Hardy Merriman is a Senior Advisor to the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) and was formerly ICNC's Director of Programs and Research. Prior to this, Mr. Merriman worked with Dr. Gene Sharp at the Albert Einstein Institution in Boston, Massachusetts and contributed to and edited Dr. Sharp's latest book, Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential. More recently, Mr. Merriman co-authored a chapter in the forthcoming book Nonviolence: An Alternative for Countering Global Terror(ism) and is a co-author of A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle, a training curriculum for activists. Mr. Merriman has worked with activists from around the world and presents on a variety of topics related to strategic nonviolent conflict.