Erica Chenoweth provides public comment on nonviolent resistance, terrorism, counterterrorism, and international relations topics in general. She is also a sought-after public speaker.

For a survey of recent op-eds and media appearances, please click the links below.

Blogs

• Rational Insurgent (host)
• Political Violence @ a Glance (co-host with Barbara F. Walter & Joe Young)
• The Monkey Cage (occasional contributor)
• The Duck of Minerva (former occasional contributor)

On Nonviolent Resistance

• Erica Chenoweth, Tommy Leung, Nathan Perkins, and Jeremy Pressman, “Turnout at Last Weekend’s Impeachment Marches Was Modest. Why?” Washington Post, June 24, 2019.
• Zoe Marks, Erica Chenoweth, and Jide Okeke, “People Power Is Rising in Africa,” Foreign Affairs, April 25, 2019.
• Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman, “The 2019 Women’s March Was Bigger Than You Think,” Washington Post, February 1, 2019.
• Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman, “3 Ways to Look at August’s Protests – and 2 Charts Showing All Protests Since January 2017,” Washington Post, November 12, 2018.
• Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman, “In July, the Trump-era Wave of Protests Started Taking a Back Seat to Campaign Rallies,” Washington Post, October 19, 2018.
• Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman, “Millions of Protesters Turned Out in June – More Than in Any Month Since the Inauguration,” Washington Post, August 31, 2018.
• Kanisha Bond, Erica Chenoweth, and Jeremy Pressman, “Tens of Thousands of People Protested in April and May – On Topics Like Gun Violence, Labor Rights, and Science,” Washington Post, August 1, 2018.
• Jenna Arnold, Kanisha Bond, Erica Chenoweth, and Jeremy Pressman, “These Are the Four Largest Protests Since Trump Was Inaugurated,” Washington Post, May 31, 2018.
• Jonathan Pinckney and Erica Chenoweth, “New Data Offers Insights into Dynamics of Nonviolent Resistance,” Waging Nonviolence, May 12, 2018.
• Kanisha Bond, Erica Chenoweth, and Jeremy Pressman, “Did You Attend the March for Our Lives? Here’s What It Looked Like Nationwide,” Washington Post, April 13, 2018.
• Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman, “New Count of U.S. Protests Shows More than 300 Separate Rallies Against Gun Violence in Feb,” Washington Post, March 30, 2018.
• Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman, “January’s Women’s March Brought Out More Than a Million People – And Many More Protested During the Month,” Washington Post, February 26, 2018.
• Marie Berry and Erica Chenoweth, “Training Women in Nonviolent Resistance is Crucial to Movement Success,” Waging Nonviolence, February 24, 2018.
• Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman, “The Women’s March Could Change Politics Like the Tea Party Did,” The Guardian, January 31, 2018.
• Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman, “In December, Thousands of Americans Protested against the Tax Plan, for DACA, and About All the Other Usual Suspects,” Washington Post, January 25, 2018.
• Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman, “One Year After the Women’s March on Washington, People Are Still Protesting En Masse. A Lot. We’ve Counted,” Washington Post, January 21, 2018.
• Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman, “The Republican Tax Bill Spurred More Than 120 Public Protests in November,” Washington Post, December 29, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman, “Trump’s Attacks on #TakeAKnee and DACA Spurred Hundreds of Protests in October,” Washington Post, December 1, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman, “Sometimes a Handful of Protesters Can Spark an Enormous Discussion. That Certainly Happened in September,” Washington Post, November 1, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman, “Last Month, 83% of U.S. Protests Were Against Trump,” Washington Post, September 28, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Scientists of the World, Unite!” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, September 14, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth, Emily Kalah Gade, and Jeremy Pressman, “Defending Obamacare, Cheering President Trump, Opposing Animal Cruelty: Here’s Who Rallied in July and Why,” Washington Post, August 21, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth, Devin Finn, and Jeremy Pressman, “More People in the U.S. Protested in June than in Any Month Since the January Women’s Marches,” Washington Post, July 25, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth, Erica Macdonald, and Jeremy Pressman, “In Trump’s America, Who’s Protesting and Why? Here’s Our May Report,” Washington Post, June 26, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth, Evan Perkoski, Jeremy Pressman, and Ches Thurber, “New Data Shows a Sharp Increase in Protest Activity in April,” Washington Post, May 22, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth, David Prater, Jeremy Pressman, Ches Thurber, and Stephen Zunes, “In Trump’s America, Who’s Protesting and Why? Here’s Our March Report,” Washington Post, April 24, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth and Robert Wright, “Robert Wright & Erica Chenoweth,” The Wright Show, BloggingheadsTV, April 20, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Now is Not the Time to Despair,” Acting in Faith, American Friends Service Committee Blog, April 14, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth, Jonathan Pinckney, Jeremy Pressman, and Stephen Zunes, “In Trump’s America, Who’s Protesting and Why? Here’s Our February Report,” Washington Post, April 5, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth, “When Engaged Scholarship Means Resistance,” Political Violence @ a Glance, March 28, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth, ” ‘What Can I Do?’ A Living Guide to #TheResistance in Denver & Beyond,” Rational Insurgent, February 26, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth & Waleed Shahid, “How to Topple a Dictator,” The Nation, February 24, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Violence Will Only Hurt the Movement Against Trump,” The New Republic, February 7, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman, “This is What We Learned by Counting the Women’s Marches,” Washington Post, February 7, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Worried about American Democracy? Study these Activist Techniques,” The Guardian, February 1, 2017 (commissioned).
