Barbara F Walter
@bfwalter
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@nytimes Bestselling Author, HOW CIVIL WARS START | Identifying the conditions that give rise to modern civil war in order to stop them. @UCSanDiego Professor.
Joined April 2009
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A month ago I pitched an article about what we know about elections and violence. Today it was the lead article in my favorite magazine of all time.
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The observance of defeat, especially in an election, is often all that keeps a state from tipping into violence.
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Thank you @freedomhouse!.
Looking for context ahead of the 2024 US election?. FH's @hoopermatt outlines his list of preelection must-reads, from @bfwalter's discussion of political violence to @TimothyDSnyder's deep dive into Russia's malign influence campaigns. See our list⬇️.
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The people targeted first for killing are people within the shooters own party who are believed to be too moderate. Shooters see these people as traitors to the cause. This is why the Jan 6th attackers wanted to target Mike Pence first.
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(5) Why would a registered Republican try to kill Trump? Right now we don't know. But one thing we know historically is that when a group turns to violence, the people they target first are not people on the opposing side. .
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(3) The US has all of those features and a candidate for President who is priming his supporters to believe the election will be stolen. (4) This is a recipe for more violence not less. .
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(2) But. the countries most at risk of violence are democracies with winner-take-all elections, deeply divided by race, religion, or ethnicity, and distrust of the election process. .
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Some thoughts on Saturday's attempted assassination of Donald Trump: (1) Violence surrounding elections have been common throughout the world, just not in advanced industrialized countries like the US. .
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RT @SarahbaxterSTM: My latest @thetimes podcast with @ManveenRana and @bfwalter: How America could descend into civil war 👀 scary stu….
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So this happened yesterday.
Congratulations Barbara Walter of @GPS_UCSD, newly inducted #NASmember! #NAS161 #internationalrelations #politicalscience
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Some interviews I love more than others. I particularly liked this one.
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Based on her work for a CIA task force aimed at predicting civil wars, political scientist Barbara F. Walter examines the rise in extremism and threats to democracies around the globe and at home.
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NPR invited me on its most recent episode: "What Topples Democracies". I loved this interview.
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Around the world, democratic ideals are being tested in surprising ways. As the curtains rise on a big election year, TED speakers explore what can keep people united and what drives them apart.
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I love Thanksgiving but I think I love Leslie Jones more.
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Had a special day yesterday at the Global Women’s Forum at WaPo.
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Way to go Sir Patrick! Love, love, love that you have my book on your nightstand. via @NYTimes
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“I acted Macbeth for exactly 365 days,” says the actor, whose new memoir is “Making It So.” “The role got into me so deeply it dominated my life at the time and caused me to drink too much alcohol...
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