Maria J Stephan's guest appearances

Maria J Stephan

Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters

Donald Trump

Julie Smith

Lidia Bastianich

Ruth Messinger

Thomas Pickering

Gareth Evans

Graham Allison

Chris Hill

Mike Pompeo

Jeffrey Smith

Peter Hotez

Todd Moss

Nicholas Kristof

Nikki Haley

Chris Blattman

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Maria Stephan is a pioneering academic and public intellectual who studies authoritarian regimes and how they fall. She's the co-author with Erica Chenoweth of the groundbreaking and award winning book Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict which was a first-of-its kind study that offered empirical evidence that non-violent resistance is more effective than conflict and civil war in toppling oppressive regimes. She recently lead a study with the Atlantic Council showing that authoritarianism is on the rise globally and we kick off with an extended conversation about that study and how the recent US election fits into her overall thesis.  Maria grew up in rural Vermont and we have a great conversation about the roots of her intellectual curiosity and how that took her to study and compare resistance movements around the world, including East Timor and Palestine.

<p>Maria Stephan is a pioneering academic and public intellectual who studies authoritarian regimes and how they fall. She's the co-author with Erica Chenoweth of the groundbreaking and award winning book <em>Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict</em> which was a first-of-its kind study that offered empirical evidence that non-violent resistance is more effective than conflict and civil war in toppling oppressive regimes. She recently lead a study with the Atlantic Council showing that authoritarianism is on the rise globally and we kick off with an extended conversation about that study and how the recent US election fits into her overall thesis. </p> Maria grew up in rural Vermont and we have a great conversation about the roots of her intellectual curiosity and how that took her to study and compare resistance movements around the world, including East Timor and Palestine.

Episode 135: Maria J Stephan