The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Busting the Biofuels Boom
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
A Budget for Working America
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What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Don't forget Malaysia
How to fix our police departments
The Indoctrination Myth
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
A Callous Disregard for the Law
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Promoting peace, locally and globally
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Civility: The Way We Drive
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
Gun Bans Aren't the Only Answer to America's Violence Problem
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
The costly errors of America's wars
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Terrorism and Development
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Motives of suicide terrorists
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
America's police are looking more and more like the military
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
Mason Professors, Graduates Take Active Role in Latin American Conflicts
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Crashing in America
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
Crisis management system for Japan and China
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
Doing away with food deserts in the District
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
The challenge of violent extremism
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
The Noxious Origins of NYC Gentrification: Cooking Gas
How Germans Go Green
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
Our moral obligations in Somalia
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
Go After Super Pollutants
Reflections of a Catholic American on bin Laden’s death
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
Afghan-U.S. relations damaged by shooting: analyst
America’s litmus test on Syria
Climate crisis and the will to act
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Meat Alert
GOP, follow Stevens' example
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
A Peacebuilding Approach to Teaching About Extremism
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
Divide and conquer negotiations
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
Indian Point: Past Its Expiration Date
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
A new look at climate change
Options for Action in Syria
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Democratic Party looks like America
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
A camp for young people touched by terror
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
Why I'm Going to Yemen
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Hurricane Joaquin: Another Word for Climate Change
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
Working for world peace here at home
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
Time to stop coddling Iran
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
How to save the American Dream
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Higher education leans left. But why? And so what?
The three-ring circus of American politics
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Because National Governments Won't, Cities Are Pushing Zero-Energy Buildings
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Syria Conflict Panel
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Women in Combat
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Embracing Healthier Communities Through Clean Energy
Shank and Powell: Climate Change Fight Includes Private Sector
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
Somalia on the Brink
Addressing divide between communities and police
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Dirty Energy Dollars
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
When soldiers commit murder
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
Americans have had enough conflict
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Our Understanding of Terrorism is being Undermined
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Collaboration with China is preferable to containment
Proof Nuclear Energy Is a Huge Security Risk
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Climate change denial — the dangerous lie
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
Palestinian Child Attackers Are Victims, Not Terrorists
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Dirt on Our Hands
Female suicide bombers; Misguided media; Karadzic at the Hague
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Peace – practical, not fanciful
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
My Turkish Airport
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Is America turning into a failed state?
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Measuring the cost of violence
Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Press Pause on the Rush to War
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
Behind the Headlines: Israeli Arab's Water Project May Aid Regional Cooperation
How Peer Pressure Brought Australia on Board Climate Fund
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Roads: Getting Them Done
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Final Frontier on Carbon Emissions: Food
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Detroit On The Brink
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
Cyclone Pam Is Just the Start
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
Mason professors offer insights in aftermath of Paris tragedy
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
What Are the Rules of War?
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
The Harm in Hashtags
Cost of inaction will be great
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat

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