Barbara F. Walter

Barbara F. Walter is an American political scientist who is the Rohr Professor of International affairs at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego. She is known for her work on bargaining theory and political violence, especially the outbreak and resolution of civil war, and the logic of terrorist violence. Since 2012, she has been a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[1]

Barbara F. Walter
Born
Bronxville, New York, U.S.
EducationBucknell University (BA)
University of Chicago (MA, PhD)
Employer(s)University of California, San Diego
Columbia University
Harvard University
The RAND Corporation

Education

Walter earned her B.A. in political science and German from Bucknell University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in political science, both from the University of Chicago. She completed post-doctoral fellowships at the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University, and at the War and Peace Institute at Columbia University.[2]

Career

Walter is the Rohr Professor of International affairs at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego.[3] She joined UCSD's faculty in 1996 and was the Associate Dean from 2012 to 2014 and 2017. In 2012, Walter co-founded (with Erica Chenoweth) the blog Political Violence @ a Glance, winner of the International Studies Association’s Most Promising Blog of the Year in 2013,[4] Best Group Blog of the Year in 2014[5] and 2018, and Best Blog Post of the Year in 2013,[6] 2014,[7] and 2015.[8]

Walter is on the editorial boards of the International Organization[9] and Journal of Conflict Resolution.[10] She is the recipient of awards and grants from the Smith Richardson Foundation,[11] Carnegie Corporation of New York, National Science Foundation, the World Bank, and The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.

In a March 2022 Washington Post interview, Walter drew parallels between historical civil wars and insurgencies with the present political environment in the United States. She asserted, "There are definitely lots of groups on the far right who want war. They are preparing for war. And not talking about it does not make us safer," adding that citizens of other countries who experienced civil wars "were surprised in part because they didn’t know what the warning signs were."[12]

Awards
  • National Peacemaker Award. National Conflict Resolution Center [13]
  • New York Times Bestseller list.How Civil Wars Start and How To Stop Them
  • Susan Strange Award.[14]
  • UC San Diego Faculty Research Award
  • Council on Foreign Relations, Life Member [15]
  • UCSD Distinguished Teaching Award [16]

Selected bibliography
  • Walter, Barbara F. (2009). Reputation and Civil War: Why Separatist Conflicts Are So Violent. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511642012. ISBN 9780521763523.
  • Kahler, Miles, and Barbara Walter, editors. Territoriality and Conflict in an Era of Globalization. Cambridge University Press, 2006, Cambridge University Press
  • Committing to Peace: The Successful Settlement of Civil Wars. Princeton Univ. Press. April 13, 2021. ISBN 9781400824465.
  • Civil Wars, Insecurity, and Intervention. Columbia University Press. September 1999. ISBN 9780231116275.
  • Walter, Barbara F. “Why Bad Governance Leads to Repeat Civil War.” The Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 59, no. 7, 2015, pp. 1242–72. JSTOR*Denny, Elaine K.; Walter, Barbara F. (March 2014). "Ethnicity and civil war". Journal of Peace Research. 51 (2): 199–212. doi:10.1177/0022343313512853. S2CID 110666158.
  • Maliniak, Daniel; Powers, Ryan; Walter, Barbara F. (October 2013). "The Gender Citation Gap in International Relations". International Organization. 67 (4): 889–922. doi:10.1017/S0020818313000209. S2CID 54062777.
  • Walter, Barbara F. “The Critical Barrier to Civil War Settlement.” International Organization, vol. 51, no. 3, 1997, pp. 335–364., doi:10.1162/002081897550384
  • Walter, Barbara (January 2022). How Civil Wars Start and How To Stop Them. Crown. ISBN 9780593137789.

References
  1. "About". Barbara F. Walter. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  2. "Membership Roster". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  3. "Barbara F. Walter".
  4. Nexon, Dan (April 5, 2013). "OAIS AWARDS: AND THE WINNERS ARE…". THE DUCK OF MINERVA. Retrieved September 30, 2022..
  5. Western, Jon (March 28, 2014). "AND THE WINNERS ARE…". THE DUCK OF MINERVA. Retrieved September 30, 2022..
  6. Nexon, Dan (April 5, 2013). "OAIS AWARDS: AND THE WINNERS ARE…". THE DUCK OF MINERVA. Retrieved September 30, 2022..
  7. Western, Jon (March 28, 2014). "AND THE WINNERS ARE…". THE DUCK OF MINERVA. Retrieved September 30, 2022..
  8. Saideman, Steve (February 22, 2015). "The Duckies of 2015". THE DUCK OF MINERVA. Retrieved September 30, 2022..
  9. "Editorial board".
  10. "Editorial board".
  11. "The Age of Civil Wars: Why Political Violence is Increasing and What We Can do About It - SRF".
  12. Ottesen, KK (March 8, 2022). "'They are preparing for war': An expert on civil wars discusses where political extremists are taking this country". The Washington Post.
  13. "Peacemaker Awards".
  14. "2020-2021 Awards Gallery".
  15. "Council on Foreign Relations".
  16. "Academic Senate, San Diego Division".
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