Below are some presentations I have given.  You can find many more on YouTube.

 

Symposium on Nonviolent Resistance, High Tech Totalitarianism, and the Future of China
January 2024

Keynote address: "Nonviolent Resistance and Democratic Transformation: Why Every Autocrat Fears their Population"

 

The Atlantic Council
March 2023

Panel discussion: "Fostering a Fourth Democratic Wave: A Playbook for Countering the Authoritarian Threat"

See also the Fostering a Fourth Democratic Wave promotion video:

 

American Society of International Law
February 3, 2021

Panel discussion: "External Support to Democracy and Human Rights Movements: Proposing a Doctrine of a Right to Assist"

 

The Villages Democratic Club
October 2020

Presentation title: "Hold the Line: Organizing to Uphold Democracy"

 

Women's National Democratic Club
October 2020

Presentation title: "Hold the Line: A Guide to Defending Democracy"

 

United States Institute of Peace
October 2019

Presentation title: "The Right to Assist (R2A)"

 

Chautauqua Institution
August 2019

Presentation title: "Power From the Bottom Up: Civil Resistance as a Driver of Rights, Freedom, and Justice"

Offsite link

 

Creighton University
April 2019

Presentation title: "We're the Ones We've Been Waiting For: Power, Social Movements, and Lessons Learned for Climate Organizing"

Offsite link (my remarks start at 18:35)

 

Frontiers of Democracy conference
Tufts University
June 2018

Presentation title: "Global Democracy is in Decline, but We Can Take Steps to Reverse This"

 

Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University)
June 2015

Presentation title: "Introduction to Civil Resistance"

 

Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University)
June 2014

Presentation title: "Sustaining a Movement: Unity and Coalition Building"

 

Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University)
June 2012

Presentation title: "Strategic Planning and Tactical Innovation"

 

Colorado College
December 2012

Presentation title: "Understanding Nonviolent Power: Civil Resistance as a Force for Rights, Freedom and Justice in the 21st Century"