The themes of my writings are diverse, reflecting my long-term preoccupation with nonviolent movements and strategic use of civil resistance by ordinary people to achieve victories, particularly against authoritarian regimes and aspiring autocrats. My earlier writings focused on public administrations; international organizations; philosophy of socialdemocracy, and the Polish domestic political scene.
Edited book
- Recovering Nonviolent History. Civil Resistance in Liberation Struggles and Nation-Making, Lynne Rienner, 2013.
Publications/Reports
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Case for Civil Resistance to Russia’s Populace-Centric Warfare, Free Russia Foundation, March 2018
- Nonviolent Civilian Defense to Counter Russian Hybrid Warfare, Critical Policy Issue Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Executive Summary. Review by Dr. Brian Martin.
Article
- “Civil Resistance.” coauthored with Hardy Merriman. In Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations. Ed. Patrick James. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.
Chapters
- “Myopia of the Syrian Struggle and Key Lessons,” coauthored with Julia Taleb, Is Authoritarianism Staging a Comeback? Atlantic Council, 2015
- “Nonviolent Revolutions, Struggles for Political Recognition and Democratic Transition”, in Hallward and Norman, Understanding Nonviolence: Contours and Context, Polity Press, 2014
- “Poland: Forging the Polish Nation Nonviolently, 1860s-1900s” in Bartkowski eds., Recovering Nonviolent History (2013). Extended and unedited paper that constituted the basis of the chapter.
- World Health Organization, in Ashish K. Vaidya, eds., Globalization. Encyclopedia of Trade, Labor, and Politics, ABC CLIO, Oxford, England: 695-705, 2006
Publications in popular press/blogosphere
2020
- Guides to Helping Civil Resistance Movements and Activists Succeed, personal blog
- How to Achieve Robust Discipline to Succeed: A Guide for Pro-Democracy Movements, Minds of the Movement
- How Democratic States Can Effectively Support Pro-Democracy Movements, Minds of the Movement
- For Members of Security Forces: A Guide to Supporting Pro-Democracy Movements, Minds of the Movement
- The People vs. Lukashenko: Women-Led Resistance on the Eve of Belarus Election, Minds of the Movement
2019
- The “Strategy Web”: The Little-Known Tool for Visualizing Civil Resistance-Led Conflict, Minds of the Movement
- How Online Courses on Civil Resistance Can Make Real Impact, Minds of the Movement
2018
- Defending the Truth: An Activist’s Guide to Fighting Foreign Disinformation Warfare, Minds of the Movement
- Fighting the Kremlin’s Populace-Centric Warfare with Civil Resistance Strategies, Political Violence @Glance
- Celebrating US Nonviolent History on the Fourth of July, Minds of the Movement
- Alternative Institution-Building as Civil Resistance, Minds of the Movement
- Transitional Justice: What Role for the Grassroots? Minds of the Movement
2017
- Did the Arab Spring Revolutions Bring More Violence to the Middle East? (coauthored with Peter Ackerman), Minds of the Movement
- Why Do Some Movements Fail to Bring Positive Outcomes, and How Can This Be Changed? Minds of the Movement
- Do Civil Resistance Movements Advance Democratization? Minds of the Movement
- To Dissent or Not to Dissent? Principles of Ethical Resistance for US Federal Servants Political Violence @Glance
2016
- The Kremlin’s “Protest Potential” Strategy The HuffingtonPost
- Popular Uprising against Democratically Elected Leaders. What Makes it Legitimate? The HuffingtonPost
- Nonviolent Strategies to Defeat Totalitarians such as ISIS openDemocracy
- Poland’s Liberals Strike Back. Here’s how Poles are fighting back against their authoritarian-leaning new government (coauthored with M. Stephan), Foreign Policy
2015
- Kill or not to Kill. Ukrainians Opt for Nonviolent Civil Resistance, Political Violence @Glance (coauthored)
- Congress: Keep an Eye on Kaczynski’s Poland, The Hill
- Countering Hybrid War. Civil Resistance as a National Defense Strategy, openDemocracy
- Movements Are Best Chance for Democracy. And They Must Be Helped, The HuffingtonPost
- What Ukraine really needs from Washington, The Hill
- Ukraine fights where it should not, with armed means neither effective nor strategic, The HuffingtonPost
- Manifesto of Civilian-Led Nonviolent Defense and Resistance for Ukraine, VoxUkraine. Ukrainian version
2014
- Civil resistance and grassroots mobilization against ISIS, War on the Rocks
