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Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Meat Alert
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
A peace dividend we should all want
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Have We Become Hopelessly Divided?
IRP leader speaks in Washington, unsure of party goals and wary of Tajikistan’s future
A Budget for Working America
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
The three-ring circus of American politics
Sarajevo: Memories of war
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Does China Have a Foreign Policy?
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
America's lawmakers in Libyan quagmire
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Why Rep. Hunter Is Very Wrong About Nuking Iran
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
Questions must be about gun safety
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; Resolving Conflicts in the Caucasus
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Addressing divide between communities and police
Ukraine: An Overview of the Crimean Question at the 63rd Anniversary of the Crimean Tartar Deportation
Needed: Social Engineering?
Options for Action in Syria
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Shank: White House, Congress Choosing Wrong Path on Iran
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
Crimean Tatar Mejlis Elects New Chairperson as Mustafa Cemilev Steps Down
A Local First approach to early warning and response
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Highland Community College Board Candidates Weigh District's Financial, Enrollment Woes
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
America cannot afford such inequality
Tatar Muslims afraid of Exile in case of Crimean Division
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
US must vote in favour or abstain
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Russian Consul General to Crimea Resigns Following Offensive Comments About Crimean Tatar Deportation
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Donald Trump’s bigotry has inspired U.S. Muslim voters like no candidate before
Myanmar Vote Plan Clouds New US Dialogue
Crimean Tatars's Pain is Renewed- Kırım Tatarları'nın acıları tazelendi
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Liberia’s Path from Anarchy to Elections
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Cyprus: An EU Presidency occupied by Candidate Turkey
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Germany Tells NATO, Russia To Dialogue Before Things Get 'Completely Out Of Control'
Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Ukraine crisis underscores need for renewables push
The only way forward on Syria
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Horizon that is always receding
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Realising peace potential of constitution
Democratic Party looks like America
How to fix our police departments
China’s Foreign Policy Debates
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Trump is ‘deprived of all knowledge’ about public schools
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
China and Japan engage neocortices
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Post Eurozone crisis, how to increase a country's resilience to risk
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Motives of suicide terrorists
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
The American Elections: Prospects for a New US Foreign Policy
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
An OSCE reconciliation strategy for Cyprus?
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
Future of Crimean Tartar Muslims Hangs in the Balance
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Portrait of Stalin Sparks Brawl at WWII Ceremony in Crimea
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
An online occupation
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
Using Peace 'Means' to Achieve Peaceful 'Ends'
Opinion: Why Trump’s foreign policy won’t make America great again
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
How to save the American Dream
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
Marginalizing Muslims in Switzerland
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
Politics Unusual
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Do We Need Dictatorship?
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Coup-Speak Speaking
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Crimean Tatars Support EuroMaidan Protests in Kyiv
OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
ما هو الإرث السياسي لمحمود عباس؟
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Time for the peace vote?
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
Working Abroad a Big Help on the Hill
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Time to stop coddling Iran
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Palestine’s new PM and his prospects for success
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Presidents must come together on East Asia
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Conflict Resolution, One Book at a Time
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
Dirt on Our Hands
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
My Turkish Airport
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
Busting the Biofuels Boom
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
The Indoctrination Myth
Dirty Energy Dollars
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Is America turning into a failed state?
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
Book Review: Professors and their Politics
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Crimean Tatars Fear for Their Safety After Crimea’s Annexation to Russia
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis: The way to respond to Russia is not with Cold War rhetoric
Drones weaken USA's moral might: Opposing view
How Trump Gives Negotiation a Bad Name
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Death to America in Yemen? No.
Elections are good, right? Well, not always
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
"With friends like these..." on Romney's comments about Israeli and Palestinian culture
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
Interview: Zheng Wang
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
The case for compulsory voting
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Donald Trump's Immigration Plan Would Ban One-Third of the World From the U.S.
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Transforming a Nation
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
A New (Old) Narrative for the Left
Gridlock is death for deliberation
How Germans Go Green
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
Human Rights of Crimean Tatars Discussed in European Parliament
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
The Tale of Two Cities: Kyiv and Simferopol
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
We Lead Developed World in Poverty and Inequality
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
GOP, follow Stevens' example
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
Universities More Moderate than Believed
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Lecture by Susan Hirsch at San Anton Palace
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
The Chinese Dream From Mao to Xi
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
65 years after 'catastrophe,' Palestinians have little to cheer about
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
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
Orange Revolution in Ukraine: Inspiration of Disillusionment?
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
The Difference Between Protest America 1968 And 2017
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
For Economic Growth, Repeal Drug Laws and Rehabilitate Ex-Cons
The Speech that Time Forgot
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
Don't forget Malaysia
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
Crimea Muslims Fear Separation, Exile
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
62nd Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportation “Protest Meeting” in Simferopol, Crimea Went By Peacefully
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Detroit On The Brink
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
A New United Nations of Human Rights Countries
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats

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