The authors analyze the trend of nonviolent overthrows of dictatorships in Africa.

This Q&A focuses on Zoe Marks, Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Her research and teaching interests focus on the intersections of conflict and political violence; race, gender and inequality; peacebuilding; and African politics. Her current book project examines the internal dynamics of rebellion in Sierra Leone to understand how and why rebel groups can sustain a viable threat to the state without widespread support.

See highlights from Belfer Center events with speakers including Susan Landau, Erica Chenoweth, Hank Paulson, Gen. Joseph Votel, Jason Rezaian, Fran Ullmer, Jill Lepore, Susan Gordon, and more.