- Russians’ civil defiance against war and repression, openDemocracy
- Ukraine’s Myopic Military Campaign, Kyiv Post
- Wake up, Ukrainians, and reconsider your struggle, Kyiv Post
- Confronting Russian-fueled insurgency, Atlantic Council
- How Ukrainians ousted an autocrat: the logic of civil resistance, Atlantic Council
- From China to Poland, lessons from June 4, 1989 (25th anniversary), Waging Nonviolence/openDemocracy
- Ukraine needs nonviolent resistance to beat Russia, War on the Rocks
- Time for Ukraine to switch to political resistance against Russian occupiers, Kyiv Post
- How to beat Russian occupation with flash mobs, Foreign Policy
- Challenging annexation: in Crimea, the referendum that wasn’t, openDemocracy
- Ukraine explained: A nonviolent victory, openDemocracy
- Die Maidan-Revolution in der Ukraine: Gewaltloser Widerstand in gewaltgeladener Situation, Ukraine Analysen, no. 130, 03/25/2014
2013
- Civil resistance and armed rebellion in Syria (part I)
- Aborting the Syrian revolution and four fatal beliefs (part II)
2011
Interviews given
- Power of the People, Vice Versa (in Dutch), Nov. 2016.
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Obywatelski opór przeciw autorytarnej władzy. Jak się bronić bez broni (Civil resistance against authoritarian rule. How to defend yourself without arms. Interview for the Polish weekly Polityka), Jan. 2016.
- MUNPlanet 3-part interview on civil resistance (fall 2014):
- The Power of Unarmed Resistance in Konteksty Spoleczne, UMSC Czasopismo Naukowe, November 2012 (in Polish)
- Check also Interviews for my video interviews and others.
Article draft
- Snowball Effect and Political Space in Civil Resistance. How Nonviolent Movements Multiply Leverage against the Regime They Oppose co-authored with Howard Barrell.
Dissertations
- Unpublished manuscript (2005) – Impact of Leadership and Professional Culture on Institutional Change in International Administrations of the UN Organizations (in English)
- M.A. Thesis (2001) – Management of Fish Resources in the Common Fisheries Policy: Where the EU Meets the International Institutions (in English)
Other Publications
2009
- Poland’s Solidarity Movement: 1980-1989, ICNC Nonviolent Conflict Summary, December 2009 (in English). Its Farsi version is available here.
2004
- Impact of NATO on Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic: the Case of Unfulfilled Commitments and Broken Promises, International Forum of Electronic Publications, Rubikon ISSN 1505-1161, February, (in English)
- Emergence of and Process of Change in Responsive Public Administration. Study prepared for the Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations- Geneva, Switzerland (in English)
2003
- Image IV Institutionalized in the Directorship General of the International Labor Organization, United Nations on Line Network in Public Administration and Finance, Its revised version was published in International Forum of Electronic Publications, Rubikon ISSN 1505-1161, September, (in English)
- Analysis of Change within Intergovernmental Organizations, a working paper presented at the European Consortium on Political Research Joint Sessions of Workshops, Edinburgh, April, (in English)
- Reflections on Teaching, Civic Education Project Newsletter, No. 1, (2002-2003): 6, (in English)
2002
- The Impact of Analogies on the Foreign Policies of the United States and Great Britain- the Case of Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina, International Forum of Electronic Publications, Rubikon. ISSN 1505-1161, September, (in English)
- Comparative Study of Women’s Activities in the Inter-War Intergovernmental Organizations- the League of Nations, the International Labour Organization and the Pan American Union, International Forum of Electronic Publications, Rubikon. ISSN 1505-1161, May, (in English)
- Image IV Institutionalized in a Leadership Structure of International Administration. Administrative and Political Roles of Directorship General of the International Labor Organization, Conference Paper, Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration , Kraków, Poland 24-26th of April 2002, (in English)
- Critical Geopolitical Reasoning on Poland’s Eastern Policy in the Post-Cold War Period (in English). Paper presented at the conference: “Power and Power Relations in East European Politics and Societies.” Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, the University of California, Berkeley, 8-10 of November 2002.
