The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
EMU Professor Urges Shift in Iraqi, Afghan Strategy
When studying abroad in a conflict zone, safety is key
Rituals of Gendered Violence: School Girl Kidnappings in Nigeria
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
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
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Collaboration with China is preferable to containment
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
The World Does Not Need a Jewish Ann Coulter: An Open Letter To Ben Shapiro.
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
Indian Point: Past Its Expiration Date
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Behind the Headlines: Israeli Arab's Water Project May Aid Regional Cooperation
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
A Strike Against Israel
US Lawmaker Urges Egypt to Release Dual Citizen
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Final Frontier on Carbon Emissions: Food
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Civility: The Way We Drive
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Awakening to Women: The Nobel Effect
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
How Germans Go Green
Gulf Nations Can Provide Jobs, Which Is Crucial to Syrian Refugees
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis: The way to respond to Russia is not with Cold War rhetoric
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
Honoring National Service in War and Peace
Dirty Energy Dollars
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
Richard Solomon Proved Sport Matters through the ‘Ping-Pong’ Diplomacy, and George Mason University is Poised to Tell Us How
Egypt: Revolution or bust
Because National Governments Won't, Cities Are Pushing Zero-Energy Buildings
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Europe’s Migration Crisis: Causes and Cures
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Mason Professors, Graduates Take Active Role in Latin American Conflicts
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
Climate change denial — the dangerous lie
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
Conference on Activist H. Thurman Held on ‘9/11’ Anniversary
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
Embracing Healthier Communities Through Clean Energy
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Yemen needs action, not just talk
My Turkish Airport
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Meat Alert
Doing away with food deserts in the District
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
Don't forget Malaysia
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
Rubenstein, Faculty Member of the Year, took time to find his calling
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
Proof Nuclear Energy Is a Huge Security Risk
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Death to America in Yemen? No.
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
I Was a Palestinian Stone-thrower. Here's Why I Stopped
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
A Westside Story: Through the Eyes of a Sandtown Child!
The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire
State Department Should Speak Out For Aya Hijazi, US Human Rights Defender In Egypt Prison
Conflict as an opportunity
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Transforming a Nation
Unclenched Fists
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Detroit On The Brink
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
How to fix our police departments
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Tragedy & Triumph
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
The Meaning of Freedom
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Promoting Peace and Conflict Awareness In Small Town America: Independence, Kansas
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
Climate crisis and the will to act
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
A New Model for American Foreign Policy
We can only hope that the cerebral will get the better of the visceral
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Equality in action: A conversation at the checkpoint
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
The Noxious Origins of NYC Gentrification: Cooking Gas
Do We Need Dictatorship?
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
A Cultural Awakening Leads to Abundance of Conflict Resolution Opportunities
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
Nonviolent resistance key to Middle East breakthrough
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
Vietnam and Great Power Rivalries
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Advocates for Egypt’s street children face unjust imprisonment
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
Fulbright Scholars Offer Tips to Win the Prize
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Syria's Next Generation
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
Search – Côte d’Ivoire wins the Prize of Excellency
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Rights groups renew request for release of defendants in the Belady Foundation case and urge compliance with legal standards for pretrial detention
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
Making Nonviolent Statecraft into a Self-Evident Truth
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
Politics Unusual
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Afghans Failing Security Test In Badakhshan
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Cyclone Pam Is Just the Start
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
Aziz Abu Sarah – Ending the Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Shank and Powell: Climate Change Fight Includes Private Sector
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Today, I join Khader Adnan’s hunger strike – will you?
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Roads: Getting Them Done
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
The only way forward on Syria
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
Go After Super Pollutants
A picture of hope and courage
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
Terrorism and Development
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
62nd Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportation “Protest Meeting” in Simferopol, Crimea Went By Peacefully
Crashing in America
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
How Peer Pressure Brought Australia on Board Climate Fund
Realising peace potential of constitution
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
When soldiers commit murder
U.S. Couple Held In Egyptian Prison For 1 Year Over Unfounded Child Abuse
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
Hurricane Joaquin: Another Word for Climate Change
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change

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