The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

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

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