The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

The Harm in Hashtags
An Extreme Sport: Middle East Peacebuilding
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
An alternative to the World Bank and IMF
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
A Discussion with Marc Gopin, Director, Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
Hutu Diaspora Narrative: Identity in Conflict, Conflict of Identity
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
Women in Combat
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
GMU Student Burns Pagoda For Senior Art Project
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
First Person: Five Things I Learned in Syrian Refugee Camps
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Richard Solomon Proved Sport Matters through the ‘Ping-Pong’ Diplomacy, and George Mason University is Poised to Tell Us How
The Politics of Bongo Flava
Heavy metal music unites Jews and Muslims across the Middle East
Muslim Women Find Empowerment Through Competitive Sports
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Women-in-Combat Plaintiff to Present Keynote at Gender and Conflict Center Reception
Dr. Jeremy Rinker- UNCG Campus Weekly
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
UN Small Arms Conference: Evaluation and Prospects
Iraq’s Islamic divisions intensify
A camp for young people touched by terror
Doing away with food deserts in the District
Palestinian Child Attackers Are Victims, Not Terrorists
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Women’s Exclusion Worsens Somali Crises
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
Today, I join Khader Adnan’s hunger strike – will you?
Charleston Shootings: The Intersection Of Race And Gender
4th Annual Symposium on the State of Graduate Education in Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University, May 19-20, 2014
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
Religion and Power Moving Forward into the Twenty-First Century
Imagining Peace: The Practical Advantages for Muslims, Jews and Christians of Peace for Palestine and Israel
Promoting Peace and Conflict Awareness In Small Town America: Independence, Kansas
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Use US soft power to free the Ashraf Seven
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
A shared experience moulds Indian and US students
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
A Cultural Awakening Leads to Abundance of Conflict Resolution Opportunities
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
How Women’s Rights Are Linked to U.S.-Iran Negotiations
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Civility: The Way We Drive
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Female suicide bombers; Misguided media; Karadzic at the Hague
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
A Callous Disregard for the Law
Monk-Turned-Street Artist Paints the Homeless to Teach New Yorkers Compassion
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Advocates for Egypt’s street children face unjust imprisonment
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Go After Super Pollutants
U.S. Couple Held In Egyptian Prison For 1 Year Over Unfounded Child Abuse
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
In new class, students get lessons in karate kicks, world peace, diplomacy
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
Creating Resilient Communities
Catching Kony
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Embracing Healthier Communities Through Clean Energy
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Moving Beyond Hope: The IOC and Team Refugee
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Reflections on Transformative Education: Toward Peace Learning Systems
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
Equality in action: A conversation at the checkpoint
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Nigeria: A Network That Reconnects North With Sardauna's Biographer John Paden
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Universities More Moderate than Believed
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
A New United Nations of Human Rights Countries
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
Working for world peace here at home
Yemen needs action, not just talk
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
Syria’s Christian conundrum
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
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
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Ötekilerden ‘Ötekilere’ (From Others to ‘Others’)
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Crimean Tatars Support EuroMaidan Protests in Kyiv
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
US Lawmaker Urges Egypt to Release Dual Citizen
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
62nd Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportation “Protest Meeting” in Simferopol, Crimea Went By Peacefully
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
Affirmative Action for Somalia
Crashing in America
A Strike Against Israel
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Alumnus Helps Special-Needs Students Transition to Higher Ed, Work
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
Aziz Abu Sarah – Ending the Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
Stuart High School Students Use Traditional Karate to Help With Conflict Resolution
Creating dialogues that make a difference
Mason S-CAR Dean’s Book Awarded Top Prize by International Conflict Organization
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
A Westside Story: Through the Eyes of a Sandtown Child!
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
New Norm on Human Rights Emerging in Bolivia
Conflict as an opportunity
Confronting genocide in Myanmar: The urgent need to prevent and protect
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
Vision Series: Sandra Cheldelin to Discuss Women and Conflict
Unclenched Fists
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Transforming a Nation
Boycotting Muslim 'Savages' Ad on DC Metro in Protest of Hate Speech
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
A New Model for American Foreign Policy
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
The World Does Not Need a Jewish Ann Coulter: An Open Letter To Ben Shapiro.
