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Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
Crimean Tatars Fear for Their Safety After Crimea’s Annexation to Russia
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Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
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The Tale of Two Cities: Kyiv and Simferopol
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
သုတေတီတစ်ဦး၏ နာဂဒေသနှင့်လူမျိုးများအကြောင်း [Research about the future of local and indigenous people]
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The Coaching Revolution in the Federal Government
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Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
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9/11 Forever (and Ever)
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Boots on the Ground, Not Unmanned Robots in the Sky
A Discussion with Marc Gopin, Director, Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
Lingering Questions Surround Geneva III
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Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
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Political Discourse: A Family Affair
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Don't forget Malaysia
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Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
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Dirty Energy Dollars
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
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Crimean Tatars fear exile again
America's police are looking more and more like the military
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Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
Visiting professor analyzes conflict
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Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
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Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
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Conflict Resolution Educators Converge on Mason for Annual Conference
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Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
Bush's true legacy in Egypt
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
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Moving Beyond Hope: The IOC and Team Refugee
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Trust in Maliki harms U.S. credibility
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
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Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
The World Discovers Afghanistan’s Peaceful Clerics
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
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Tourism of Destruction, Tourism of Construction: Two Trips to the Holy Land
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Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
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Drones weaken USA's moral might: Opposing view
The Hill Features Michael Shank, ICAR Ph.D. Candidate
Turkey’s Kurdish Peace Process – Analysis - Part 3
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Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Israel Inside/Out: Perspectives And Prisms
Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
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How Germans Go Green
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Ethiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism
The Speech that Time Forgot
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Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
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Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
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ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
GMU Student Burns Pagoda For Senior Art Project
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Climate crisis and the will to act
Israeli-Palestinian conflict - discussion with Marc Gopin: on economic peace & justice
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Does China Have a Foreign Policy?
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Catching Kony
In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
Paul Ryan's path to economic peril
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
Go After Super Pollutants
Dumping Military Kit on Cops Makes Main Street a War Zone
How Trump Gives Negotiation a Bad Name
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
A Budget for Working America
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Drowning the Arab Spring in Gulf Oil
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
Interview with CNN: Ancient blueprint for Middle East peace touring U.S.
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
Book Review: Professors and their Politics
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
62nd Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportation “Protest Meeting” in Simferopol, Crimea Went By Peacefully
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
Fulbright Scholars Offer Tips to Win the Prize
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
US Lawmaker Urges Egypt to Release Dual Citizen
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
Transforming a Nation
Hunger strike highlights forgotten tragedy of Palestinian prisoners
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Feminist Scholar Cynthia Enloe Delivers Keynote Address at Gender and Conflict Conference
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Crashing in America
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Doing Due Diligence on Diplomacy With Damascus
A New Model for American Foreign Policy
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
At summer camp, Syrian child refugees recall a lost homeland
The Lonely Man of Peace
Taliban Prisoner Releases Are High-Risk, Low-Reward
Crimean Tatar Mejlis Elects New Chairperson as Mustafa Cemilev Steps Down
A peace dividend we should all want
Settlement of Karabakh conflict ruled out as long as ‘mutual concessions’ perceived as loss
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
65 years after 'catastrophe,' Palestinians have little to cheer about
Turning Training into Action: Mason Students Analyze a Conflict in Brazil
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Ötekilerden ‘Ötekilere’ (From Others to ‘Others’)
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; Resolving Conflicts in the Caucasus
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
Arts and Peacebuilding
Tatar Muslims afraid of Exile in case of Crimean Division
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Promoting Peace and Conflict Awareness In Small Town America: Independence, Kansas
Focus on Al Qaeda in Yemen magnifies chronic instability
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Counter-Revolutions and Evolutions: Lessons of Egypt and Iran
Q & A With Kevin Avruch, Ph.D.
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Afghans Failing Security Test In Badakhshan
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
A New (Old) Narrative for the Left
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Democratic Party looks like America
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
Mason Center Works Toward a Peaceful Future
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
A Local First approach to early warning and response
Wanted: Middle East Statesmen
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
Bullies, Jerks and Weasels
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
Aziz Abu Sarah – Ending the Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
New Grad ‘Ecstatic’ with Peace Corps Posting to Mozambique
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
Advocates for Egypt’s street children face unjust imprisonment
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
Interreligious Intercultural Dialogue Institutionalized - Deja Vu All Over Again
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Dirt on Our Hands
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
The case for compulsory voting
A new look at climate change
Producing solutions by appreciating the interconnections
Creating Resilient Communities
Sarajevo: Memories of war
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
A New United Nations of Human Rights Countries
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
Realising peace potential of constitution
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
How to save the American Dream
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
The Politics of Bongo Flava
Time for the peace vote?
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
In new class, students get lessons in karate kicks, world peace, diplomacy
Post Eurozone crisis, how to increase a country's resilience to risk
Women in Combat
Tragedy & Triumph
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
We Lead Developed World in Poverty and Inequality
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
Presidents must come together on East Asia
A Westside Story: Through the Eyes of a Sandtown Child!
IRP leader speaks in Washington, unsure of party goals and wary of Tajikistan’s future
Human Rights of Crimean Tatars Discussed in European Parliament
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
Donald Trump's Immigration Plan Would Ban One-Third of the World From the U.S.
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
A Callous Disregard for the Law
Cultural Educator: Aziz Abu Sarah
Faith-Based Diplomacy
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
Is the OSCE relevant to Cyprus? Or is Cyprus irrelevant to the OSCE?
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Death to America in Yemen? No.
No end in sight for conflict between our two angels
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Stop atrocities before they start
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Congratulations to the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at GMU: The IMTD and ICAR partnership continues
Religions meet at VST
Detroit On The Brink
Our moral obligations in Somalia
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Professor Utilizes Real World Experience in Conflict Resolution Studies
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
In Afghanistan, end the fighting and stop the meddling
Experts Say There Will Be No Contest in Ethiopia's Upcoming Vote
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
Science of unintended consequences
Optimism at last for American jailed in Egypt, her family
Art Student Set to Send ‘Transformative’ Project Up in Flames on Mason Pond
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Mason S-CAR Dean’s Book Awarded Top Prize by International Conflict Organization
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
Trump’s favorite dictator is jailing U.S. citizens
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Ukraine crisis underscores need for renewables push
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
The Next Step for Myanmar
A.T. Ariyaratne: Leading Sri Lanka's Largest Civil Society Movement for 50 Years
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Myanmar's negotiator expresses belief in China's willingness to help in peace process
A Conflict Resolution Scholar Explains How to Resolve Conflicts in the Quiet Car
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
Crisis management system for Japan and China
Egypt: Revolution or bust
Dr. Jeremy Rinker- UNCG Campus Weekly
Working for world peace here at home
Peacebuilding: the new generation
Filmmaker’s ‘Will to Communicate’ Breaks through Community’s Silence
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
China’s Foreign Policy Debates
Time to stop coddling Iran
State Department Should Speak Out For Aya Hijazi, US Human Rights Defender In Egypt Prison
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
Needed: Social Engineering?
Candidates should address cost of violence in primary states
From Israel to Mason: Conflict scholars present a peace proposal at the UN
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Cyprus: An EU Presidency occupied by Candidate Turkey
Interview: Zheng Wang
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
Opinion: Why Trump’s foreign policy won’t make America great again
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Beyond Jewish Blessings and Curses There is Absolute Love
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
Orange Revolution in Ukraine: Inspiration of Disillusionment?
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
Senior Government Officials Participate at Workshop on Strategic Communication and Conflict Resolution
Syria Conflict Panel
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
China and Japan engage neocortices
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