism in Israel and Palestine
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Hutu Diaspora Narrative: Identity in Conflict, Conflict of Identity
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
Jordan Valley essential for a viable Palestinian state
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Behind the Headlines: Israeli Arab's Water Project May Aid Regional Cooperation
How Peer Pressure Brought Australia on Board Climate Fund
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Somalia Needs a War on Poverty
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
What the Middle East can learn from Southeast Asia
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
UN Small Arms Conference: Evaluation and Prospects
Rodef Shalom to host panel on Palestinian perspectives
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Humanitarian Missiles Are Superior to Cruise Missiles
Israel Claims Holy Sites, Reignites Religious Flashpoint
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
National Geographic Offering Israel Tour: National Geographic Expedition is offering 12-day tours of the Holy Land, complete with hotels and museums
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
'The world is flat' in Egypt
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
Doctoral Student Goes to Hollywood to Teach Peace Techniques
Seeing Both Sides of the Holy Land
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Cultural Educator: Aziz Abu Sarah
Responsible Journalism Series: Media as Critical Reflective Practice
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
In Afghanistan, end the fighting and stop the meddling
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
The only way forward on Syria
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Iraq’s Islamic divisions intensify
IAA Chief Attends Workshop
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
Mason Professors, Graduates Take Active Role in Latin American Conflicts
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
‘The American Lawrence of Arabia’s’ life goes on show in the U.S.
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
Rwanda: Opening the door to dialogue (Claudine Kuradusenge)
Time to stop coddling Iran
Confronting genocide in Myanmar: The urgent need to prevent and protect
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
Syria’s Christian conundrum
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
Aziz Abu Sarah – Ending the Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
A Strike Against Israel
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
Meet Nousha Kabawat and her unstoppable drive to help Syria’s displaced children thrive
Lieberman and the Peace Process
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Saudi rejects foreign interference in Iraq, blames ‘sectarian’ Maliki | Reuters
Hunger strike highlights forgotten tragedy of Palestinian prisoners
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
Dirty Energy Dollars
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
ما هو الإرث السياسي لمحمود عباس؟
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
Palestinian Organization Wins 1st Place in Intercultural Innovation Award
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
Conflict Resolution, One Book at a Time
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
Jerusalem’s potential to bring Jews and Muslims together
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Syria's Next Generation
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
A picture of hope and courage
Crimean Tatars Fear for Their Safety After Crimea’s Annexation to Russia
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
Should Palestinians Accept Israel as a Jewish State?
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Tourism of Destruction, Tourism of Construction: Two Trips to the Holy Land
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
Turkey's Complex Policy
Indian Point: Past Its Expiration Date
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
The Libyan Revolution at Two
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Women’s Exclusion Worsens Somali Crises
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Filmmaker’s ‘Will to Communicate’ Breaks through Community’s Silence
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
When diplomatic opportunities were dismissed
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Senior Government Officials Participate at Workshop on Strategic Communication and Conflict Resolution
Next Steps in Syria
We gain more than we lose in the Iran nuclear deal [Commentary]
Netanyahu’s address to Congress is a recipe for disaster, not peace
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
Lessons from South Asia for an Arab Spring
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Hurricane Joaquin: Another Word for Climate Change
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Hezbollah’s Triumph
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Israel Inside/Out: Perspectives And Prisms
Why Rep. Hunter Is Very Wrong About Nuking Iran
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
A Caution Against Framing Syria as an Assad-Opposition Dichotomy
Equality in action: A conversation at the checkpoint
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Students Practice Citizen Diplomacy in Syria
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Roads: Getting Them Done
Faith dialogue focus on social media sites
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
Sarajevo: Memories of war
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
Trust in Maliki harms U.S. credibility
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
Because National Governments Won't, Cities Are Pushing Zero-Energy Buildings
Death to America in Yemen? No.
