Vincent Boudreau is dean of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at the City College of New York. He is a professor of political science at City College and a member of the City University of New York graduate faculty. A specialist in the politics of social movements, particularly in Southeast Asia, his latest book is Resisting Dictatorship: Repression and Protest in Southeast Asia (Cambridge University Press). He also researches and writes on repression, transitions to democracy, and collective violence.