Daniel Ritter

Dr. Ritter is a sociologist and Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence researching nonviolent revolutions and geo-politics. He is the author ofWhy the Iranian Revolution was Nonviolent: Internationalized Social Change and the Iron Cage of Liberalism.

Obama, Mubarak, and the Iron Cage of Liberalism

When a nonviolent battle is fought before curious, and sometimes fearful, international audiences, Western politicians face a near impossible task in supporting blatantly dictatorial regimes.

By Daniel Ritter

/ 10 Feb 2011