Episode 42 - Nadeem Ghazi

Episode 42 - Nadeem Ghazi

Thursday, November 3, 2016

We speak with Nadeem Ghazi, the Founder and Director of the World Learning Grammar School & Institute, which provides support to schools throughout Pakistan that have declared a commitment to crea...

Type: Podcast

Episode 35 - Kerri Kennedy

Episode 35 - Kerri Kennedy

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

We speak with Kerri Kennedy, Associate General Secretary for International Programs at the American Friends Service Committee. Kerri has 18 years of experience managing international development and e...

Type: Podcast

Episode 31 - Erica Chenoweth

Episode 31 - Erica Chenoweth

Monday, June 22, 2015

We speak with Dr. Erica Chenoweth – Associate Professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and an Associate Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institu...

Type: Podcast

Episode 28 - Princeton Lyman

Episode 28 - Princeton Lyman

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

In this episode, we speak with Ambassador Princeton Lyman, a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Institute of Peace and U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan from March 2011-2013. Here, Ambassador Lyman...

Type: Podcast

Episode 27 - Virginia Bouvier

Episode 27 - Virginia Bouvier

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

By: Virginia M. Bouvier

In this episode, we speak with Virginia (Ginny) M. Bouvier, Senior Advisor for Latin America programs at the United States Institute of Peace. She describes the ongoing peace process in Colombia, whic...

Type: Podcast

Episode 25 - Chester Crocker

Episode 25 - Chester Crocker

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

In this episode we discuss mediating violent conflicts with Dr. Chester A. Crocker. Dr. Crocker is James R. Schlesinger professor of strategic studies at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreig...

Type: Podcast

Music Plays Crucial Role in Non-Violent Civic Movements

Music Plays Crucial Role in Non-Violent Civic Movements

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

In Libya’s 2011 uprising, protesters pumped loud music from radios or CD players in the streets in front of government buildings, then fled from the inevitable rush of security forces. The nonviolent early days of Egypt’s revolution that same year spawned a raft of new independent music groups. In Turkey, the “Song of Pots and Pans” exhorts political leaders to stop their lies and repressive tactics.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & Prevention