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Police Militarization Must Be Halted
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Boarding the Train for a Trip into the Past
How to Solve Your Conflicts, and Get FED at the Same Time
The Mother of Badly Timed Arms Sales
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The Harm in Hashtags
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Massachusetts and Genocide
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U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
Netanyahu’s address to Congress is a recipe for disaster, not peace
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Book Review: Professors and their Politics
The Lonely Man of Peace
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China’s Foreign Policy Debates
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
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Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
Are Direct Negotiations Good or Bad for the Palestinians?
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
Civility: The Way We Drive
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U.S. Drones Mobilize Pakistani Nonviolent Movement
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Interview: Zheng Wang
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
Mason Center Works Toward a Peaceful Future
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Moving Beyond Hope: The IOC and Team Refugee
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Conflict Resolution, One Book at a Time
Coup-Speak Speaking
Affirmative Action for Somalia
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Awakening to Women: The Nobel Effect
From Israel to Mason: Conflict scholars present a peace proposal at the UN
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
The Politics of Bongo Flava
Opinion: Why Trump’s foreign policy won’t make America great again
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
China and Japan engage neocortices
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Meet Nousha Kabawat and her unstoppable drive to help Syria’s displaced children thrive
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Point of View opens—A place for conflict conversation, transformation
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
How Germans Go Green
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Future of Crimean Tartar Muslims Hangs in the Balance
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Humanitarian Missiles Are Superior to Cruise Missiles
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
Saudi rejects foreign interference in Iraq, blames ‘sectarian’ Maliki | Reuters
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
Today, I join Khader Adnan’s hunger strike – will you?
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Dirty Energy Dollars
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Unclenched Fists
Bible Texts Misused in Rumsfeld Reports, Religious Leaders Say
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
Ineffective tightening of sanctions on Iran
Cultural Educator: Aziz Abu Sarah
Promoting Peace and Conflict Awareness In Small Town America: Independence, Kansas
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Muslim Women Find Empowerment Through Competitive Sports
Tragedy & Triumph
Next Steps in Syria
4th Annual Symposium on the State of Graduate Education in Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University, May 19-20, 2014
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Equality in action: A conversation at the checkpoint
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
Stop atrocities before they start
Iraq’s Islamic divisions intensify
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The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
Monk-Turned-Street Artist Paints the Homeless to Teach New Yorkers Compassion
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
A Local First approach to early warning and response
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
IRP leader speaks in Washington, unsure of party goals and wary of Tajikistan’s future
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
Fuel for extremism is beyond Bin Laden, EMU prof says
"With friends like these..." on Romney's comments about Israeli and Palestinian culture
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
Why Obama should pardon Snowden: Column
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Faith-Based Diplomacy
Invest in the Afghan people not foreign contractors
How U.S. Ambassadors Influence China (But Not Americans)
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
America cannot afford such inequality
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
On “The Mystery of Capital”
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
EMU Professor Urges Shift in Iraqi, Afghan Strategy
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Syria Conflict Panel
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Crimean Tatars's Pain is Renewed- Kırım Tatarları'nın acıları tazelendi
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
The Next Step for Myanmar
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
Egypt: Revolution or bust
Taliban Prisoner Releases Are High-Risk, Low-Reward
UN Small Arms Conference: Evaluation and Prospects
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Syria, Lebanon, and the Middle East: Enabling a War-to-Peace Transition
Should Palestinians Accept Israel as a Jewish State?
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Peace Parsha: Hayyei Sarah - Love and Care across Boundaries
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
A Caution Against Framing Syria as an Assad-Opposition Dichotomy
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
Israel's New Left Goes Online
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
Russian Consul General to Crimea Resigns Following Offensive Comments About Crimean Tatar Deportation
Go After Super Pollutants
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
The effect of 100 years of amnesia on the Turkish population
People to People Contact
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
GOP, follow Stevens' example
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Time for the peace vote?
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
Religion and Power Moving Forward into the Twenty-First Century
Ötekilerden ‘Ötekilere’ (From Others to ‘Others’)
The Conflict that Became Mine
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
A New Heroism in Israel and Palestine
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Transforming a Nation
Robert C. Koehler: Healthy conflict creates resilient communities
Working Abroad a Big Help on the Hill
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Turkmenistan cautiously opens to the world
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
Liberia’s Path from Anarchy to Elections
Interview with CNN: Ancient blueprint for Middle East peace touring U.S.
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
The Speech that Time Forgot
Review: Free Burma
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Former Middle East 'Foes' to Speak on Building Peace
Democratic Party looks like America
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
التدخل الروسي أوقف انهيار النظام السوري مؤقتاً
Don't Talk, Do Something! Palestinian/Israeli Unilateralism as Legitimate Negotiations
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
Meat Alert
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
The Coming Rise of Afghan Militias
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Donald Trump's Immigration Plan Would Ban One-Third of the World From the U.S.
How to fix our police departments
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Collaboration with China is preferable to containment
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
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