• Jody Avirgan, Clare Malone, Nate Silver, Julia Azari, Harry Enten, and Erica Chenoweth, “The Beginning of the Trump Presidency,” 538 Politics Podcast, January 23, 2017.
• Erica Chenoweth, “People Are in the Streets Protesting Donald Trump. But When Does Protest Actually Work?” The Monkey Cage, The Washington Post, November 21, 2016.
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• Erica Chenoweth, “How Social Media Helps Dictators,” Foreign Policy, November 16, 2016 (commissioned).
• Erica Chenoweth, “Civil Resistance: Advancing Peace?” International Day of Peace Snapshot, Carnegie Corporation of New York, September 21, 2016 (commissioned).
• Erica Chenoweth, “The Rise of Nonviolent Resistance: Implications for Policy and Practice,” Peace Research Institute Oslo Policy Brief 19-2016, August 2016.
• “Why is Nonviolent Resistance on the Rise?” Diplomatic Courier, July 23, 2016 (commissioned).
• Erica Chenoweth, “From Occupy to Black Lives Matter: How Nonviolent Resistance is Shaping the 2016 Elections,” Vox, April 18, 2016 (commissioned).
• Erica Chenoweth and Hakim Young, “Seeing Flight as a Non-Violent Option,” Political Violence @ a Glance, January 26, 2016.
• Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan, “How the World is Proving Martin Luther King Right about Nonviolence,” The Monkey Cage, The Washington Post, January 18, 2016.
• Seyward Darby, Erica Chenoweth and David Scheffer, “What is the Breaking Point for Nonviolent Resistance?” Foreign Policy Podcasts, November 17, 2015.
• Interview on Peace Talks Radio, “The Effectiveness of Nonviolent Resistance,” KUNM Radio, November 2015.
• Steve Inskeep, Maria J. Stephan, and Erica Chenoweth, “Why Civil Resistance Movements Work,” Morning Edition, NPR, August 21, 2014.
• Erica Chenoweth, Maria J Stephan, and Lewis Perry, “Book Salon: Why Civil Resistance Works,” Firedoglake, August 8, 2014.
• Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan, “Drop Your Weapons: When and Why Civil Resistance Works,” Foreign Affairs, June 16, 2014.
• Erica Chenoweth and Stephen Zunes, “A Nonviolent Alternative for Ukraine,” Foreign Policy, May 28, 2014.
• Erica Chenoweth and Robert Farley, “The Illogic of Violent Resistance,” Bloggingheads.tv, November 27, 2013.
• Erica Chenoweth, “The Dissident’s Toolkit,” Foreign Policy, October 25, 2013.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Why Sit-Ins Succeed–Or Fail,” Foreign Affairs, August 11, 2013.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Changing Sides Doesn’t Always Make for Transformation – Just Look at Egypt,” OpenDemocracy, July 31, 2013.
• “The Success of Nonviolent Revolution: An Academic Minute with Erica Chenoweth,” Inside Higher Ed, November 6, 2012.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Why Civil Resistance Trumps Violent Uprisings,” CNN’s Global Public Square, September 19, 2012.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Creative Nonviolence Can Defeat Repression,” New York Times, August 20, 2012.
• Eric Stoner, “Participation is Everything – A Conversation with Erica Chenoweth,” Waging Nonviolence, July 14, 2012.
• Jenny Gustafsson, “Professor’s Work Shows People Power Trumps Violence,” Narco News, May 21, 2012.
• Octavia Manea, “Civil Resistance as a Form of Unconventional Warfare: An Interview with Professor Erica Chenoweth,” Small Wars Journal, March 21, 2012.
• Erica Chenoweth, “You Say You Want a Revolution?” University of Dayton Magazine, January 2012.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Revolutioner vokser sjældent ud af geværløb,” Information, November 18, 2011 (in Danish).
• Interview on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Veronica Rueckart Show,” November 11, 2011.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Backfire in the Arab Spring,” Revolution and Political Transformation in the Middle East: Government Action and Response, Vol. II, Middle East Institute, September 16, 2011.
• Interview on KPFK/NPR’s “Background Briefing,” August 25, 2011.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Think Again: Nonviolent Resistance,” Foreign Policy, August 24, 2011.
  • “Think Again: Nonviolent Resistance” in Arabic.
• Interview on KBOO Portland’s “Voices from the Edge,” August 18, 2011.
• Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan, “Why Civil Resistance Works,” The Page 99 Test, August 17, 2011.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Nonviolent vs. Violent Revolutions: Studies Diverge,” The Boston Globe, August 7, 2011.
• Interview on “The Doug Noll Show,” August 4, 2011.
• Interview on “Free Talk Live,” July 26th, 2011.
• Erica Chenoweth, “People Power,” Sojourners, May 2011.
• Interview on NPR/KPFK’s “The Insighters,” March 27, 2011.
• Interview on BBC Radio’s The World Today, March 20, 2011 (begins at about the 43:20 mark).
• Erica Chenoweth, “Give Peaceful Resistance a Chance,” New York Times, March 10, 2011.
• Erica Chenoweth, “A Skeptic’s Guide to Nonviolent Resistance,” March 9, 2011.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Why Security Studies Should Take Nonviolent Resistance Seriously,” The Monkey Cage, March 1, 2011.

