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Marc Gopin's Response to President Obama's Speech in Cairo: A New Beginning
US Police Militarization, Weaponization: From Ferguson to Fenway
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Congressional showdown and negative ads
America's police are looking more and more like the military
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Obama, Afghanistan, and Iraq
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
For Some S-CAR Students, Spring Break Means Analyzing Conflicts
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Hu Jintao Visits the US: Analysis by Solon Simmons
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
Obama's SOTU: Politics, Poverty, Tax Policy and War Authority
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Taking it to The Street
A Callous Disregard for the Law
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
Community Policing Internationally
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Working for world peace here at home
Post-Super Tuesday
American Democracy & Conflict
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
West Papua - A Journey to Freedom
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
وتووێژ لەگەڵ یەریڤان سەعید توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی کەنداو
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
Delegates Get Half-Votes
Memphis Officers Pilot Violence Resolution Program
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
American Civil Religion: Mythology and Narrative
UN's New Sustainable Development Goals: Roadmap for Effective Partnerships
Canada AM Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
How To Stay Hopeful During The Trump Transition
Higher education leans left. But why? And so what?
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
'Fiscal cliff' crisis barely over: Obama presses for action
A Conflict Analysis perspective of Mitt Romney's recent foreign policy speech - (Arabic)
A Budget for Working America
ATTENTION! Woman Found Scrubbing the Floors.
Student Opinion: Women Across America
Our moral obligations in Somalia
Ralph Nader, Third Party Role in American Politics
How MRAPs, SWAT Raids Are Threatening America
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Perry abandons presidential campaign, endorses Gingrich
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
Obama's First Press Conference
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Imagining Justice in Baltimore: A Jewish Perspective by Dr. Marc Gopin
Undergraduate Education in Conflict Analysis and Resolution (CAR)
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
US Pentagon’s Prioritization of Counter-Terrorism on African Continent
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Is Cain out of the Race for Good?
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Obama Administration's Progress in the First 100 Days
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Politics of Gun Control, Part 1: NRA, Congress and America's Social Capital
A Manager’s Dilemma: How do YOU figure out what’s wrong in the office?
Is America gone off the Deep End when it comes to Political Correctness?
Republicans ride voter unrest to control of House
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
The End of American Influence in the World?
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
Costs of Obama's Wars Mount: More Troops, Chemical Weapons, and Veterans
Why the US can't simply take out Assad
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
The Most Dangerous Word in the Field: Class
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Democratic Battle in NC and IN
UN Vienna Global Forum 2013 recognizes peace activist Aziz Abu Sara
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Debt Ceiling Debate
Congressmen and Sport
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
US-Afghanistan Security Deal Demonstrates Poor Policy Priorities
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
When soldiers commit murder
Women in Combat
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
3rd and Final Presidential Debate
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
Take a Walk on the Slutty Side: A sociological take on SlutWalk
Richard Rubenstein - Conflict Resolution in Iraq
When War Comes to an American Main Street Near You
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Obama Travels to D.C. by Train
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
'Innocence of Muslims' from a conflict resolution perspective
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
The New Normal - America in the Age of Permanent Emergency
Synagogue in Virginia opens doors to Muslims
Rebuild Infrastructure to Rebuild Middle Class (ASCE: $3.6 trillion)
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
The Populist Pivot
Stopping Pentagon, Homeland Security From Militarizing US Police
Normalization of White Identity Politics in the Trump Era
Defense strategy: Cuts won't hurt military
Waste Surges As Defense Industry Controls Congress, Pentagon
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Virginia Votes 2008
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
Crashing in America
2011 State of the Union: Analysis by Solon Simmons
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
#FreeAya: Pressure building on Egypt to release George Mason University graduate
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Balance of Trauma - Gates and Crowley
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Gun Control in America Debated in Wake of Colorado Shootings
Crisis management system for Japan and China
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Cost of inaction will be great
Dialogue in the Midst of Conflict
Michael Shank discusses the American Worker Mobility Act
Economic, political structures in US stolen from ordinary people
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Al Jazeera International Interviews ICAR Professor Susan Allen Nan
Go After Super Pollutants
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Santorum leaves Romney, Obama to contest the White House
Woman Who Sued To Reverse Combat Ban Was 'Stunned, Then Ecstatic'
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Super Tuesday - Fox and the Hedgehog
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
Obama, Romney in the final home stretch
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Neoliberal Interventionism: American Adventures in Healthcare
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Fox News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
VOA Armenian Service Interview with SCAR Professor Susan Allen
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Health Care Debate- Obama's Address to Congress
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
How did Obama do in the final debate?
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Where’s the just enemy of the American empire when you need it? A Schmittean response to Robert D. Kaplan
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Somalia Tourism and America's Role in Mogadishu
Sandra Cheldelin on the Virginia Tech Review Panel Report
Peacebuilding in Community Colleges: A Conversation with David J. Smith, M.S., J.D.
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
A Different Approach to Russia, China, in terms of Syrian and Global Governance
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Syrian Refugees
A New Morning in America
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
America’s litmus test on Syria
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Michael Shank Discusses Terry Jones' Burning of the Qur'an
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Virginia Arrest Records Show Racial Disparities
The New American War Zone: US Main Streets
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
H.B. 1070: The Beginning of Genocide?
