Peter Ackerman is the founding chair of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, the managing director of Rockport Capital Incorporated, and currently chair of the board of trustees of Freedom House. The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict is an independent nonprofit educational foundation that promotes the study and utilization of nonmilitary strategies by civilian-based movements Freedom House is a United States -based international Non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on Democracy, political He was born on November 6, 1946 in New York City, New York. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous As an undergraduate he attended Colgate University. Colgate University is a private liberal arts college located in the Village of Hamilton in Madison County New York, USA After he graduated from Colgate, he attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy where in he earned a Ph.D. in 1976 in International Relations. The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, also called simply The Fletcher School, is the oldest school in the United States dedicated solely to graduate studies "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. One of Dr. Ackerman's advisors was Gene Sharp. Gene Sharp (born 21 January 1928) is known for his extensive writings on nonviolent struggle he has been called both the "Machiavelli of nonviolence" and Dr. Ackerman's thesis, Strategic Aspects of Nonviolent Resistance Movements, examined the nonviolent strategy and tactics used by people who are living under oppression and have no viable military option to free themselves.
After he received his PhD, Dr. Ackerman joined Drexel Burnham Lambert where he worked as investment banker for 15 years. Drexel Burnham Lambert was a major Wall Street Investment banking firm which first rose to prominence and then was driven into bankruptcy in February 1990 by its
In 1990 Dr. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Ackerman moved to London where he was a visiting scholar at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS is a British research institute (or Think tank) in the area of international affairs. During this time he co-authored with Christopher Kruegler the book Strategic Nonviolent Conflict. Dr. Ackerman was also a content advisor on the Emmy-nominated documentary A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict and co-authored with Jack Duvall a book of the same title. A Force More Powerful is a 1999 film written and directed by Steve York about non-violent resistance movements around the world In 2002 Dr. Ackerman also helped produce the documentary Bringing Down A Dictator, the sequel to A Force More Powerful, which chronicled the fall of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic by nonviolent means.
Dr. Ackerman and his wife have two sons, one a mathematician and Olympic wrestler for England, and the other an officer in the United States Marine Corps, who earned the Silver Star for his service in Iraq. A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of Mathematics. The Silver Star is the third highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics.
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