Public writing

Risa Brooks, Erica De Bruin, and Theodore McLauchlin. 2026. "The Military Can't Interfere in Elections. Many Americans Don't Know It." Good Authority, November 2.

Erica De Bruin. 2026. "ICE Not Only Looks Like a Paramilitary Force-- It is One, and That Makes it Harder to Curb." The Conversation, January 28.

Erica De Bruin and Heather Sullivan. 2025. “How Jair Bolsonaro Plotted to Steal Brazil’s 2022 Election,” Good Authority, January 8.

Erica De Bruin. 2023. “Power Sharing and the Risks of Coups in Post-Conflict Settings.” Civil War Paths Blog, June 12.

Erica De Bruin and Maggie Dwyer, 2022. “How This Wave of African Coups Differs From Previous Ones.” Washington Post, The Monkey Cage, February 25.

Erica De Bruin. 2022. “Militarized Policing in the Trump Era and Beyond.” H-Diplo | ISSF, Policy Series 2021: America and the World—The Effects of the Trump Presidency, Essay No. 61.

Risa Brooks and Erica De Bruin. 2021. “18 Steps to a Democratic Breakdown.” Washington Post, Outlook, December 10 | printed in the Sunday Outlook section, December 12. Illustrated by Hanna Barczyk.

Erica De Bruin. 2021. "How Can We Vaccinate Against Viral Political Science?” Duck of Minerva Blog, Political Science Lab Leaks: A Symposium, August 31.

Erica De Bruin. 2020. “No, Trump is Not Attempting a 'Coup.' Here's Why the Distinction Matters.” Washington Post, PostEverything/The Monkey Cage, November 11 | printed in Outlook, B2, November 15.

Erica De Bruin. 2020. “International Trends in Militarized Policing: New Data and Puzzles.” Political Violence at a Glance, July 23.

Erica De Bruin. 2020. “Do Democracies Need to Worry About Coups?” Cornell University Press Blog, December 4.

Erica De Bruin. 2019. “Coups, Protests, and Violence: What to Expect in Bolivia.” Political Violence at a Glance, November 25.

Erica De Bruin. 2019. “Why Does the United States Still Believe the Myth of the 'Good Coup'?” Washington Post, Outlook, November 13.

Erica De Bruin. 2019. “Trump Wants Venezuela's Military to Remove its President. But Maduro Has Made that Difficult.” Washington Post, The Monkey Cage, May 2.

Erica De Bruin. 2014. “Coup-Proofing for Dummies: The Benefits of Following the Maliki Playbook.” Foreign Affairs Snapshot, July 27.