dr. zartman who's professor emeritus at johns hopkins, and he was the founder of the conflict managementdepartment here. he is one of the most influential and well respected academics in the world in the conflict management field, and his mind has shaped much of the vernacular used in classrooms and on the ground by pretty much everybody else. we have, we can thank mr. zartman for concepts like mutually hurting stalemates which have governed the thinking of how the world approaches situations. dr. zartman also happens to be the chairman of the board of the international peace and security institute which is why i made him come today. [laughter] each one of our speakers is going to have 10-15 minutes to give their opinions on the stated topic. we're going to hold questions until the end, and then we will do a 30-minute q&a. so with that i'm going to head on over to jack duvall and start this panel. thank you. >> thanks, cameron, very much. it's a pleasure to be here to see everyone here enthusiastic about this summit. some of us in this field of endeavor intellectually as well as the prac

dr. i. william zartman, who was the founder of the conflict management department here. he is one of the most respected speakers in the world on conflict management. we can take mr. zartman or concepts like rightness. he also happens to be the chairman of the board for the international peace and security institute. the way this is going to work is that each one of our speakers will have 10-15 minutes to give their opinions on the stated topic. we will have a 30 minute q & a. thank you. i will go to jack duvall and start the panel. >> thank you. many had to beg and beseech audiences to gather and hear a little about the subject 10 years ago. the time of the relevance of this has never been more acute than it is now. what i would like to do is set the table for the discussion by surveying what has happened historically with respect to the use of non-violent change and the fine for you what i believe -- define the movements when they are successful. i will give you a rundown of some of the lesser known nonviolent struggles that are occurring today that are not as conspicuo