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Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
China’s Foreign Policy Debates
Tourism of Destruction, Tourism of Construction: Two Trips to the Holy Land
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Hezbollah’s Triumph
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
Don't Talk, Do Something! Palestinian/Israeli Unilateralism as Legitimate Negotiations
The only way forward on Syria
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Stitching together the torn fabric of church and society
62nd Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportation “Protest Meeting” in Simferopol, Crimea Went By Peacefully
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Should Palestinians Accept Israel as a Jewish State?
Fulbright Scholars Offer Tips to Win the Prize
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
Crimea Muslims Fear Separation, Exile
Shank: White House, Congress Choosing Wrong Path on Iran
Palestinian Child Attackers Are Victims, Not Terrorists
People to People Contact
A Cultural Awakening Leads to Abundance of Conflict Resolution Opportunities
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
Palestine’s new PM and his prospects for success
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
Needed: Social Engineering?
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
Equality in action: A conversation at the checkpoint
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Boarding the Train for a Trip into the Past
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
Columbia Prof Uses Math To Create World Peace
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Does the U.S. have a moral imperative in Syria?
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
The Conflict that Became Mine
Why is ISIS destroying Iraq's historical heritage?
Donald Trump's Immigration Plan Would Ban One-Third of the World From the U.S.
Faith dialogue focus on social media sites
Do We Need Dictatorship?
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Lecture by Susan Hirsch at San Anton Palace
Seeking Opportunities for Intervention: One woman’s efforts to positively influence inner-city youth: Interview with Mary Wade
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
Washington’s rapprochement with Syria is welcomed but not enough
Behind the Headlines: Israeli Arab's Water Project May Aid Regional Cooperation
The challenge of violent extremism
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
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Netanyahu’s address to Congress is a recipe for disaster, not peace
Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
Stuart High School Students Use Traditional Karate to Help With Conflict Resolution
My Turkish Airport
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
Crimean Tatars Fear for Their Safety After Crimea’s Annexation to Russia
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Are Direct Negotiations Good or Bad for the Palestinians?
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
GOP, follow Stevens' example
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
For Economic Growth, Repeal Drug Laws and Rehabilitate Ex-Cons
Liberia’s Path from Anarchy to Elections
Is America turning into a failed state?
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Religion and Power Moving Forward into the Twenty-First Century
The Speech that Time Forgot
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
Cyprus: An EU Presidency occupied by Candidate Turkey
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
What the Middle East can learn from Southeast Asia
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
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
4th Annual Symposium on the State of Graduate Education in Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University, May 19-20, 2014
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
A Strike Against Israel
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
How to Solve Your Conflicts, and Get FED at the Same Time
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
Chomsky Takes on the World (Bank)
Sick talk: The danger of blaming migrants for Israel’s ills
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
Could ‘Insight Policing’ have saved Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and others?
Gulf Nations Can Provide Jobs, Which Is Crucial to Syrian Refugees
First Person: Five Things I Learned in Syrian Refugee Camps
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Portrait of Stalin Sparks Brawl at WWII Ceremony in Crimea
Terrorism and Development
State Department Should Speak Out For Aya Hijazi, US Human Rights Defender In Egypt Prison
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
National Geographic Offering Israel Tour: National Geographic Expedition is offering 12-day tours of the Holy Land, complete with hotels and museums
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
Motives of suicide terrorists
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Candidates should address cost of violence in primary states
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Instead of Gray’s Raise D.C., Michelle Rhee’s book: Let’s take a truly radical approach to school reform
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
Review: Free Burma
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
Options for Action in Syria
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
How to fix our police departments
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
Ineffective tightening of sanctions on Iran
Explosion of the Sacred
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
Time for the peace vote?
Filmmaker’s ‘Will to Communicate’ Breaks through Community’s Silence
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
Creating Resilient Communities
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
How Trump Gives Negotiation a Bad Name
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Achieving the mission: A conversation with UPEACE Vice Rector Amr Abdalla
Death to America in Yemen? No.
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
UN Small Arms Conference: Evaluation and Prospects
Working for world peace here at home
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
Rubenstein, Faculty Member of the Year, took time to find his calling
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
Cost of inaction will be great
GMU Student Burns Pagoda For Senior Art Project
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Crashing in America
Yemen: Expert says 'regulated escalation' expected Friday
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Aziz Abu Sarah – Ending the Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
Myanmar Vote Plan Clouds New US Dialogue
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
US must vote in favour or abstain
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
Questions must be about gun safety
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
America cannot afford such inequality
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Conference on Activist H. Thurman Held on ‘9/11’ Anniversary
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
A Caution Against Framing Syria as an Assad-Opposition Dichotomy
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; Resolving Conflicts in the Caucasus
The World Does Not Need a Jewish Ann Coulter: An Open Letter To Ben Shapiro.
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
The Coming Rise of Afghan Militias
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Honoring National Service in War and Peace
Horizon that is always receding
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
The Next Step for Myanmar
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
Lieberman and the Peace Process
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Book Review: Professors and their Politics
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
Egypt: Revolution or bust
We gain more than we lose in the Iran nuclear deal [Commentary]
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
Wanted: Middle East Statesmen
Charleston Shootings: The Intersection Of Race And Gender
Busting the Biofuels Boom
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Crimean Tatars's Pain is Renewed- Kırım Tatarları'nın acıları tazelendi
Invest in the Afghan people not foreign contractors
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
The Art of Appeasement, Part I Unraveling a Patchwork of Improvised Disaster
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
Why water is key to Syria conflict
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
Boycotting Muslim 'Savages' Ad on DC Metro in Protest of Hate Speech
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
A new look at climate change
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Senior Government Officials Participate at Workshop on Strategic Communication and Conflict Resolution
Dr. Jeremy Rinker- UNCG Campus Weekly
The costly errors of America's wars
Focus on Al Qaeda in Yemen magnifies chronic instability
USIP Awards Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowships and Peace Scholarships for 2015-2016
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Have We Become Hopelessly Divided?
