Peter Ackerman is the managing director of Rockport Capital Inc., a private investment firm. From 1978 to 1990, he was an investment banker at Drexel Burnham Lambert. He served for fifteen years as chairman of the board of overseers of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and was chairman of the board of Freedom House. Dr. Ackerman is also a co-founder of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and is currently chairman of Americans Elect, which will invite every registered voter in the United States to participate in a nonpartisan process to nominate candidates for the 2012 presidential election through an online convention. Dr. Ackerman is also a member of various boards, including the executive council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. He is also a member of the U.S. advisory council of the United States Institute of Peace and the advisory board for America Abroad Media. He is based in Washington, DC.
Peter Ackerman, an expert on civil resistance movements, says nonviolent revolutions that have a shared vision of future governance are more likely to be successful than those that turn violent, such as Libya's.
This winter marks the fifth anniversary of Ukraine's Orange Revolution, when over one million citizens took to the streets of Kiev and succeeded in overturning the results of that country's presidential election. Steve York's documentary, Orange Revolution, follows the contest between opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko and his adversary Viktor Yanukovych, capturing the iconic images that defined the election and ensuing protests.
Here, after a screening of Orange Revolution, Peter Ackerman, David J. Kramer and Steve York discuss the significance of the Orange Revolution for Ukraine and nonviolent democracy movements elsewhere.
A conversation with Alistair Darling, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the current state of the global economy, protectionism and the G-20 summit.
Watch Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, for a British perspective on the global economy in light of the financial crisis.
Listen to Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, for a British perspective on the global economy in light of the financial crisis.
As the financial crisis spreads across the Atlantic, Europe's four largest economies are working to formulate a coordinated response. At the end of what promises to be a significant week for Europe, join French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde for a European perspective of the financial crisis and a discussion of possible policy options.
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Wesley K. Clark discusses the war in Iraq, saying, "We have to do the best we can to make the best of a bad, mistaken situation."
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