Barbara F. Walter
Barbara Walter is Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean at the Graduate School of International Affairs and Pacific Studies at the University of California San Diego. She is an authority on international security, with an emphasis on internal wars, unconventional violence, and bargaining and conflict. She received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago, and held post docs at Harvard University and Columbia University. Walter is on the editorial board of the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Studies Quarterly, and International Interactions. She is also the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including awards from the National Science Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Guggenheim, and Smith Richardson Foundations.
Posts by Barbara F. Water:
- Our Favorite Posts, Year One Edition, June 14, 2013.
- Happy Anniversary, PV@Glance, June 7, 2013.
- Friday Puzzler: Obama’s Shift on Drones, May 24, 2013.
- Friday Puzzler: Why Lie About Benghazi?
- Friday Puzzler: Benetton Boos Bangladesh, May 3, 2013.
- Friday Puzzler: Why Don’t North Koreans Rebel?, April 26, 2013.
- Duckies, Duckies Everywhere!, April 19, 2013.
- Friday Puzzler: The Case of the Missing Citations, April 5, 2013.
- Friday Puzzler: Why No Violence in Kenya?, March 15, 2013.
- Friday Puzzler: Why Threaten the US with Nuclear Attack?, March 8, 2013.
- Friday Puzzler: Why Support the Taliban?, March 1, 2013.
- Friday Puzzler: Twitter and War, Friday 22, 2013.
- Friday Puzzler: The Silence of the Drones, February 15, 2013.
- Friday Puzzler: Super Bowl Sunday and Domestic Violence, February 1, 2013.
- Friday Puzzler: Why Are Most Online Courses Taught by Men?, January 25, 2013.
- Friday Puzzler: Why Has Hamas Never Targeted the United States with Violence?, January 11, 2013.
- Friday Puzzler: Rich States, Poor States and Different Types of Violence, December 14, 2012.
- Friday Puzzler: Why Oppose Palestine’s UN Bid?, November 30, 2012.
- Friday Puzzler: Chinese Corruption and the Paper Trail Left Behind, November 2, 2012.
- Friday Puzzler: Why Take Credit for Shooting a Girl?, Answered, October 26, 2012.
- Friday Puzzler: Why Take Credit for Shooting a Girl?, October 19, 2012.
- Friday Puzzler: Why Did the Governments in Egypt and Libya Respond So Differently to the Embassy Attacks?, October 12, 2012.
- Friday Puzzler: If Presidential Debates Have Little Effect, Why Engage in Them?, October 5, 2012.
- Why Does the US Suddenly Prefers Its Enemies Dead?, September 21, 2012.
- Income Inequality’s Strange Relationship to Violence, September 19, 2012.
- A Wall of Brand-New Walkmans, September 7, 2012.
- Explaining High Murder Rates in Latin America: It’s Not Drugs, August 30, 2012.
- Five Big Trends I Saw Traveling Around the World, August 22, 2012.
- Why Africa’s Rebels Become Dictators, August 16, 2012.
- Syria’s Bad, Bad Chemical Weapons Bluff, July 30, 2012.
- Why Assad Will Fight to the Death, June 18, 2012.
- Why No One Wants to Call Syria a Civil War, June 11, 2012, with Elizabeth Martin.
- Why Assad Denies his Role in the Massacre, June 6, 2012.
- Why Kill Women and Children in Syria?, June 4, 2012.



















