The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
I Was a Palestinian Stone-thrower. Here's Why I Stopped
A Silver Lining to the Film and Riots Tragedy: Freedom, Diversity, and the New Competition for Arab Public Space
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
Horizon that is always receding
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Why water is key to Syria conflict
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
Crimean Tatars Support EuroMaidan Protests in Kyiv
How a glacier could thaw dangerous India and Pakistan freeze
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Could ‘Insight Policing’ have saved Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and others?
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Crimea Muslims Fear Separation, Exile
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Divide and conquer negotiations
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Next Steps in Syria
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Vision Series: Sandra Cheldelin to Discuss Women and Conflict
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
Feckless on Foreign Policy
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
Halep'in geleceği ve Türkiye'nin güvenliği
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Producing solutions by appreciating the interconnections
Confronting genocide in Myanmar: The urgent need to prevent and protect
Crimean Tatars Fear for Their Safety After Crimea’s Annexation to Russia
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
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
How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis: The way to respond to Russia is not with Cold War rhetoric
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
Cure Police Violence As If It Were a Disease
Human Rights of Crimean Tatars Discussed in European Parliament
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Dirt on Our Hands
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Questions must be about gun safety
Syria's Next Generation
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
The Tale of Two Cities: Kyiv and Simferopol
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
The World Does Not Need a Jewish Ann Coulter: An Open Letter To Ben Shapiro.
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Sarajevo: Memories of war
Stop atrocities before they start
America cannot afford such inequality
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Crimean Tatars's Pain is Renewed- Kırım Tatarları'nın acıları tazelendi
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
UN Small Arms Conference: Evaluation and Prospects
Palestinian Child Attackers Are Victims, Not Terrorists
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
Afghan Security Forces Pass First Test, But Questions Remain
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Hutu Diaspora Narrative: Identity in Conflict, Conflict of Identity
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
Options for Action in Syria
Motives of suicide terrorists
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
Seeking Opportunities for Intervention: One woman’s efforts to positively influence inner-city youth: Interview with Mary Wade
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Rwanda: Opening the door to dialogue (Claudine Kuradusenge)
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Meet Nousha Kabawat and her unstoppable drive to help Syria’s displaced children thrive
Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
Measuring the cost of violence
A Peacebuilding Travel Log
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
Somalia Needs a War on Poverty
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Colombia's Inminent Peace Agreement: A Brief Analysis of What the Agreement is, What is Next and What is Missing
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
Ukraine: An Overview of the Crimean Question at the 63rd Anniversary of the Crimean Tartar Deportation
Boarding the Train for a Trip into the Past
Crimean Tatar Mejlis Elects New Chairperson as Mustafa Cemilev Steps Down
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
Tatar Muslims afraid of Exile in case of Crimean Division
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
Riyadh Conference: What Makes It Different?
Russian Consul General to Crimea Resigns Following Offensive Comments About Crimean Tatar Deportation
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Women’s Exclusion Worsens Somali Crises
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Catching Kony
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
Germany Tells NATO, Russia To Dialogue Before Things Get 'Completely Out Of Control'
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
Orange Revolution in Ukraine: Inspiration of Disillusionment?
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Cyprus: An EU Presidency occupied by Candidate Turkey
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
62nd Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportation “Protest Meeting” in Simferopol, Crimea Went By Peacefully
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
Arts and Peacebuilding
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Breakdown in Yemen
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Tragedy & Triumph
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Ukraine crisis underscores need for renewables push
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
The Search for the ‘Why’ of Fort Hood
Addressing divide between communities and police
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
Unclenched Fists
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
Saudi rejects foreign interference in Iraq, blames ‘sectarian’ Maliki | Reuters
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
An OSCE reconciliation strategy for Cyprus?
My Turkish Airport
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Terrorism and Development
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
Religion and Power Moving Forward into the Twenty-First Century
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
How to fix our police departments
Graduate students spend spring break with Syrian refugees
In Afghanistan, end the fighting and stop the meddling
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Post Eurozone crisis, how to increase a country's resilience to risk
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Future of Crimean Tartar Muslims Hangs in the Balance
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Afghan-U.S. relations damaged by shooting: analyst
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Working for world peace here at home
Portrait of Stalin Sparks Brawl at WWII Ceremony in Crimea
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
A camp for young people touched by terror
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Charleston Shootings: The Intersection Of Race And Gender
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
A peace dividend we should all want

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