Dr Julie Norman (@DrJulieNorman2) is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Political Science at University College London (UCL). She is the author of three books on civil resistance, including Understanding Nonviolence (Polity 2015), and she publishes often on political imprisonment, human rights, and security. She is the host of the podcast, The Julie Norman Show, and she is a frequent contributor to the BBC, Al Jazeera, CNBC, France24, and other news outlets.