Atlantic Council

Scowcroft Center For Strategy And Security

The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security works to develop sustainable, nonpartisan strategies to address the most important security challenges facing the United States and the world. The Center honors General Brent Scowcroft’s legacy of service and embodies his ethos of nonpartisan commitment to the cause of security, support for US leadership in cooperation with allies and partners, and dedication to the mentorship of the next generation of leaders.

The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) is a leading organization advancing the study and practice of civil resistance to achieve rights, freedom, and justice. ICNC’s programs, achievements and impact reflect an ongoing dedication to using social science insights and lessons from practitioners to improve outcomes for civil resistance movements worldwide.

This report is written and published in accordance with the Atlantic Council Policy on Intellectual Independence. The authors are solely responsible for its analysis and recommendations. The Atlantic Council and its donors do not determine, nor do they necessarily endorse or advocate for, any of this report’s conclusions.

©2023 Atlantic Council, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, and Hardy Merriman

Atlantic Council

1030 15th Street NW, 12th Floor

Washington, DC 20005

For more information, please visit www.AtlanticCouncil.org.

International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

600 Jamal Khashoggi Way NW, Suite 1010 Washington, DC 20037

For more information, please visit: www.nonviolent-conflict.org

ISBN-13: 978-1-61977-305-9

March 2023

Cover: Opposition supporters rally against Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, June 2, 2017.

REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Design: Donald Partyka and Anais Gonzalez