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Defense Department in Somalia
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Afghan-U.S. relations damaged by shooting: analyst
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
Rituals of Gendered Violence: School Girl Kidnappings in Nigeria
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Mason professors offer insights in aftermath of Paris tragedy
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Afghan religious figures, diplomats come together in İstanbul
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Taliban Prisoner Releases Are High-Risk, Low-Reward
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
Our Understanding of Terrorism is being Undermined
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
Elections in Tajikistan Have Implications for U.S. Policy in Afghanistan
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
Affirmative Action for Somalia
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Time to stop coddling Iran
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
Fuel for extremism is beyond Bin Laden, EMU prof says
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
Conflict and the Consequences of Isolation: A Comparative Study
My Turkish Airport
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Motives of suicide terrorists
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
The U.S. Afghanistan Strategy Is Failing and It's Time to Pull Out
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Peaceful Dispute Resolution Ideas
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
A camp for young people touched by terror
Female suicide bombers; Misguided media; Karadzic at the Hague
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
The costly errors of America's wars
U.S. Soldiers in Somalia and the Pentagon's Unlearned Lessons
Conflict as an opportunity
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
In the Army, sex discrimination begins at West Point
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Japan’s Remilitarization, Beating Ploughshares into Swords
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
When soldiers commit murder
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Afghans Failing Security Test In Badakhshan
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
Women in Combat
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Equality in action: A conversation at the checkpoint
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
S-CAR Class Inspires Landmark Lawsuit
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
The Coming Rise of Afghan Militias
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
America cannot afford such inequality
I Was a Palestinian Stone-thrower. Here's Why I Stopped
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
Gulf Nations Can Provide Jobs, Which Is Crucial to Syrian Refugees
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
Stop Treating America Like a War Zone: Congress must stop the militarization of America's police forces
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
A Silver Lining to the Film and Riots Tragedy: Freedom, Diversity, and the New Competition for Arab Public Space
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Reflections of a Catholic American on bin Laden’s death
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Coup-Speak Speaking
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
The only way forward on Syria
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
An Alternative for Afghan Peace Talks
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Women-in-Combat Plaintiff to Present Keynote at Gender and Conflict Center Reception
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
When studying abroad in a conflict zone, safety is key
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
How to fix our police departments
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
A col.’s view of commander’s authority
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
Boarding the Train for a Trip into the Past
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
We gain more than we lose in the Iran nuclear deal [Commentary]
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
Saudi rejects foreign interference in Iraq, blames ‘sectarian’ Maliki | Reuters
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
Working for world peace here at home
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Bringing Eritrea In From The Cold
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
BHU holds seminar on peacebuilding
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
A Peacebuilding Approach to Teaching About Extremism
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
Divide and conquer negotiations
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Afghan Security Forces Pass First Test, But Questions Remain
Dirty Energy Dollars
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
Vietnam and Great Power Rivalries
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
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
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
The Next Step for Myanmar
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Death to America in Yemen? No.
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
EMU Professor Urges Shift in Iraqi, Afghan Strategy
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
UN Small Arms Conference: Evaluation and Prospects
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
America's lawmakers in Libyan quagmire
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Invest in the Afghan people not foreign contractors
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Fulbright Scholars Offer Tips to Win the Prize
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Catching Kony
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
The Harm in Hashtags
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Tragedy & Triumph
Palestinian Child Attackers Are Victims, Not Terrorists
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Faith dialogue focus on social media sites
التدخل الروسي أوقف انهيار النظام السوري مؤقتاً
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Nigeria: A Network That Reconnects North With Sardauna's Biographer John Paden
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Bible Texts Misused in Rumsfeld Reports, Religious Leaders Say
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Women’s Exclusion Worsens Somali Crises
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Germany Tells NATO, Russia To Dialogue Before Things Get 'Completely Out Of Control'
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
Don't forget Malaysia
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Dumping Military Kit on Cops Makes Main Street a War Zone
How a glacier could thaw dangerous India and Pakistan freeze
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
Climate change denial — the dangerous lie
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
Ten lessons from Myanmar's peace process
Realising peace potential of constitution
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
Politics Unusual
Morocco: An Emerging Model For Muslim-Jewish Relations – OpEd
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis: The way to respond to Russia is not with Cold War rhetoric
Terrorism and Development
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
America's police are looking more and more like the military
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Syria's Next Generation
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
What the Middle East can learn from Southeast Asia
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest

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