is the chair of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict in Washington, DC. Dr. Ackerman and the ICNC's director, Jack DuVall, are co-authors of A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict (see review on page 10). Dr. Ackerman was series editor and principal content advisor of the Emmy-nominated documentary of the same name. Dr. Ackerman co-produced with Steve York, Bringing Down A Dictator, which appeared this year on the Public Broadcasting System and won the International Documentary Association's award for the year's best video-sourced documentary. Dr. Ackerman serves as chairman of the board of overseers of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Tufts University. He spoke with Journal Managing Editor, .
What is the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict?
THE PURPOSE OF THE CENTER—which is not funded by any government—is to make people aware of effective nonviolent methods that civilians can use to overthrow dictators, tyrants, and other non-democratic regimes. This is not an easy task, as the conventional wisdom—among intellectuals, media, and policymakers—is that such change only occurs through violent insurrection.
