Protest and Policy

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Security and Global Affairs presents David Cortright and “Protest and Policy.”

Can mass movements for nonviolent social/political change actually influence government policy? If so, how? How much? And under what conditions? These are the issues that David Cortright—author, analyst, educator, peace activist, and military veteran—examines in his new book, “Protest and Policy in the Iraq, Nuclear Freeze, and Vietnam Peace Movements” (Cambridge University Press 2025). In this lecture, Professor Cortright unpacks some of the major findings of his research and explains what lessons peace campaigns of the past can hold for contemporary movements that aim to prevent wars, save democracy, and halt the nuclear arms race.

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Organized by Shinkyu “James” Lee. 
In person event.