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What Topples Democracies

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Civil Wars: The Prevalence and Predictability

Barbara, an expert in civil wars, joined a CIA task force in 2017 to find a way to predict which countries are about to go to civil war. Data analysts and conflict experts collaborated and found that out of 38 factors, only two were highly predictive, which surprised Barbara.

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