We know a lot about how wars typically end: negotiated settlements or outright victors. But how do they usually start? The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Barbara F. Walter to find out. She’s a professor of international security at UC San Diego and spoke at length about the conditions that lead to civil wars in the modern age.
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