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Rwanda: Opening the door to dialogue (Claudine Kuradusenge)
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
USIP Awards Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowships and Peace Scholarships for 2015-2016
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
Why is ISIS destroying Iraq's historical heritage?
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
National Geographic Expeditions ‘Holy Land’ Partner Scores Top UN Award
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Rituals of Gendered Violence: School Girl Kidnappings in Nigeria
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Meet Nousha Kabawat and her unstoppable drive to help Syria’s displaced children thrive
Instead of Gray’s Raise D.C., Michelle Rhee’s book: Let’s take a truly radical approach to school reform
Final Frontier on Carbon Emissions: Food
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
Stitching together the torn fabric of church and society
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
The challenge of violent extremism
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
A col.’s view of commander’s authority
Filmmaker’s ‘Will to Communicate’ Breaks through Community’s Silence
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
The Next Step for Myanmar
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
The effect of 100 years of amnesia on the Turkish population
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
Do We Need Dictatorship?
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
What Egypt Can Learn from the “Swine Flu” Scare
Peace Parsha: Hayyei Sarah - Love and Care across Boundaries
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
The Tale of Two Cities: Kyiv and Simferopol
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
State Department Should Speak Out For Aya Hijazi, US Human Rights Defender In Egypt Prison
In the Army, sex discrimination begins at West Point
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Egypt: Revolution or bust
How to fix our police departments
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
Graduate students spend spring break with Syrian refugees
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
History Education in the South Caucasus
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
The Libyan Revolution at Two
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
Seeking Opportunities for Intervention: One woman’s efforts to positively influence inner-city youth: Interview with Mary Wade
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
For Mason Conflict Professor, Unrest in Ukraine Is Personal
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
Time for the peace vote?
10 Ways Conflict is Like Sex
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
Politics Unusual
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
Honoring National Service in War and Peace
National Geographic Offering Israel Tour: National Geographic Expedition is offering 12-day tours of the Holy Land, complete with hotels and museums
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Beyond Jewish Blessings and Curses There is Absolute Love
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
Trust in Maliki harms U.S. credibility
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
S-CAR Class Inspires Landmark Lawsuit
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
Detroit On The Brink
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Don't forget Malaysia
Feminist Scholar Cynthia Enloe Delivers Keynote Address at Gender and Conflict Conference
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
Robert C. Koehler: Healthy conflict creates resilient communities
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Karina V. Korostelina's "Political Insults"
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
DC Public Schools: How to keep kids out of class, not in
'Tribunal' Opens Hearings Into Mass Killings in Indonesia
Producing solutions by appreciating the interconnections
Syria's Next Generation
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Divide and conquer negotiations
Fulbright Scholars Offer Tips to Win the Prize
A Peacebuilding Travel Log
The Meaning of Freedom
Addressing divide between communities and police
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
Making Nonviolent Statecraft into a Self-Evident Truth
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Meat Alert
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
From Israel to Mason: Conflict scholars present a peace proposal at the UN
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Awakening to Women: The Nobel Effect
Art Student Set to Send ‘Transformative’ Project Up in Flames on Mason Pond
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
Education in Tanzania: Losing the Future
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
A picture of hope and courage
Conference on Activist H. Thurman Held on ‘9/11’ Anniversary
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Crimean Tatar Mejlis Elects New Chairperson as Mustafa Cemilev Steps Down
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Rubenstein, Faculty Member of the Year, took time to find his calling
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Rights groups renew request for release of defendants in the Belady Foundation case and urge compliance with legal standards for pretrial detention
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
The Difference Between Protest America 1968 And 2017
Why China’s New Rich Want to Emigrate
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
A Caution Against Framing Syria as an Assad-Opposition Dichotomy
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Nonviolent resistance key to Middle East breakthrough
How sustainability should shape the American diet
Tragedy & Triumph
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Will Republicans suggest an economic cure in Nevada?
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants

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