Nonviolent Resistance

Previous research has shown that successful non-violent resistance (NVR) campaigns promote democracy compared with violent revolutions …

There is growing consensus that large oil and gas revenues in autocracies have multiple pernicious effects, from decreasing …

On 17 April, the Armenian parliament elected long-time former President Serzh Sargsyan as Armenia’s Prime Minister. Protests against …

Research shows a strong connection between nonviolent civil resistance and democratization. Yet many successful civil resistance …

How have activists responded to the COVID-19 pandemic? While there have been many anecdotal reports of the pandemic’s impact, …

Why do some nonviolent revolutions lead to successful democratization while others fail to consolidate democratic change? And what can …

Although the empirical study of strategic nonviolent action has expanded in recent years, no current dataset provides detailed accounts …

How can we understand when nonviolent movements will stay nonviolent? When are they likely to break down into violence? In this …

While several existing datasets can help to address pressing questions on nonviolent resistance, data collection on nonviolent conflict …