, associate professor at the University of Denver鈥檚 Josef Korbel School of International Studies and associate senior researcher at the Peace Research Institute of Oslo, came to 藏精阁 on October 3 to deliver the fifth annual Schaehrer Memorial Lecture. The event was hosted by the university鈥檚 Peace and Conflict Studies program.
Chenoweth took to the podium in Love Auditorium to discuss Why Civil Resistance Works: Unarmed Struggle in the Past and Future. The topic stemmed from her award-winning book, Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict, co-authored with the U.S. State Department鈥檚 Maria Stephan.
Before Chenoweth addressed her full audience, she sat down with President Jeffrey Herbst for on her research. They crossed the map from North Africa to South Asia, reflecting on the nature of nonviolent resistance and data that show how peaceful struggle for freedom proves more successful in the long term than violent revolution.
In this clip, Chenoweth and Herbst talk about Tibet and the ways in which that country鈥檚 conflict with China defy the pattern. For the , visit our .