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Addressing divide between communities and police
US must vote in favour or abstain
The Tale of Two Cities: Kyiv and Simferopol
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Former Middle East 'Foes' to Speak on Building Peace
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
Rwandan refugee works for peace and justice
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Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Creating Resilient Communities
Ukraine: An Overview of the Crimean Question at the 63rd Anniversary of the Crimean Tartar Deportation
Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
A Peacebuilding Approach to Teaching About Extremism
A Toast for Peace
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Visiting professor analyzes conflict
How to Solve Your Conflicts, and Get FED at the Same Time
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
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The Next Step for Myanmar
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
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The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
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Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Vietnam and Great Power Rivalries
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
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Press Pause on the Rush to War
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Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Discussion with Marc Gopin: Part 1 on Economic Peace & Justice
A New (Old) Narrative for the Left
Detroit On The Brink
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Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Have We Become Hopelessly Divided?
Drones weaken USA's moral might: Opposing view
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
Professor Utilizes Real World Experience in Conflict Resolution Studies
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
Rituals of Gendered Violence: School Girl Kidnappings in Nigeria
Could a Nuclear Iran Bring About More Stability, Rather Than Less?
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
We gain more than we lose in the Iran nuclear deal [Commentary]
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
'Tribunal' Opens Hearings Into Mass Killings in Indonesia
Germany Tells NATO, Russia To Dialogue Before Things Get 'Completely Out Of Control'
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Iraq’s Islamic divisions intensify
China and Japan engage neocortices
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
The Chinese Dream From Mao to Xi
When diplomatic opportunities were dismissed
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
State Department Should Speak Out For Aya Hijazi, US Human Rights Defender In Egypt Prison
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
Transforming a Nation
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Death to America in Yemen? No.
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Imagining Peace: The Practical Advantages for Muslims, Jews and Christians of Peace for Palestine and Israel
Use US soft power to free the Ashraf Seven
Somalia on the Brink
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Reconciliation in Rwanda: Building Peace Through Dialogue
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
GMU Student Burns Pagoda For Senior Art Project
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
Oil Is At The Heart Of The Ukraine Crisis
Indian Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Hopes to Teach Peace to the Taliban
How a monk-turned-street artist sees New York City’s homeless
Myanmar Vote Plan Clouds New US Dialogue
Sisters know a good road trip when they see one
The World Does Not Need a Jewish Ann Coulter: An Open Letter To Ben Shapiro.
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Inside the Beltway: Pillars of liberty
Dumping Military Kit on Cops Makes Main Street a War Zone
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
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OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
Colombia's Inminent Peace Agreement: A Brief Analysis of What the Agreement is, What is Next and What is Missing
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Turkey’s Kurdish Peace Process – Analysis - Part 3
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Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
Don't forget Malaysia
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World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
Marginalizing Muslims in Switzerland
Presidents must come together on East Asia
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
Achieving the mission: A conversation with UPEACE Vice Rector Amr Abdalla
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Post Eurozone crisis, how to increase a country's resilience to risk
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
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Boots on the Ground, Not Unmanned Robots in the Sky
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
Settlement of Karabakh conflict ruled out as long as ‘mutual concessions’ perceived as loss
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
Collateral damage by drones dirties the hands of our nation
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
Book Review: Professors and their Politics
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Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution Becomes a School
Faculty Spotlight on Innovation: Susan Hirsch & Agnieszka Paczynska
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Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
Feckless on Foreign Policy
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Fulbright Scholars Offer Tips to Win the Prize
Cure Police Violence As If It Were a Disease
People to People Contact
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Doing Due Diligence on Diplomacy With Damascus
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After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Divide and conquer negotiations
A Caution Against Framing Syria as an Assad-Opposition Dichotomy
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
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Feminist Scholar Cynthia Enloe Delivers Keynote Address at Gender and Conflict Conference
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
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Rwanda: Opening the door to dialogue (Claudine Kuradusenge)
No end in sight for conflict between our two angels
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
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65 years after 'catastrophe,' Palestinians have little to cheer about
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The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
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How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
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I Was a Palestinian Stone-thrower. Here's Why I Stopped
Beyond Jewish Blessings and Curses There is Absolute Love
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
6th Annual Graduate Education Symposium in Peace and Conflict Resolution Meets at George Mason University
America's lawmakers in Libyan quagmire
Why China’s New Rich Want to Emigrate
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Lecture by Susan Hirsch at San Anton Palace
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
A picture of hope and courage
A camp for young people touched by terror
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
Do We Need Dictatorship?
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
Using Peace 'Means' to Achieve Peaceful 'Ends'
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Mason Professors, Graduates Take Active Role in Latin American Conflicts
Why Rep. Hunter Is Very Wrong About Nuking Iran
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Working Abroad a Big Help on the Hill
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
Women’s Exclusion Worsens Somali Crises
Catching Kony
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Conflict Resolution, One Book at a Time
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Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
Crimean Tatar Mejlis Elects New Chairperson as Mustafa Cemilev Steps Down
With Income Inequality Comes Violence
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
A Discussion with Marc Gopin, Director, Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Turning Training into Action: Mason Students Analyze a Conflict in Brazil
Israeli, Palestinian join forces to offer tours with two viewpoints
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Human Rights of Crimean Tatars Discussed in European Parliament
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
How Germans Go Green
Nonviolent resistance key to Middle East breakthrough
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
Syria’s Christian conundrum
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
New Norm on Human Rights Emerging in Bolivia
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
Gulf Nations Can Provide Jobs, Which Is Crucial to Syrian Refugees
Adjunct Faculty Demand Change
Today, I join Khader Adnan’s hunger strike – will you?
