Is the US headed towards another civil war? | Barbara F. Walter

TED Talks Daily

EpisodeAug 14, 202313m

Is the US headed towards another civil war? | Barbara F. Walter

TED Talks Daily

EpisodeAug 14, 202313m

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 paints an unsettling picture of the increasing likelihood of a second civil war in the United States. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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