On Terrorism, Insurgency, and Responses

• Erica Chenoweth, “Under Threat: Do Terrorist Attacks Justify Giving Security Services Greater Powers?” GREECE IS – Democracy, a joint publication of Kathimerini and New York Times International (September 2016), pp. 132-137.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Evidence-Based Policy Meets the Politics of Terrorism,” Political Violence @ a Glance, September 6, 2016.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Yes, Mass Shootings Tend to Produce Copycats. So Do Terror Attacks,” The Monkey Cage, The Washington Post, December 4, 2015.
• Interview on Colorado Matters, “Assessing the Threat of ISIS Terrorism in Colorado,” Colorado Public Radio, November 25, 2015.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Is Bombing a Civilian Airliner a Game-Changer for the Islamic State?” Political Violence @ a Glance, November 10, 2015.
• Interview on World Have Your Say, “Is Real Power in the Hands of the Bombers?” BBC News, April 29, 2013.
• Erica Chenoweth, “The Good, the Bad, and the Promising: The State of Research on Counter-Terrorism,” Canadian Diversity, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Fall 2012).
• Erica Chenoweth and Laura Dugan, “Moving Beyond Deterrence,” Social Science Space, September 11, 2012.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Lots of Buzz about Drones,” The Monkey Cage, June 22, 2011.
• Erica Chenoweth, “The Satellite Dishes Finally Make Sense,” The Monkey Cage, May 7, 2011.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Why It Matters That Bin Laden Was Behind Recent Terrorist Plots,” The Monkey Cage, May 7, 2011
• Erica Chenoweth, “Al-Qaeda Bomb Plot Reveals Vulnerabilities,” Hartford Courant,November 2, 2010.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Odds Against Democracy in Iraq, Afghanistan,” Hartford Courant, November 18, 2008.
• Erica Chenoweth and Susan E. Clarke, “Homeland Security: How to Improve Interoperability for State and Local Responders.” A Memo to Homeland Security Officials. Cambridge, Mass.: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, March 3, 2008.

On International Relations

• Erica Chenoweth,Kathleen Cunningham, Page Fortna, Sara Mitchell, Burcu Savun, and Jessica Weeks, “How to Get Tenure (If You’re a Woman),” Foreign Policy, April 21, 2016.
• Erica Chenoweth, “Who Are the ‘Authorities’ in International Relations Scholarship?” The Monkey Cage, July 13, 2011.
• Interview on NPR/KPFK’s “The Scholar’s Circle,” July 11, 2011 (begins at about the 29:00 mark).

Notable Coverage and Mentions in the Media (not updated past mid-2014)

