As a war expert on a CIA panel, UC San Diego political scientist Barbara Walter helped forecast civil wars in other countries. Along the way, she discovered some of those predictors apply to the ...

Letters to the Editor ‘Civil War’ documentary from 1990 takes on new meaning in divided 2025 America Published: Jul. 29, 2025, 6:03 p.m.

KPBS spoke recently with Walter, who wrote the book “How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them.” What are the conditions that could lead to civil war? Walter: The two big factors are, first and ...