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The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Cost of inaction will be great
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Why I'm Going to Yemen
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
Is America turning into a failed state?
Catching Kony
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Our Military Shouldn’t Turn Its Back on Servicewomen Who Need an Abortion
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Divide and conquer negotiations
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
A col.’s view of commander’s authority
What Are the Rules of War?
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Our moral obligations in Somalia
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Invest in the Afghan people not foreign contractors
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
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Bribes, money hidden in teddy bears: welcome to US spending in Afghanistan
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Americans have had enough conflict
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
التدخل الروسي أوقف انهيار النظام السوري مؤقتاً
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
Defense Department in Somalia
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Saudi rejects foreign interference in Iraq, blames ‘sectarian’ Maliki | Reuters
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Dirt on Our Hands
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
Go After Super Pollutants
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
Dumping Military Kit on Cops Makes Main Street a War Zone
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
The costly errors of America's wars
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
A Budget for Working America
Conflict and the Consequences of Isolation: A Comparative Study
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
When soldiers commit murder
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Boarding the Train for a Trip into the Past
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
Crisis management system for Japan and China
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Somalia on the Brink
S-CAR Class Inspires Landmark Lawsuit
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Working for world peace here at home
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
GOP, follow Stevens' example
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Fuel for extremism is beyond Bin Laden, EMU prof says
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
Bringing Eritrea In From The Cold
Addressing divide between communities and police
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
The Indoctrination Myth
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
What can Washington do about militarized police forces?
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Terrorism and Development
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
U.S. Soldiers in Somalia and the Pentagon's Unlearned Lessons
Measuring the cost of violence
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
A Callous Disregard for the Law
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’
Democratic Party looks like America
Analysis: Progressive policies provide answer for Sanders’ foreign policy gap
Germany Tells NATO, Russia To Dialogue Before Things Get 'Completely Out Of Control'
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Nigeria: A Network That Reconnects North With Sardauna's Biographer John Paden
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
A new look at climate change
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
US Navy Seals plan to accept women after female soldiers graduate as rangers
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Dirty Energy Dollars
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Why can’t America just take out Assad?
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
Women-in-Combat Plaintiff to Present Keynote at Gender and Conflict Center Reception
Coup-Speak Speaking
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Even a weakened Libya can avoid civil war
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
America’s litmus test on Syria
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Arab Americans Organize with the ANSWER Coalition to Protest Trump Inauguration
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Bible Texts Misused in Rumsfeld Reports, Religious Leaders Say
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
Sign a Drone Treaty Before Everyone Does as We Do
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Syria Conflict Panel
UN Small Arms Conference: Evaluation and Prospects
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
How to fix our police departments
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
Meat Alert
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
ما هي خلفية اشتعال القومية الكردية في العراق؟
Women in Combat
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
Afghan Security Forces Pass First Test, But Questions Remain
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
How to save the American Dream
How a glacier could thaw dangerous India and Pakistan freeze
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Overstating The 'Crime Gun' Data
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
In the Army, sex discrimination begins at West Point
The three-ring circus of American politics
The U.S. Afghanistan Strategy Is Failing and It's Time to Pull Out
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
America's police are looking more and more like the military
Stop Treating America Like a War Zone: Congress must stop the militarization of America's police forces
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
We gain more than we lose in the Iran nuclear deal [Commentary]
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Options for Action in Syria
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Gun Bans Aren't the Only Answer to America's Violence Problem
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
Do military women want combat jobs? The survey numbers say yes — and so do more than 9,000 combat action badges
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
Detroit On The Brink
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Busting the Biofuels Boom
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Japan’s Remilitarization, Beating Ploughshares into Swords
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
The challenge of violent extremism
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
Climate crisis and the will to act
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Could ‘Insight Policing’ have saved Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and others?
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
The only way forward on Syria
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
Higher education leans left. But why? And so what?
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Crashing in America
Ahmadinejad - Incitement Deserves Indictment
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump

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