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
Syria's Next Generation
Addressing divide between communities and police
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
Roads: Getting Them Done
Democratic Party looks like America
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Wallace Warfield, George Mason professor and conflict resolution expert, dies
Women in Combat
Measuring the cost of violence
A New United Nations of Human Rights Countries
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
Elections are good, right? Well, not always
Ötekilerden ‘Ötekilere’ (From Others to ‘Others’)
Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
At summer camp, Syrian child refugees recall a lost homeland
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
Nonviolent resistance key to Middle East breakthrough
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Awakening to Women: The Nobel Effect
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Riyadh Conference: What Makes It Different?
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
The American Elections: Prospects for a New US Foreign Policy
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Adjunct Faculty Demand Change
Interreligious Intercultural Dialogue Institutionalized - Deja Vu All Over Again
Dirty Energy Dollars
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
Resolved to Keep Faith
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Lieberman and the Peace Process
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
Point of View opens—A place for conflict conversation, transformation
How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis: The way to respond to Russia is not with Cold War rhetoric
IAA Chief Attends Workshop
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Former Middle East 'Foes' to Speak on Building Peace
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Lessons from South Asia for an Arab Spring
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Conflict Management Fieldwork in Jordan Yields Surprises, Insights
Entitled to Protection, Palestinians Should Join the ICC, Now
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Iraq’s Islamic divisions intensify
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Trump is ‘deprived of all knowledge’ about public schools
Clash of Dreams: Becoming a ‘Normal Country’ in East Asia
CMEP conference: Middle East peace process needs new paradigm
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Israeli-Palestinian conflict - discussion with Marc Gopin: on economic peace & justice
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Drones weaken USA's moral might: Opposing view
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Rights groups renew request for release of defendants in the Belady Foundation case and urge compliance with legal standards for pretrial detention
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
Israel Inside/Out: Perspectives And Prisms
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
Halep'in geleceği ve Türkiye'nin güvenliği
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
Crisis management system for Japan and China
Israel's New Left Goes Online
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
A Local First approach to early warning and response
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
China and Japan engage neocortices
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
Stop atrocities before they start
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Palestinian Organization Wins 1st Place in Intercultural Innovation Award
Civility: The Way We Drive
A Silver Lining to the Film and Riots Tragedy: Freedom, Diversity, and the New Competition for Arab Public Space
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Interview: Zheng Wang
Seeing Both Sides of the Holy Land
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
A Westside Story: Through the Eyes of a Sandtown Child!
Confronting genocide in Myanmar: The urgent need to prevent and protect
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Humanitarian Missiles Are Superior to Cruise Missiles
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
Does China Have a Foreign Policy?
Reflections on Transformative Education: Toward Peace Learning Systems
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
The Politics of Bongo Flava
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
How a monk-turned-street artist sees New York City’s homeless
Imagining Peace: The Practical Advantages for Muslims, Jews and Christians of Peace for Palestine and Israel
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
A peace dividend we should all want
Massachusetts and Genocide
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
Graduate students spend spring break with Syrian refugees
Reflections of a Catholic American on bin Laden’s death
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
Students Practice Citizen Diplomacy in Syria
Cultural Educator: Aziz Abu Sarah
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Promoting Peace and Conflict Awareness In Small Town America: Independence, Kansas
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
Monk-Turned-Street Artist Paints the Homeless to Teach New Yorkers Compassion
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
We Lead Developed World in Poverty and Inequality
The effect of 100 years of amnesia on the Turkish population
Arab Gulf States Wary of Iran’s Role in the Battle for Mosul
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
Go After Super Pollutants
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Don't forget Malaysia
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
Tehran looks ready to tango
Conflict as an opportunity
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
The Chinese Dream From Mao to Xi
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Elvis Costello Snubs Israel
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
What Egypt Can Learn from the “Swine Flu” Scare
Doing Due Diligence on Diplomacy With Damascus
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Rituals of Gendered Violence: School Girl Kidnappings in Nigeria
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Today, I join Khader Adnan’s hunger strike – will you?
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
A Toast for Peace
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Our moral obligations in Somalia
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
How to save the American Dream
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
New Norm on Human Rights Emerging in Bolivia
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
Syria Conflict Panel
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
65 years after 'catastrophe,' Palestinians have little to cheer about
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
A camp for young people touched by terror
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
National Geographic Expeditions ‘Holy Land’ Partner Scores Top UN Award
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Discussion with Marc Gopin: Part 1 on Economic Peace & Justice
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
A New (Old) Narrative for the Left
Nigeria: A Network That Reconnects North With Sardauna's Biographer John Paden
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
Heavy metal music unites Jews and Muslims across the Middle East
'Tribunal' Opens Hearings Into Mass Killings in Indonesia
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Advocates for Egypt’s street children face unjust imprisonment
Obama: fine words and a touch of game theory
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
On “The Mystery of Capital”
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
An online occupation
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
Jerusalem’s potential to bring Jews and Muslims together
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
The World Discovers Afghanistan’s Peaceful Clerics
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
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The Lonely Man of Peace
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Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
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Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
America's lawmakers in Libyan quagmire
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Faith-Based Diplomacy
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The Difference Between Protest America 1968 And 2017
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Universities More Moderate than Believed
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