ICNC Newsmakers
With civil resistance actions erupting all over the world, journalists are turning to ICNC for context and analysis about this global trend. If you would like to arrange interviews or background briefings with our civil resistance experts, contact us.
ICNC has provided insight for the following print, TV, radio, and online news articles in 2019:
Globalnyt, 3-24-2022
“The pendulum of history swings: ‘We can set the fourth democratic wave in motion'” (Danish interview)
The Hill, 3-24-2022
“How the Russian people can end Putin’s war”
The Hill, 2-4-2021
“How America could build global opposition to the coup in Burma”
Forward Radio, 6-28-2020
“Solutions to Violence – Part 2”
Listen to the interview (starts at 3:03)
Forward Radio, 6-22-2020
“Solutions to Violence – Part 1”
Listen to the interview (starts at 2:44):
The Hill, 6-9-2020
“US faces allegations of human rights abuses over treatment of protesters”
NOS Journaal (Netherlands),
6-6-2020
“Meer en breder publiek’ bij reeks anti-racismedemonstraties Nederland”
VOA Turkey, 6-4-2020
“Protestolar Değişim Talebinin Yansıması”
VOA Afghanistan, 6-2-2020
اشنا تلويزیون د سه شنبې خپرونه د ۲۰۲۰ د جون ۲ – غبرګولي ۱۳
Trouw (Netherlands), 4-23-2020
“The protest voice in 2020 sounds softer, but has not disappeared”
Public Radio International – The World, 12-31-2019
“Nonviolent protest defined the decade. But is civil resistance losing its impact?”
Trouw (Netherlands), 11-27-2019
“Young people, the global engine behind protests against inequality”
Deutsche Welle (Germany) – Chinese edition, 11-25-2019
“Farewell, Hong Kong”
Die Welt (Germany), 11-25-2019
“Do Hong Kong activists fail because of their own violence?”
Nouvel l’Obs (France), 11-22-2019
“Lebanon, Hong Kong, Iran… the faces of a world revolt”
Aftenposten (Norway), 11-22-2019
“People’s rebellion is spreading in record speed. But the effect may be diminishing.”
VOA News (Cambodia), 11-10-2019
“Report: Nonviolent Resistance Can Prevent Mass Killings and Make Democracy Viable”
Red Line Agrinio (Greece), 11-10-2019
“What links Santiago, Beirut, Khartoum, Hong Kong?”
Le Monde (France), 11-8-2019
“From the local trigger to global revolt: the convergence of struggles in the world”
Vox, 11-7-2019
“Why protests around the world often involve public transportation”
Weekendavisen (Denmark), 11-1-2019
“A World on the Barricades”
Democracy Digest (National Endowment for Democracy),
10-29-2019
“Defending civic space: A strategic imperative for the
international community”
World Politics Review, 10-21-2019
“Should There be A Right to Assist Campaigns of Civil Resistance”
Vice, 10-7-2019
“If 3.5% of the US Gets on Board With Climate Protesting, Change Will Happen”
Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 9-1-2019
“Arrests, Clearing Road May Not be Enough to Move TMT Project Forward”
Bloomberg Businessweek, 8-23-2019
“Protestors Are Using Old Tools in New Ways”
Globely News, 8-21-2019
“Violence Spreads in Indonesia’s West Papua Region”
The Hill, 8-19-2019
“Why President Trump must keep speaking out on Hong Kong”
The Chautauquan Daily, 8-14-2019
“Hardy Merriman Calls for Nonviolent Resistance as Method of Change”
The Chautauquan Daily, 8-12-2019
“Hardy Merriman to Inspire Hope Through Stories of Nonviolent Resistance”
El País (Spain), 8-06-2019
“Hong Kong, Sudan, Puerto Rico: the key to the triumph of nonviolence”
Charged Affairs (journal for Young Professionals in Foreign Policy), 7-29-2019
“Political Chaos is Knocking down Barriers in Algeria”
BBC, 5-13-2019
“The ‘3.5% Rule’: How A Small Minority Can Change the World”
Washington Post, 1-17-2019
“The Women’s March was once a model of the modern nonviolent movement. Now it looms as a lesson in what can go wrong.”
Contact Us
For more information about ICNC and our programs, or to arrange interviews or background briefings with our civil resistance experts, contact:
Deborah Mathis, Director of Communications
dmathis@nonviolent-conflict.org
+(1) 202 679-2652