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International Security Program Research Fellow Ches Thurber presenting an International Security Program seminar, Dec. 11, 2014.

Belfer Center

Presentation

Between Mao and Gandhi: Strategies of Violence and Nonviolence in Revolutionary Movements

| December 17, 2014

From Eastern Europe to South Africa to the Arab Spring, nonviolent action has proven capable of overthrowing autocratic regimes and bringing about revolutionary political change. In fact, recent research suggests that nonviolent movements are more than twice as effective in achieving their goals than violent ones. So why do some political movements nevertheless believe it necessary to take up arms? Can they be convinced otherwise?