A human right to resist
By Maciej Bartkowski and Annyssa Bellal, 3 May 2011
We need the international community to favour the worldwide groundswell of civil resistance over armed violence. This could be facilitated by a more dynamic and comprehensive interpretation of existing international law in the light of a broader understanding of those rights of which civil resistance is comprised.
Egypt: how to negotiate the transition. Lessons from Poland and China
By Maciej Bartkowski and Lester R. Kurtz, 4 February 2011
A comparison of the Polish Round Table and the Tiananmen Tragedy show that non-violent resistance movements need to be clear-headed in the moment of negotiation and transition. The next moves by the democratic movement in Egypt will determine the political shape of the country for a long time to come. It should learn from Solidarity's success in 1989.
