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Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
S-CAR Class Inspires Landmark Lawsuit
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Why China’s New Rich Want to Emigrate
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Measuring the cost of violence
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Gun Bans Aren't the Only Answer to America's Violence Problem
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
Post Eurozone crisis, how to increase a country's resilience to risk
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Embracing Healthier Communities Through Clean Energy
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
We gain more than we lose in the Iran nuclear deal [Commentary]
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
The challenge of violent extremism
Transforming a Nation
GOP, follow Stevens' example
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Doing away with food deserts in the District
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Catching Kony
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Women-in-Combat Plaintiff to Present Keynote at Gender and Conflict Center Reception
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
What Are the Rules of War?
Chomsky Takes on the World (Bank)
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Meat Alert
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
America's Water Supply Is Going Down the Drain
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Our moral obligations in Somalia
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
Crashing in America
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
An alternative to the World Bank and IMF
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
Detroit On The Brink
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Somalia Needs a War on Poverty
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry
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
The costly errors of America's wars
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Interview: Zheng Wang
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Press Pause on the Rush to War
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
Stop Treating America Like a War Zone: Congress must stop the militarization of America's police forces
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
The three-ring circus of American politics
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Conflict and the Consequences of Isolation: A Comparative Study
Working for world peace here at home
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Needed: Social Engineering?
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Go After Super Pollutants
The only way forward on Syria
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Crisis management system for Japan and China
When soldiers commit murder
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Fuel for extremism is beyond Bin Laden, EMU prof says
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
Democratic Party looks like America
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Women in Combat
Cyprus – the drama unfolds
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Somalia on the Brink
America’s litmus test on Syria
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
التدخل الروسي أوقف انهيار النظام السوري مؤقتاً
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Saudi rejects foreign interference in Iraq, blames ‘sectarian’ Maliki | Reuters
Nigeria: A Network That Reconnects North With Sardauna's Biographer John Paden
Boarding the Train for a Trip into the Past
Afghan Security Forces Pass First Test, But Questions Remain
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
Invest in the Afghan people not foreign contractors
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Germany Tells NATO, Russia To Dialogue Before Things Get 'Completely Out Of Control'
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
America's police are looking more and more like the military
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Defense Department in Somalia
Bringing Eritrea In From The Cold
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Roads: Getting Them Done
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
A new look at climate change
The Indoctrination Myth
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
A Callous Disregard for the Law
A Budget for Working America
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Stop atrocities before they start
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
How to save the American Dream
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
A col.’s view of commander’s authority
Bible Texts Misused in Rumsfeld Reports, Religious Leaders Say
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
Is America turning into a failed state?
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Climate crisis and the will to act
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
Coup-Speak Speaking
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
We Lead Developed World in Poverty and Inequality
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Americans have had enough conflict
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Dumping Military Kit on Cops Makes Main Street a War Zone
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
Higher education leans left. But why? And so what?
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
Terrorism and Development
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
Instead of Gray’s Raise D.C., Michelle Rhee’s book: Let’s take a truly radical approach to school reform
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
In the Army, sex discrimination begins at West Point
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
U.S. Soldiers in Somalia and the Pentagon's Unlearned Lessons
How a glacier could thaw dangerous India and Pakistan freeze
Japan’s Remilitarization, Beating Ploughshares into Swords
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
On “The Mystery of Capital”
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Syria Conflict Panel
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
The U.S. Afghanistan Strategy Is Failing and It's Time to Pull Out
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Options for Action in Syria
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
Addressing divide between communities and police
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
Divide and conquer negotiations
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
How to fix our police departments
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Peace Economics and Occupy Wall Street
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
America cannot afford such inequality
UN Small Arms Conference: Evaluation and Prospects
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
Dirty Energy Dollars
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Review: Free Burma
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Cost of inaction will be great
Dirt on Our Hands
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
The Next Step for Myanmar
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana

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