Karina V. Korostelina's "Political Insults"
National Geographic Offering Israel Tour: National Geographic Expedition is offering 12-day tours of the Holy Land, complete with hotels and museums
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Terrorism and Development
Donald Trump’s bigotry has inspired U.S. Muslim voters like no candidate before
62nd Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportation “Protest Meeting” in Simferopol, Crimea Went By Peacefully
The three-ring circus of American politics
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Breakdown in Yemen
Morocco: An Emerging Model For Muslim-Jewish Relations – OpEd
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Horizon that is always receding
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
Letter to the Editor from Dennis Sandole Published in The Economist
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
Advocates for Egypt’s street children face unjust imprisonment
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
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
National Geographic Expeditions ‘Holy Land’ Partner Scores Top UN Award
Doctoral Student Goes to Hollywood to Teach Peace Techniques
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
In new class, students get lessons in karate kicks, world peace, diplomacy
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
Tehran looks ready to tango
A Westside Story: Through the Eyes of a Sandtown Child!
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
Columbia Prof Uses Math To Create World Peace
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Realising peace potential of constitution
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Rights groups renew request for release of defendants in the Belady Foundation case and urge compliance with legal standards for pretrial detention
A peace dividend we should all want
Needed: Social Engineering?
Paul Ryan's path to economic peril
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Syria, Lebanon, and the Middle East: Enabling a War-to-Peace Transition
Stitching together the torn fabric of church and society
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Honoring National Service in War and Peace
Netanyahu’s address to Congress is a recipe for disaster, not peace
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
Students Practice Citizen Diplomacy in Syria
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
Moving Beyond Hope: The IOC and Team Refugee
Awakening to Women: The Nobel Effect
S-CAR Class Inspires Landmark Lawsuit
Questions must be about gun safety
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
From Israel to Mason: Conflict scholars present a peace proposal at the UN
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
GOP, follow Stevens' example
The effect of 100 years of amnesia on the Turkish population
Dr. Jeremy Rinker- UNCG Campus Weekly
Mason Center Works Toward a Peaceful Future
Crimea Muslims Fear Separation, Exile
The Indoctrination Myth
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
The Difference Between Protest America 1968 And 2017
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Does China Have a Foreign Policy?
Meet Nousha Kabawat and her unstoppable drive to help Syria’s displaced children thrive
Point of View opens—A place for conflict conversation, transformation
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Conflict Resolution Teams Facilitate Arlington Community Conversations
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
Rubenstein, Faculty Member of the Year, took time to find his calling
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Elections are good, right? Well, not always
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Should Palestinians Accept Israel as a Jewish State?
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Interview with CNN: Ancient blueprint for Middle East peace touring U.S.
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
The Art of Appeasement, Part I Unraveling a Patchwork of Improvised Disaster
Americans have had enough conflict
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Arts and Peacebuilding
Arab Gulf States Wary of Iran’s Role in the Battle for Mosul
Israel's New Left Goes Online
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Boycotting Muslim 'Savages' Ad on DC Metro in Protest of Hate Speech
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
For Economic Growth, Repeal Drug Laws and Rehabilitate Ex-Cons
Motives of suicide terrorists
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
Boarding the Train for a Trip into the Past
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
My Turkish Airport
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
A Budget for Working America
Gridlock is death for deliberation
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Options for Action in Syria
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Russian Consul General to Crimea Resigns Following Offensive Comments About Crimean Tatar Deportation
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Palestine is nearly here, deal with it
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
Democratic Party looks like America
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
China’s Foreign Policy Debates
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Afghans Failing Security Test In Badakhshan
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Why Obama should pardon Snowden: Column
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
Education in Tanzania: Losing the Future
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Hope for Peace May Be Encouraged by Enemies in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
Busting the Biofuels Boom
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
Conference on Activist H. Thurman Held on ‘9/11’ Anniversary
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Unclenched Fists
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Congratulations to the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at GMU: The IMTD and ICAR partnership continues
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Science of unintended consequences
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
The Speech that Time Forgot
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Yemen needs action, not just talk
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
Hutu Diaspora Narrative: Identity in Conflict, Conflict of Identity
Libya’s GNA and the Future of Public Discourse
Q & A With Kevin Avruch, Ph.D.
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
A New Heroism in Israel and Palestine
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
Could ‘Insight Policing’ have saved Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and others?
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
A Strike Against Israel
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Israel Inside/Out: Perspectives And Prisms
The Coaching Revolution in the Federal Government
Highland Community College Board Candidates Weigh District's Financial, Enrollment Woes
Crashing in America
Egypt: Revolution or bust
Is America turning into a failed state?
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Trust in Maliki harms U.S. credibility
The only way forward on Syria
Meat Alert
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
EU as model for peace
Alumnus Helps Special-Needs Students Transition to Higher Ed, Work
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
At summer camp, Syrian child refugees recall a lost homeland
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Optimism at last for American jailed in Egypt, her family
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
10 Ways Conflict is Like Sex
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
Heavy metal music unites Jews and Muslims across the Middle East
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Stop atrocities before they start
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
U.S. Couple Held In Egyptian Prison For 1 Year Over Unfounded Child Abuse
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Why is ISIS destroying Iraq's historical heritage?
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
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