• Roland Elliott Brown, “Civil Resistance Must Be Creative,” Iranwire, August 21, 2014.
• Doug McPherson, “Korbel Professor Erica Chenoweth is Getting Noticed for Her Work on Nonviolent Resistance,” University of Denver Magazine, May 12, 2014.
• Colin Daileda, “Riot Gear: How Protestors around the World Suit Up,” Mashable, April 17, 2014.
• Douglas Kenrick, “Violent versus Nonviolent Revolutions: Which Way Wins?” Psychology Today, April 7, 2014.
• Elleke Bal, “A Man with Balls,” The Intelligent Optimist, January-February 2014.
• Nataliya Gumenyuk, “Is There a Strategy for the Square?” Pravda, November 29, 2013 (in Ukrainian).
• Christine Sounart, “Power to the People,” The Coloradan, Winter 2013.
• Andrew Miller, “Street protests: The weapon of choice,” The Economist, September 28, 2013.
• Dylan Matthews, “12 Years After 9/11, We Still Have No Idea How to Fight Terrorism,” Wonkblog, The Washington Post, September 11, 2013.
• Natasha Gardener, “Pioneers 2.0: The New Kids, A sampling of some of Colorado’s high-profile transplants,” 5280 Magazine, September 2013.
• David Brooks, “The Ideas Behind the March,” The New York Times, August 27, 2013.
• David Ignatius, “Hope for Democracy in the Arab World,” The Washington Post, August 9, 2013.
• Beth McMurtie, “Terrorism and Democracy,” The Percolator Blog, Chronicle of Higher Education, April 5, 2013.
• Rodger Payne, “2013 Grawemeyer Award Winner,” Duck of Minerva, November 27, 2012.
• The Books Project, “Erica Chenoweth’s Book List,” May 18, 2012.
• Octavian Manea, “Civil Resistance as a Form of Unconventional Warfare: Interview with Professor Erica Chenoweth,” Small Wars Journal, March 21, 2012.
• Terry Messman, “Discovering the Unexpected Power of Nonviolence: Street Spirit Interview with Erica Chenoweth,” Street Spirit, March 7, 2012.
• Namo Abdulla, “Social Media and Syria’s Revolution,” Radaw, December 20, 2011.
• Eyder Peralta, “Kim Jong-Il’s Legacy? North Korea is Dark,” NPR, December 20, 2011.
• Hugo Dixon, “A Breakthrough Year for Nonviolence,” Reuters, December 19, 2011.
• Basma Atassi, “A Colorful Uprising in Damascus,” Al Jazeera English, December 13, 2011.
• Adam Roberts, “Five Books Interview: Civil Resistance,” The Browser, December 9, 2011.
• Carl Romanos, “Erica Chenoweth: Discarding the Sword,” Stanford Daily, December 7, 2011.
• “Books of the Year 2011,” The Guardian, November 25, 2011.
• “Q&A with Steven Pinker: The Violent Dangers of Ideology,” The Economist, November 3, 2011.
• Micah Cohen, “Reads and Reactions,” FiveThirtyEight Blog, New York Times, October 1, 2011.
• Charlotte Aagaard, “Det syriske regime skal rammes på økonomien,” Information, September 22, 2011 (in Danish).
• Editorial, “After War in Libya, A Need to Assert Nonviolence for Arab Spring,”Christian Science Monitor, August 29, 2011.
• Louisa Thomas, “Give Pacifism a Chance,” New York Times, August 28, 2011.
• Thanassis Cambanis, “Call to Arms,” Boston Globe, July 31, 2011.
• C. F. Schermerhorn, “Interoperability: Why it Works–Or Doesn’t,” RACers Report, July 28, 2011.
• Susan Campbell, “Wesleyan Professor Says Christian Terrorists Do Exist,” Hartford Courant,July 26, 2011.
• Adam Serwer, “Are Drones Effective?” The American Prospect, June 22, 2011.
• Jay Ulfelder, “Crystal Clear,” Foreign Policy, June 22, 2011.
• René-Eric Dagorn, “La résistance civile, ça marche!” Sciences Humaines, June 15, 2011.
• David Pesci, “Conversations,” Wesleyan Magazine, June 2011.
• Reza Sanati, “The Libyan Intervention in the Long View,”PBS.org, May 30, 2011.
• Andrew Sullivan, “Bin Laden Takes Some Me Time,” The Daily Beast, May 9, 2011.
• Haakon Flemmen, “Forkser ikke pa in ikkevold,” Ny Tid, May 2011 (in Norwegian).
• Claire Michalewicz, “Death of Bin Laden Brings Closure for Some,” Middletown Press, May 3, 2011.
• Rose Marie Berger, “Peace Through (Nonviolent) Strength,” Sojourners, March 3, 2011.
• Andrew Sullivan, “The Power of Nonviolence,” The Atlantic, March 2, 2011.
• Christine Buckley, “First Bennett Lecture Shows Why Peaceful Protests Work,” CLAS Newsletter, February 11, 2011.
• Claudia Bradshaw, “Can Non-Violent Resistance Work?” BBC World Service, April 7, 2010.
• Sarah Laskow, “Interoperability Money Aids Motorola and Other Contractors, but Are First Responders Better Off?“, Center for Public Integrity, February 16, 2010.
• “Icons Under Fire,” The Economist, November 19, 2008.