Walter is an authority on international security, with an emphasis on internal wars, bargaining and cooperation, and terrorism/counter-terrorism. Her current research and teaching interests include reputation building and war, the strategies of terrorism, and the behavioral foundations of rational behavior.  Publications include: “The Strategies of Terrorism,” with Andrew Kydd, International Security, Summer 2006; “Building Reputation: Why Governments Fight Some Separatists But Not Others,” American Journal of Political Science, Spring 2006; “Information, Uncertainty and the Decision to Secede,” International Organization, Winter 2006; "Sabotaging the Peace: The Politics of Extremist Violence," with Andrew Kydd, International Organization, Spring 2002; Committing to Peace: The Successful Settlement of Civil Wars (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001); "The Critical Barrier to Civil War Settlement," International Organization, Summer 1997; "Designing Transitions from Violent Civil War" International Security, Summer 1999; and Civil Wars, Insecurity and Intervention (New York: Columbia University Press, 1999) co-edited with Jack Snyder. She has just completed a book manuscript on Reputation Building and War, and is continuing to work on a manuscript on strategies and counter-strategies of terrorism. Walter is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including awards from the National Science Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Guggenheim, and Smith Richardson Foundations.

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