The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

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

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