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Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Time to stop coddling Iran
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
ما هو الإرث السياسي لمحمود عباس؟
Universities More Moderate than Believed
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Addressing divide between communities and police
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
The Speech that Time Forgot
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Palestine’s new PM and his prospects for success
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
Using Peace 'Means' to Achieve Peaceful 'Ends'
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
Shank: White House, Congress Choosing Wrong Path on Iran
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Crimean Tatars's Pain is Renewed- Kırım Tatarları'nın acıları tazelendi
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
The Indoctrination Myth
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
USIP Awards Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowships and Peace Scholarships for 2015-2016
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar
Opinion: Why Trump’s foreign policy won’t make America great again
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
Politics Unusual
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
Education in Tanzania: Losing the Future
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
Drones weaken USA's moral might: Opposing view
Defense Department in Somalia
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis: The way to respond to Russia is not with Cold War rhetoric
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
The case for compulsory voting
How Trump Gives Negotiation a Bad Name
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; Resolving Conflicts in the Caucasus
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Does China Have a Foreign Policy?
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Have We Become Hopelessly Divided?
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
Bringing Eritrea In From The Cold
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
We Lead Developed World in Poverty and Inequality
Needed: Social Engineering?
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
GOP, follow Stevens' example
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Dirty Energy Dollars
Trump is ‘deprived of all knowledge’ about public schools
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
The three-ring circus of American politics
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Do We Need Dictatorship?
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
America cannot afford such inequality
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Orange Revolution in Ukraine: Inspiration of Disillusionment?
Book Review: Professors and their Politics
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
Myanmar Vote Plan Clouds New US Dialogue
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
65 years after 'catastrophe,' Palestinians have little to cheer about
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
Don't forget Malaysia
Death to America in Yemen? No.
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
Press Pause on the Rush to War
The Chinese Dream From Mao to Xi
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
Busting the Biofuels Boom
How to save the American Dream
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Catching Kony
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
A New United Nations of Human Rights Countries
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Motives of suicide terrorists
How Germans Go Green
It's the Arab spring for dictators
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
An Interview with Dr. Tetsushi Ogata
A peace dividend we should all want
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Explosion of the Sacred
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
IRP leader speaks in Washington, unsure of party goals and wary of Tajikistan’s future
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
U.S. Soldiers in Somalia and the Pentagon's Unlearned Lessons
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Meat Alert
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
America's lawmakers in Libyan quagmire
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Rwanda: Opening the door to dialogue (Claudine Kuradusenge)
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Questions must be about gun safety
Yemen: Ripe for a solution?
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Coup-Speak Speaking
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
Peace Movement Has Become Powerless, Says MK Yuli Tamir
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
China and Japan engage neocortices
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
Realising peace potential of constitution
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Detroit On The Brink
Presidents must come together on East Asia
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Is America turning into a failed state?
For Economic Growth, Repeal Drug Laws and Rehabilitate Ex-Cons
US must vote in favour or abstain
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Roads: Getting Them Done
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
Interview: Zheng Wang
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Russian Consul General to Crimea Resigns Following Offensive Comments About Crimean Tatar Deportation
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Liberia’s Path from Anarchy to Elections
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
Options for Action in Syria
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
My Turkish Airport
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Marginalizing Muslims in Switzerland
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Our moral obligations in Somalia
Women’s Exclusion Worsens Somali Crises
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
New Grad ‘Ecstatic’ with Peace Corps Posting to Mozambique
Human Rights of Crimean Tatars Discussed in European Parliament
Elections are good, right? Well, not always
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Bartoli & Shirch featured in the Echo Press: Commentary - A perspective on peace for the season
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Civility: The Way We Drive
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
The only way forward on Syria
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Horizon that is always receding
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
The Politics of Bongo Flava
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Democratic Party looks like America
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
Highland Community College Board Candidates Weigh District's Financial, Enrollment Woes
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
A Budget for Working America
Donald Trump's Immigration Plan Would Ban One-Third of the World From the U.S.
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Conflict Resolution, One Book at a Time
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
A New (Old) Narrative for the Left
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
Lecture by Susan Hirsch at San Anton Palace
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
China’s Foreign Policy Debates
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
Gridlock is death for deliberation
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
A Grassroots Visit Belies Washington's View of Afghanistan
An online occupation
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
A Local First approach to early warning and response
Crimea Muslims Fear Separation, Exile
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
The American Elections: Prospects for a New US Foreign Policy
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
The Difference Between Protest America 1968 And 2017
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
Donald Trump’s bigotry has inspired U.S. Muslim voters like no candidate before
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
On “The Mystery of Capital”
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
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Portrait of Stalin Sparks Brawl at WWII Ceremony in Crimea
Somalia Needs a War on Poverty
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Why Rep. Hunter Is Very Wrong About Nuking Iran
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
How to fix our police departments
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
"With friends like these..." on Romney's comments about Israeli and Palestinian culture
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Somalia on the Brink
Affirmative Action for Somalia
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Time for the peace vote?
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
Working Abroad a Big Help on the Hill
Transforming a Nation
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
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