The National Action to Realize the Dream
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Obama's Call to Action
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
"Radical Rudderless Right" Solon Simmons on Everything is Broken with Jim Lynch
U.S. transitions to final phase of war in Iraq
Analysis of Egypt'S Political Changes
Scholar: U.S. Drone Use Has Contributed To Yemen's Instability
Solon Simmons discusses the Nevada Republican debate
Press Pause on the Rush to War
The challenge of violent extremism
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
US immigration: Will Obama win?
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
Economic Recovery Interview with Michael Shank
A new look at climate change
George Mason Student Tries to Change Perception About Muslims
Democrats Split 50-50 Heading Into Final Primaries
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Obama won Florida, final electoral vote tally shows
Syria Conflict Panel
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Race to Compete Against Obama
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Nader Campaigns with Americans Living in Canada
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
A Plea for Rejectionist Electioneering
Obama's Cabinet Picks
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
US Primaries After South Carolina: Analysis by Solon Simmons
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Post-debate poll shows Romney, Obama tied for support
The Militarization of America's Main Streets
Should Energy Go Local?
American Jews beginning to favor two-state solution
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
How to fix our police departments
U.S. Senate Passes Obama's Recovery Plan
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
Measuring the cost of violence
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
America's Role in the World
New Hampshire Primaries: Analysis by Solon Simmons
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
The three-ring circus of American politics
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
BookTV Reasons to Kill: Why Americans Choose War
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Obama won't be able to repeat his China climate change deal in India. Here's the next best thing.
Harsh US-EU Sanctions on Russia Damage Diplomatic Prospects
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Bringing Terrorism Suspects to Justice in the U.S
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
WATCH: Muslim, Jewish, Christian teens talk religion in film
What Are the Rules of War?
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
Dirty Energy Dollars
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Female Veterans: Military Sexual Trauma & Combat Roles
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Obama Captures Majority of Pledged Delegates
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Addressing divide between communities and police
A Catholic teenager comes under fire for fasting Ramadan
Somalia on the Brink
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
The Indoctrination Myth
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Religion som slagträ i den politiska maktkampen
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
Assessing Legitimate Rape Comments from Todd Akin - Part One
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
Bradley Manning, Collateral Murder, Truth, and Power
Joseph Montville on US Relations with Iran
How the Pentagon Brought War Home to America's Main Streets
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Romney, Gingrich squaring off in Florida primary
Climate crisis and the will to act
Hind Kabawat on Canada's Role to the Syria Refugee Crisis
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Pres. Obama- Commentary
GOP, follow Stevens' example
Democratic Party looks like America
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Prof. Gopin: Actions that Accompany Negotiations
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Coming to America: MRAPs, Drones, Grenades & Assault Weapons
الولايات المتحدة: هل يهزم الإعلام ترامب؟ الجزء الثاني
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
Americans have had enough conflict
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Obama, Legacy of MLK and Douglass
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
Chris Christie endorses Trump for U.S. president
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
'Unusual not to announce an order to evacuate'
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
Options for Action in Syria
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
دیمانە لەگەڵ یەریڤان سەعید سەبارەت بە سەردانەکەی سەرۆک ترامپ بۆ ڕۆژهەڵاتی ناوەڕاست
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Jeremiah Wright Speaks Out on Race in America
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
Challenges Await Kerry As He Joins Israel-Gaza Peacemaking Efforts, Says Expert
Family seeks release of U.S. citizen in Egypt
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Matters of the Mind: Youth Resilience
US Jews Favor Two-State Solution
'Yemen Model' Fails With ISIS; Turks-Kurds' Unusual Kobani Alliance
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Obama's speech to 200k Germans in Berlin
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Mitt and Jesus: On Theological Controversies in U.S. Politics
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
Bipartisan Legislation Introduced in Congress to Demilitarize America
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
Obama's First 100 Days in the White House
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
How to save the American Dream
Reasons to Kill: A Conversation with Richard E. Rubenstein
New Language Needed in US- Russian Relations
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Terrorism and Development
A Russian/American Nuclear Treaty: Global Implications
Fearful America: How Militarized Police Are Failing to Protect & Serve
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
Meat Alert
Introducing the Obamas at the Convention
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Is America turning into a failed state?
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Gun Bans Aren't the Only Answer to America's Violence Problem
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Viral Videos of Remaz Abdelgader's question to Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
Syria and the Need for Peaceful Conflict Resolution
The Jena Six and Root Causes
Obama's Notre Dame Address
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Politics of Gun Control, Part 2: NRA, Congress and America's Social Capital
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
No Indictment: Missouri's Militarization Escalates Ferguson Violence
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Mosque Controversy
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
Detroit On The Brink
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Once More unto the Heights: Race, Class and Conflict in America
Decay + DC
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Edwards Boosts Obama Campaign
Shank and Feldman on gun control
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Highlights from Day 2 of the DNC
Tea Party Queen -- Solon Simmons Discusses Michelle Bachmann's Bid for Presidency
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
The White House's War-Centric Foreign Policy
Feckless on Foreign Policy
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
America: Land of Tolerance
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Dirt on Our Hands
The Lesson of the Bad Cop in Two Party Democracies
Richard Rubenstein - Understanding "Islamophobia"
Senate Homeland Security Hearing on Militarization of US Police
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Implications of potential strike on Iran by Israel
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Bush's Farewell Address
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Effects of a Potential Government Shut-down: Analysis by Solon Simmons
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor

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