The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Doctoral Student Goes to Hollywood to Teach Peace Techniques
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution Becomes a School
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
How Women’s Rights Are Linked to U.S.-Iran Negotiations
The Lonely Man of Peace
Making Nonviolent Statecraft into a Self-Evident Truth
Tragedy & Triumph
New Grad ‘Ecstatic’ with Peace Corps Posting to Mozambique
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Visiting professor analyzes conflict
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Donald Trump’s bigotry has inspired U.S. Muslim voters like no candidate before
EU as model for peace
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
Marginalizing Muslims in Switzerland
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
Universities More Moderate than Believed
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
Hope for Peace May Be Encouraged by Enemies in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
How to Solve Your Conflicts, and Get FED at the Same Time
Arab Gulf States Wary of Iran’s Role in the Battle for Mosul
Tourism of Destruction, Tourism of Construction: Two Trips to the Holy Land
Oil Is At The Heart Of The Ukraine Crisis
Have We Become Hopelessly Divided?
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Germany Tells NATO, Russia To Dialogue Before Things Get 'Completely Out Of Control'
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
US Lawmaker Urges Egypt to Release Dual Citizen
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict
Bullies, Jerks and Weasels
A New (Old) Narrative for the Left
Collateral damage by drones dirties the hands of our nation
Turkey’s Kurdish Peace Process – Analysis - Part 3
How a monk-turned-street artist sees New York City’s homeless
Don't forget Malaysia
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Feminist Scholar Cynthia Enloe Delivers Keynote Address at Gender and Conflict Conference
Cure Police Violence As If It Were a Disease
Indian Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Hopes to Teach Peace to the Taliban
Peaceful Dispute Resolution Ideas
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
Democratic Party looks like America
Transforming a Nation
A Peacebuilding Approach to Teaching About Extremism
Producing solutions by appreciating the interconnections
OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
The Conflict that Became Mine
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
Boots on the Ground, Not Unmanned Robots in the Sky
Faith-Based Diplomacy
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
This Week in Poverty: 'A Place at the Table' and 'American Winter'
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
For Economic Growth, Repeal Drug Laws and Rehabilitate Ex-Cons
Is the OSCE relevant to Cyprus? Or is Cyprus irrelevant to the OSCE?
Americans have had enough conflict
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
With Income Inequality Comes Violence
Crimean Tatars Support EuroMaidan Protests in Kyiv
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
Richard Solomon Proved Sport Matters through the ‘Ping-Pong’ Diplomacy, and George Mason University is Poised to Tell Us How
Taliban Prisoner Releases Are High-Risk, Low-Reward
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
Invest in the Afghan people not foreign contractors
Faculty Spotlight on Innovation: Susan Hirsch & Agnieszka Paczynska
The Difference Between Protest America 1968 And 2017
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Lecture by Susan Hirsch at San Anton Palace
Reflections of a Catholic American on bin Laden’s death
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
Beyond Jewish Blessings and Curses There is Absolute Love
Unclenched Fists
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Use US soft power to free the Ashraf Seven
A.T. Ariyaratne: Leading Sri Lanka's Largest Civil Society Movement for 50 Years
In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison
Boycotting Muslim 'Savages' Ad on DC Metro in Protest of Hate Speech
Alumnus Helps Special-Needs Students Transition to Higher Ed, Work
Riyadh Conference: What Makes It Different?
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Busting the Biofuels Boom
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
The U.S. Afghanistan Strategy Is Failing and It's Time to Pull Out
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
"With friends like these..." on Romney's comments about Israeli and Palestinian culture
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
Creating Resilient Communities
Hunger strike highlights forgotten tragedy of Palestinian prisoners
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
America cannot afford such inequality
Stop atrocities before they start
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
Should Palestinians Accept Israel as a Jewish State?
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
သုတေတီတစ်ဦး၏ နာဂဒေသနှင့်လူမျိုးများအကြောင်း [Research about the future of local and indigenous people]
Post Eurozone crisis, how to increase a country's resilience to risk
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
Advocates for Egypt’s street children face unjust imprisonment
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Libya’s GNA and the Future of Public Discourse
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
At summer camp, Syrian child refugees recall a lost homeland
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
State Department Should Speak Out For Aya Hijazi, US Human Rights Defender In Egypt Prison
Coup-Speak Speaking
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
A Multifaceted Crisis
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
Resolved to Keep Faith
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Meet Nousha Kabawat and her unstoppable drive to help Syria’s displaced children thrive
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
I Was a Palestinian Stone-thrower. Here's Why I Stopped
Conflict Resolution Educators Converge on Mason for Annual Conference
Could a Nuclear Iran Bring About More Stability, Rather Than Less?
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Ten lessons from Myanmar's peace process
Motives of suicide terrorists
A Local First approach to early warning and response
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Syria, Lebanon, and the Middle East: Enabling a War-to-Peace Transition
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
Elections in Tajikistan Have Implications for U.S. Policy in Afghanistan
Myanmar Vote Plan Clouds New US Dialogue
Rwandan refugee works for peace and justice
Imagining Peace: The Practical Advantages for Muslims, Jews and Christians of Peace for Palestine and Israel
Peacebuilding: the new generation
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
Interview with CNN: Ancient blueprint for Middle East peace touring U.S.
