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Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
Creating dialogues that make a difference
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Filmmaker’s ‘Will to Communicate’ Breaks through Community’s Silence
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Syria's Next Generation
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
Meet Nousha Kabawat and her unstoppable drive to help Syria’s displaced children thrive
Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Heavy metal music unites Jews and Muslims across the Middle East
A Peacebuilding Travel Log
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
The only way forward on Syria
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Afghan-U.S. relations damaged by shooting: analyst
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
Sarajevo: Memories of war
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Breakdown in Yemen
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
Time for the peace vote?
Why China’s New Rich Want to Emigrate
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
A Discussion with Marc Gopin, Director, Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Myanmar's negotiator expresses belief in China's willingness to help in peace process
Boycotting Muslim 'Savages' Ad on DC Metro in Protest of Hate Speech
An Extreme Sport: Middle East Peacebuilding
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Terrorism and Development
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
U.S. Soldiers in Somalia and the Pentagon's Unlearned Lessons
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
A col.’s view of commander’s authority
Sick talk: The danger of blaming migrants for Israel’s ills
Saudi rejects foreign interference in Iraq, blames ‘sectarian’ Maliki | Reuters
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
Fuel for extremism is beyond Bin Laden, EMU prof says
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
The World Does Not Need a Jewish Ann Coulter: An Open Letter To Ben Shapiro.
How a glacier could thaw dangerous India and Pakistan freeze
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
Producing solutions by appreciating the interconnections
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
The U.S. Afghanistan Strategy Is Failing and It's Time to Pull Out
S-CAR Class Inspires Landmark Lawsuit
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
Next Steps in Syria
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Bible Texts Misused in Rumsfeld Reports, Religious Leaders Say
التدخل الروسي أوقف انهيار النظام السوري مؤقتاً
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
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
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Colombia's Inminent Peace Agreement: A Brief Analysis of What the Agreement is, What is Next and What is Missing
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
UN Small Arms Conference: Evaluation and Prospects
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
The costly errors of America's wars
Addressing divide between communities and police
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Coup-Speak Speaking
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
Don't Talk, Do Something! Palestinian/Israeli Unilateralism as Legitimate Negotiations
Libya’s GNA and the Future of Public Discourse
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
My Turkish Airport
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
Science of unintended consequences
Education in Tanzania: Losing the Future
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Japan’s Remilitarization, Beating Ploughshares into Swords
Nigeria: A Network That Reconnects North With Sardauna's Biographer John Paden
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Palestine is nearly here, deal with it
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
A Peacebuilding Approach to Teaching About Extremism
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Universities More Moderate than Believed
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Time to stop coddling Iran
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Feckless on Foreign Policy
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
A camp for young people touched by terror
We gain more than we lose in the Iran nuclear deal [Commentary]
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
Germany Tells NATO, Russia To Dialogue Before Things Get 'Completely Out Of Control'
Halep'in geleceği ve Türkiye'nin güvenliği
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Reflections of a Catholic American on bin Laden’s death
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
How Trump Gives Negotiation a Bad Name
Focus on Al Qaeda in Yemen magnifies chronic instability
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Motives of suicide terrorists
10 Ways Conflict is Like Sex
An Alternative for Afghan Peace Talks
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
Women-in-Combat Plaintiff to Present Keynote at Gender and Conflict Center Reception
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Imagining Peace: The Practical Advantages for Muslims, Jews and Christians of Peace for Palestine and Israel
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Symposium on Nagorno Karabakh held in US
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
Palestinian Child Attackers Are Victims, Not Terrorists
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
The Meaning of Freedom
Our Understanding of Terrorism is being Undermined
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Why water is key to Syria conflict
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
Boarding the Train for a Trip into the Past
Making Nonviolent Statecraft into a Self-Evident Truth
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Somalia Needs a War on Poverty
Confronting genocide in Myanmar: The urgent need to prevent and protect
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
Invest in the Afghan people not foreign contractors
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
Female suicide bombers; Misguided media; Karadzic at the Hague
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
When soldiers commit murder
Civility: The Way We Drive
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Riyadh Conference: What Makes It Different?
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
Peace Parsha: Hayyei Sarah - Love and Care across Boundaries
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Divide and conquer negotiations
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
Rwanda: Opening the door to dialogue (Claudine Kuradusenge)
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
Are Direct Negotiations Good or Bad for the Palestinians?
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
America's police are looking more and more like the military
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
US must vote in favour or abstain
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
National Geographic Offering Israel Tour: National Geographic Expedition is offering 12-day tours of the Holy Land, complete with hotels and museums
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Graduate students spend spring break with Syrian refugees
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
Cyprus: An EU Presidency occupied by Candidate Turkey
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
Why is ISIS destroying Iraq's historical heritage?
Netanyahu’s address to Congress is a recipe for disaster, not peace
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Conflict and the Consequences of Isolation: A Comparative Study
The Harm in Hashtags
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Catching Kony
The Politics of Bongo Flava
Crimean Tatars Fear for Their Safety After Crimea’s Annexation to Russia
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
Detroit On The Brink
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
Afghan Security Forces Pass First Test, But Questions Remain
Art Student Set to Send ‘Transformative’ Project Up in Flames on Mason Pond
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Mason professors offer insights in aftermath of Paris tragedy
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Mason S-CAR Dean’s Book Awarded Top Prize by International Conflict Organization
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
A Silver Lining to the Film and Riots Tragedy: Freedom, Diversity, and the New Competition for Arab Public Space
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
Vietnam and Great Power Rivalries
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
Defense Department in Somalia
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
Syria’s Christian conundrum
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Beyond Jewish Blessings and Curses There is Absolute Love
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
In the Army, sex discrimination begins at West Point
Hutu Diaspora Narrative: Identity in Conflict, Conflict of Identity
Don't forget Malaysia
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Women in Combat
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Bringing Eritrea In From The Cold
Transforming a Nation
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Working for world peace here at home
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
Dumping Military Kit on Cops Makes Main Street a War Zone
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
In Afghanistan, end the fighting and stop the meddling
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
Women’s Exclusion Worsens Somali Crises
It's the Arab spring for dictators
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Stop Treating America Like a War Zone: Congress must stop the militarization of America's police forces
New Norm on Human Rights Emerging in Bolivia
Peace, alliance, and inclusivity: Ending conflict in Myanmar
Options for Action in Syria

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