Estarão os EUA a caminho de outra guerra civil?
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Barbara F. Walter |
TED2023
• April 2023
Com base na sua participação no grupo de trabalho da CIA, cujo objetivo era prever guerras civis, a cientista política Barbara F. Walter examina o aumento do extremismo e ameaças a democracias em todo o mundo - e pinta uma imagem desconcertante do aumento da probabilidade de uma segunda guerra civil nos EUA.
Com base na sua participação no grupo de trabalho da CIA, cujo objetivo era prever guerras civis, a cientista política Barbara F. Walter examina o aumento do extremismo e ameaças a democracias em todo o mundo - e pinta uma imagem desconcertante do aumento da probabilidade de uma segunda guerra civil nos EUA.
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Barbara F. Walter's love of peace led her to become an expert in civil wars, the conflicts that last the longest and are the hardest to resolve.
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