The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Female suicide bombers; Misguided media; Karadzic at the Hague
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
A new look at climate change
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
Hurricane Joaquin: Another Word for Climate Change
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
How to save the American Dream
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
The three-ring circus of American politics
Measuring the cost of violence
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Behind the Headlines: Israeli Arab's Water Project May Aid Regional Cooperation
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Press Pause on the Rush to War
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Women in Combat
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Embracing Healthier Communities Through Clean Energy
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
Dirty Energy Dollars
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Crashing in America
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Palestinian Child Attackers Are Victims, Not Terrorists
Cost of inaction will be great
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Climate change denial — the dangerous lie
What Are the Rules of War?
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Don't forget Malaysia
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Dirt on Our Hands
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
The Noxious Origins of NYC Gentrification: Cooking Gas
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
The Indoctrination Myth
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Is America turning into a failed state?
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
A Callous Disregard for the Law
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Indian Point: Past Its Expiration Date
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
Gun Bans Aren't the Only Answer to America's Violence Problem
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
The costly errors of America's wars
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
How Peer Pressure Brought Australia on Board Climate Fund
Detroit On The Brink
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
A camp for young people touched by terror
Motives of suicide terrorists
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Roads: Getting Them Done
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Working for world peace here at home
Final Frontier on Carbon Emissions: Food
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
Mason Professors, Graduates Take Active Role in Latin American Conflicts
Cyclone Pam Is Just the Start
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
America's police are looking more and more like the military
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Because National Governments Won't, Cities Are Pushing Zero-Energy Buildings
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Doing away with food deserts in the District
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
Mason professors offer insights in aftermath of Paris tragedy
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
Reflections of a Catholic American on bin Laden’s death
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Our moral obligations in Somalia
The Harm in Hashtags
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
GOP, follow Stevens' example
Addressing divide between communities and police
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
A Budget for Working America
Afghan-U.S. relations damaged by shooting: analyst
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
Climate crisis and the will to act
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
How to fix our police departments
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Divide and conquer negotiations
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
Options for Action in Syria
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: dead end – part 1
Democratic Party looks like America
Proof Nuclear Energy Is a Huge Security Risk
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
Time to stop coddling Iran
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Promoting peace, locally and globally
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
Civility: The Way We Drive
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
My Turkish Airport
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Terrorism and Development
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
Higher education leans left. But why? And so what?
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Syria Conflict Panel
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
Shank and Powell: Climate Change Fight Includes Private Sector
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Crisis management system for Japan and China
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
How Germans Go Green
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
The challenge of violent extremism
Somalia on the Brink
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
Go After Super Pollutants
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
When soldiers commit murder
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
A Peacebuilding Approach to Teaching About Extremism
Our Understanding of Terrorism is being Undermined
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
Collaboration with China is preferable to containment
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
America’s litmus test on Syria
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Meat Alert
Americans have had enough conflict
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process – framework law – part 2
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes

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