TIAC Chairwoman Amalia Kostanyan attended Tufts University's Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict from June 22 to 29, 2008. The education program was organized by Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Washington-based International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. The Institute schedule comprised a variety of questions addressing the most pressing issues affecting the world, such as: Why do certain civilian-led strugglers succeed while others fail? What are the most important strategic considerations in nonviolent civil resistance? What roles have media and communications played in those struggles? How have external actors interacted with local movements? Historical and contemporary cases of civilian-based struggles were examined, including issues-based movements as well as popular struggles against foreign occupations and authoritarian governments.

FSI for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict is the only executive education program in the advanced, interdisciplinary study of nonviolent conflict, taught by leading scholars and practitioners of strategic nonviolent action and authorities from related fields. The program brought together members of local and international NGOs, journalists, staff members of international institutions, scholars and staff members of think tanks and research groups, interested policy analysts and advisors from a wide range of countries from China to Venezuela.