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
How to Solve Your Conflicts, and Get FED at the Same Time
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Doing Due Diligence on Diplomacy With Damascus
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
Sick talk: The danger of blaming migrants for Israel’s ills
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Eviction of Palestinian outpost exposes double standard on settlements
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Columbia Prof Uses Math To Create World Peace
Arab Gulf States Wary of Iran’s Role in the Battle for Mosul
Massachusetts and Genocide
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Catching Kony
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
A Callous Disregard for the Law
Former Middle East 'Foes' to Speak on Building Peace
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
Israeli, Palestinian join forces to offer tours with two viewpoints
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Resolved to Keep Faith
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
What Egypt Can Learn from the “Swine Flu” Scare
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Colombia's Inminent Peace Agreement: A Brief Analysis of What the Agreement is, What is Next and What is Missing
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
Divide and conquer negotiations
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
What Are the Rules of War?
People to People Contact
Halep'in geleceği ve Türkiye'nin güvenliği
Breakdown in Yemen
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Egypt: Revolution or bust
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Gulf Nations Can Provide Jobs, Which Is Crucial to Syrian Refugees
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
Washington’s rapprochement with Syria is welcomed but not enough
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
The Speech that Time Forgot
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Palestine’s new PM and his prospects for success
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
Wanted: Middle East Statesmen
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Why water is key to Syria conflict
Are Direct Negotiations Good or Bad for the Palestinians?
Proof Nuclear Energy Is a Huge Security Risk
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Interview with CNN: Ancient blueprint for Middle East peace touring U.S.
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
إيران والعواصم الأربع: السيطرة بداية الانهيار
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Focus on Al Qaeda in Yemen magnifies chronic instability
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
Ötekilerden ‘Ötekilere’ (From Others to ‘Others’)
Conflict Management Fieldwork in Jordan Yields Surprises, Insights
U.S. Drones Mobilize Pakistani Nonviolent Movement
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
An Extreme Sport: Middle East Peacebuilding
Today, I join Khader Adnan’s hunger strike – will you?
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Does the U.S. have a moral imperative in Syria?
Elvis Costello Snubs Israel
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
The effect of 100 years of amnesia on the Turkish population
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
Embracing Healthier Communities Through Clean Energy
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
The Lonely Man of Peace
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
How Women’s Rights Are Linked to U.S.-Iran Negotiations
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Terrorism and Development
Meat Alert
Civility: The Way We Drive
Afghan religious figures, diplomats come together in İstanbul
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
Riyadh Conference: What Makes It Different?
Go After Super Pollutants
Could a Nuclear Iran Bring About More Stability, Rather Than Less?
First Person: Five Things I Learned in Syrian Refugee Camps
Imagining Peace: The Practical Advantages for Muslims, Jews and Christians of Peace for Palestine and Israel
Graduate students spend spring break with Syrian refugees
Syria, Lebanon, and the Middle East: Enabling a War-to-Peace Transition
The Conflict that Became Mine
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
US must vote in favour or abstain
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
CMEP conference: Middle East peace process needs new paradigm
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Tehran looks ready to tango
America’s litmus test on Syria
The costly errors of America's wars
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Shank and Powell: Climate Change Fight Includes Private Sector
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
Options for Action in Syria
A Discussion with Marc Gopin, Director, Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
Interreligious Intercultural Dialogue Institutionalized - Deja Vu All Over Again
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
Yemen: Expert says 'regulated escalation' expected Friday
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
EMU Professor Urges Shift in Iraqi, Afghan Strategy
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Final Frontier on Carbon Emissions: Food
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
Israel's New Left Goes Online
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Israeli-Palestinian conflict - discussion with Marc Gopin: on economic peace & justice
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
My Turkish Airport
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
Entitled to Protection, Palestinians Should Join the ICC, Now
The World Discovers Afghanistan’s Peaceful Clerics
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Lieberman and the Peace Process
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Climate crisis and the will to act
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Cyclone Pam Is Just the Start
Doing away with food deserts in the District
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Collaboration with China is preferable to containment
A Toast for Peace
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
Cyprus: An EU Presidency occupied by Candidate Turkey
Syria Conflict Panel
Egypt acquits American woman detained for 3 years
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Nonviolent resistance key to Middle East breakthrough
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Discussion with Marc Gopin: Part 1 on Economic Peace & Justice
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Heavy metal music unites Jews and Muslims across the Middle East
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
America's lawmakers in Libyan quagmire
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Female suicide bombers; Misguided media; Karadzic at the Hague
Climate change denial — the dangerous lie
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Price tag attack on J’lem church provokes religious condemnation
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Happy Independence Day wishes from a Palestinian

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