Erica De Bruin

Erica De Bruin (Bluesky) is Associate Professor of Government at Hamilton College. Her research focuses on civil-military relations, civil war, policing, and democratic backsliding. De Bruin is the author of How to Prevent Coups d’état: Counterbalancing and Regime Survival (Cornell University Press). Her research has appeared in academic journals including the American Political Science Review, Armed Forces & Society, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, and PS: Political Science & Politics. Her writing and expert commentary have been featured in outlets including the Chronicle of Higher Education, Foreign Affairs, New York Times, New Yorker, and Washington Post. Previously, De Bruin was a Research Associate in U.S. Foreign Policy and International Law at the Council on Foreign Relations; Non-Resident Fellow at the Modern War Institute at the United States Military Academy; and Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. She has a PhD In Political Science from Yale University.