The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

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

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