Prof. of International Affairs on Unstable Democracy | JHS Ep. 718

Barbara F. Walter is the Rohr Professor of International Affairs at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego, and the author of the NYT bestseller How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them.

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What We Discuss with Barbara:
0:00 - Intro
0:06 - Are we actually in danger of civil war?
11:08 - The 2 signs of unstable democracies
14:34 - The 2 things that make effective factionalism and tribalism
27:09 - People don't know when they're turning to a faction
34:29 - The wealth gap in America
41:50 - What a 21st century civil war actually looks like
50:59 - Nobody is going to expect the civil war until it happens
55:33 - How poor, uneducated Americans vote against themselves
1:02:40 - Uptick in far right members of US military

At a time when the United States seems to be increasingly disunited by political polarization and calls for violence to “save” the Republic are on the rise, is it reasonable to wonder if we’re on the cusp of a civil war? If so, how would it differ from the one our nation endured in the 19th century? What lessons can civil wars around the globe teach us about the potential for de-escalating our society’s undercurrent of conflict before it comes to a boil and erupts in large-scale violence?

On this episode, we delve into the common factors that precipitate civil wars and what can be done to avert their inevitability with Barbara F. Walter, a UCSD political science professor and author of the NYT bestseller How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them. Here, we discuss which societies are particularly vulnerable to civil war, why some countries survive periods of political instability without experiencing civil war while others seem predisposed to violent upheaval, the case being made by some in the United States for a new civil war, and what those of us committed to avoiding this scenario can do to help correct course. Listen, learn, and enjoy!

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