Announcements

Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict, June 22 - 29, 2008
We are now receiving applications for the third annual executive education program on the advanced interdisciplinary study of nonviolent conflict being held at the Fletcher School at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. The Fletcher Summer Institute is geared toward representatives of nongovernmental organizations, the media, indigenous civil society organizations, international institutions, and the policy world. Additional information here (PDF).

Recent Radio Broadcasts

In an interview on Counterspin Dr. Cynthia Boaz, professor at SUNY Brockport and academic advisor to the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, comments on the current situation in Burma and the press. Listen to the interview - 1.34 MB. (QuickTime required)

Recent Documents

Dropping "muqawama" - Dr. Maria Stephan publishes an article in OpenDemocracy. Read it here. (Link)

The Right Side of the Law - Peter Ackerman and Michael Glennon publish article in the new edition of American Interest. Read article here. (PDF)

Does terrorism work? In an interview with Madrid11.net managing editor Kanishk Tharoor, Dr. Maria Stephan elaborates on her and Dr. Erica Chenoweth's groundbreaking research on the relative strategic effectiveness of nonviolent and violent asymmetric confilct. Read here.

Turkey to Pakistan: Civic action for change Shaazka Beyerle publishes article in OpenDemocracy, April 3, 2007. Read here.

Skills or Conditions: What Key Factors Shape the Success or Failure of Civil Resistance? Peter Ackerman, Conference on Civil Resistance and Power Politics, Oxford University, March 15-18, 2007.
Read here. (PDF)

Youthink! sat down with Hardy Merriman, Director of Programs and Research at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), to ask a few questions about ICNC and how to fight without violence. Read here.

Defying Violence with Democracy: Why grassroots civil society is key to the future of Iraq - Jack DuVall and Cynthia Boaz's article appears in Sojourners Magazine this month. Read the article here. (PDF)

"The Right of Resistance: The Legitimacy and Support of Nonviolent Civic Force," Remarks by Jack DuVall, Social Activism Speaker Series, California Institute of Technology, May 11, 2006. Read here. (PDF)

A Rainbow of Revolutions - The Economist's new, in-depth look at people power. Read here. (PDF)

People Power Primed - Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall publish article in Harvard International Review. Read the piece. (PDF)

For the Record

Statement Responding to Errors in a New Book, The New Cold War: Revolutions, Rigged Elections and Pipeline Politics in the Former Soviet Union, by Mark MacKinnon. Statement here.

ICNC Responds to Financial Times article on support for workshops. Statement here.