International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

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.

Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict

The fourth annual executive education program in the advanced interdisciplinary study of nonviolent conflict for representatives of the media, civil society, international organizations and the policy world. Deadline for application is March 27, 2009. To view the flyer and application form click here.

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A force more powerful: The game of nonviolent strategy

The first and only interactive teaching tool using nonviolent tactics to overcome oppression.

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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.

Podcast
Hear Jack DuVall give a power-point presentation entitled, "The 'Wine of Violence' and the Market for Militant Struggle: How Civil Resistance Can Displace Violence and Terror," at a seminar of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, at King’s College, London, on September, 10, 2008. Listen here.

Recent Events
ICNC convenes panel at the 13th International Anti-Corruption Conference on "Fragmented Tyrannies: The Nexus of Corruption and Extreme Violence": Info here. Read rapporteur's report. (PDF)

Egypt's "Facebook Revolution" featured in panel on "Using Social Media in the Fight Against Corruption". Read here.

New Articles
Shaazka Beyerle, Vanessa Ortiz and Stephen Zunes blog for openDemocracy.net at the 13th International Anti-Corruption Conference, Athens, Greece. Read here.

Election Victories: The Power of People, the Strength of Nonviolent Action -- The 30-year dictatorship that choked the Maldives is finally over, and it was the citizens' long nonviolent struggle that led to democratic change. Vanessa Ortiz publishes an article on the recent nonviolent movement in the Maldives in the Global Campaign for Peace Education newsletter,
November - December 2008. Read here.

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)