- Analysis of Theoretical Approaches to the EU Enlargement. Paper presented at the Academic Skills Development Workshop: “Impact of the European Union ‘Eastern’ Enlargement.” Odessa National University, 6-9 February 2003, Odessa, Ukraine.
2001
- Emergence of a European Deliberative Polity, International Forum of Electronic Publications, Rubikon. ISSN 1505-1161, December, (in English)
- Understanding the European Monetary Integration. An Alternative Explanation, International Forum of Electronic Publications, Rubikon. ISSN 1505-1161, December (in English)
- The Conditions for Legal Relevance of Lex in Statu Nascendi in the International Legal System: Theoretical Reflections on the Normative Nature of Lex in Statu Nascendi, International Forum of Electronic Publications, Rubikon. ISSN 1505-1161, December (in English)
- The Study of Politicization. The Case of the UN, September, International Forum of Electronic Publications, Rubikon. ISSN 1505-1161, (in English)
- The North Atlantic Alliance and the Strategy of Fighting the War in Kosovo, Rubikon Kwartalnik Naukowy, ISSN 1505-1161, No.5 (12-13). (in Polish)
- Revolution in Understanding Sovereignty in Times of War with Terrorism, Rubikon Kwartalnik Naukowy, ISSN 1505-1161, No.5 (12-13). (in Polish)
2000
- Limits of Managerial and Ethical Reforms in Kyrgyz Public Administration, in Jack Jabes, ed., Ten Years of Transition: Prospects and Challenges of the Future for Public Administration, NISPAcee, (Budapest 2000): 406-419.
- In the Direction of Depoliticization of the International Civil Service in the United Nations, Rubikon Kwartalnik Naukowy, ISSN 1505-1161, No.3 (10). (in Polish)
- Kyrgyz Reality in Central Asia, Rubikon Kwartalnik Naukowy, ISSN 1505-1161, No.1-2 (8-9). (in Polish)
- Effectiveness of the international security regime. The case study of the OSCE involvement in Estonia, December, International Forum of Electronic Publications, Rubikon. ISSN 1505-1161, December (in English).
1999
- How to Choose a Political Leader, Przegląd Tygodniowy, 15 Aug. (in Polish)
- Permanent International Criminal Court. Institutional Development of International Humanitarian Law, Rubikon Kwartalnik Naukowy, ISSN 1505-1161, No.2 (6-7). (in Polish) English language summary of the article.
- New World Order, Rubikon Kwartalnik Naukowy, ISSN 1505-1161, No.2 (6-7). (in Polish)
1998
- A Genuine Nature of Communitarianism, Rubikon Kwartalnik Naukowy, ISSN 1505-1161, No.0. (in Polish)
- Transparency in Public Administration and the Conflict of Social Roles, Biuletyn Slużby Cywilnej (Civil Service Bulletin), No.5. (in Polish). English language summary of the article.
1997
- About the Reforms of the Senate Maciej Bartkowski, Myśl Socjaldemokratyczna, No.2. (in Polish)
- We Want to Be Close to Power. The Survival School, Głos Koszaliński, 3 Aug. (in Polish)
- In the Balkan Melting Pot, Głos Koszaliński, 13 Dec. (in Polish)
1996
- Problems of the Contemporary Left. Future of Social Democracy, Myśl Socjaldemokratyczna, No. 2. (in Polish)
- Civil Service of the Polish Commonwealth, Myśl Socjaldemokratyczna, No.4. (in Polish)
1995
- Social Democracy and the Reality. Polemic with Prof. J.J. Wiatr, Myśl Socjaldemokratyczna, No.1. (in Polish). A brief outline in English. Polish weekly, Polityka reflects on the Polemic (in Polish).
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