Hutu Diaspora Narrative: Identity in Conflict, Conflict of Identity
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
The case for compulsory voting
The Tale of Two Cities: Kyiv and Simferopol
A Discussion with Marc Gopin, Director, Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
Afghans Failing Security Test In Badakhshan
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
The Coming Rise of Afghan Militias
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
Stimson Center Names Five Nonresident Fellows
Point of View opens—A place for conflict conversation, transformation
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
Professor Utilizes Real World Experience in Conflict Resolution Studies
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Sisters know a good road trip when they see one
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
Cultural Educator: Aziz Abu Sarah
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Politics Unusual
Moving Beyond Hope: The IOC and Team Refugee
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Crisis management system for Japan and China
People to People Contact
Optimism at last for American jailed in Egypt, her family
National Geographic Offering Israel Tour: National Geographic Expedition is offering 12-day tours of the Holy Land, complete with hotels and museums
An Extreme Sport: Middle East Peacebuilding
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
Our moral obligations in Somalia
In new class, students get lessons in karate kicks, world peace, diplomacy
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
An Alternative for Afghan Peace Talks
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
Myanmar's negotiator expresses belief in China's willingness to help in peace process
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Achieving the mission: A conversation with UPEACE Vice Rector Amr Abdalla
Promoting Peace and Conflict Awareness In Small Town America: Independence, Kansas
Dr. Jeremy Rinker- UNCG Campus Weekly
Israel's New Left Goes Online
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; Resolving Conflicts in the Caucasus
Arts and Peacebuilding
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Paul Ryan's path to economic peril
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
Doing Due Diligence on Diplomacy With Damascus
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
Morocco: An Emerging Model For Muslim-Jewish Relations – OpEd
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
Trust in Maliki harms U.S. credibility
Wanted: Middle East Statesmen
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
Settlement of Karabakh conflict ruled out as long as ‘mutual concessions’ perceived as loss
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis: The way to respond to Russia is not with Cold War rhetoric
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
An OSCE reconciliation strategy for Cyprus?
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
When studying abroad in a conflict zone, safety is key
Columbia Prof Uses Math To Create World Peace
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
Filmmaker’s ‘Will to Communicate’ Breaks through Community’s Silence
A Westside Story: Through the Eyes of a Sandtown Child!
Rights groups renew request for release of defendants in the Belady Foundation case and urge compliance with legal standards for pretrial detention
No end in sight for conflict between our two angels
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Could ‘Insight Policing’ have saved Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and others?
Trump is ‘deprived of all knowledge’ about public schools
Israeli, Palestinian join forces to offer tours with two viewpoints
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
What the Middle East can learn from Southeast Asia
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
When soldiers commit murder
Interview: Zheng Wang
Letter to the Editor from Dennis Sandole Published in The Economist
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
Egypt: Revolution or bust
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
The Coaching Revolution in the Federal Government
Syria's Next Generation
6th Annual Graduate Education Symposium in Peace and Conflict Resolution Meets at George Mason University
The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
Students Practice Citizen Diplomacy in Syria
Colombia's Inminent Peace Agreement: A Brief Analysis of What the Agreement is, What is Next and What is Missing
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
A Conflict Resolution Scholar Explains How to Resolve Conflicts in the Quiet Car
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
The World Discovers Afghanistan’s Peaceful Clerics
The Next Step for Myanmar
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Inside the Beltway: Pillars of liberty
Crimean Tatar Mejlis Elects New Chairperson as Mustafa Cemilev Steps Down
Q & A With Kevin Avruch, Ph.D.
BHU holds seminar on peacebuilding
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Options for Action in Syria
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
Fulbright Scholars Offer Tips to Win the Prize
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
A New Heroism in Israel and Palestine
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Interreligious Intercultural Dialogue Institutionalized - Deja Vu All Over Again
Breakdown in Yemen
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
Ötekilerden ‘Ötekilere’ (From Others to ‘Others’)
Explorer’s Analysis: Inside Key Issues of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
A New United Nations of Human Rights Countries
GMU Student Burns Pagoda For Senior Art Project
Why Obama should pardon Snowden: Column
How a glacier could thaw dangerous India and Pakistan freeze
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
The Art of Appeasement, Part I Unraveling a Patchwork of Improvised Disaster
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Israel Inside/Out: Perspectives And Prisms
Turning Training into Action: Mason Students Analyze a Conflict in Brazil
Working for world peace here at home
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
Somalia on the Brink
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
Religions meet at VST
Science of unintended consequences
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Aziz Abu Sarah – Ending the Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
The Politics of Bongo Flava
Mason professors offer insights in aftermath of Paris tragedy
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Direct Analytical Approach to Peacebuilding
Rodef Shalom to host panel on Palestinian perspectives
In Afghanistan, end the fighting and stop the meddling
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
From Israel to Mason: Conflict scholars present a peace proposal at the UN
Mason Professors, Graduates Take Active Role in Latin American Conflicts
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
DOS UNIVERSIDADES AMERICANAS Ibarretxe trae a Euskadi el Agirre Lehendakaria Center
Conflict as an opportunity
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
Afghan religious figures, diplomats come together in İstanbul
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
A Toast for Peace
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Ukraine crisis underscores need for renewables push
Israeli-Palestinian conflict - discussion with Marc Gopin: on economic peace & justice
Dumping Military Kit on Cops Makes Main Street a War Zone
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Senior Government Officials Participate at Workshop on Strategic Communication and Conflict Resolution
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
What Are the Rules of War?
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
10 Ways Conflict is Like Sex
U.S. Couple Held In Egyptian Prison For 1 Year Over Unfounded Child Abuse
Shank: White House, Congress Choosing Wrong Path on Iran
Mason S-CAR Dean’s Book Awarded Top Prize by International Conflict Organization
Presidents must come together on East Asia
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
The Noxious Origins of NYC Gentrification: Cooking Gas
Congratulations to the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at GMU: The IMTD and ICAR partnership continues
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
A New Model for American Foreign Policy
Art Student Set to Send ‘Transformative’ Project Up in Flames on Mason Pond
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
'Tribunal' Opens Hearings Into Mass Killings in Indonesia

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