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The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict is an independent, non-profit, educational foundation that develops and encourages the study and use of civilian-based, nonmilitary strategies to establish and defend human rights, democracy and justice worldwide.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008: ICNC releases its new, updated News Digest on Nonviolent Conflict. To receive the bi-weekly News Digest by email click here.
New Articles

Courage, Creativity, and Capacity in Iran: Mobilizing for Women's Rights and Gender Equality - Shaazka Beyerle publishes an article in Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. Read here. (PDF)
Please note: Physical or electronic reprints must be purchased through the Journal through its website, http://journal.georgetown.edu.

Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict - Maria Stephan and Erica Chenoweth's in-depth study on why civil resistance works in International Security, volume 33, issue 1, pages 7-44. Read here. (PDF)

Recent Documents

Civil Resistance and Alternatives to Violent Struggle - Jack DuVall led a working group to produce this final paper at the first conference of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence in London, January, 2008. Read here. (PDF)

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)

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

Response to Wall Street Journal Article Mentioning Peter Ackerman and ICNC. Statement here.

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.

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