Sheri Berman

Sheri Berman is a professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University, and the author of Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe: From the Ancien Régime to the Present Day.

Articles by Sheri Berman
A painting depicts the Burning of the Chateau d'Eau at the Palais-Royal of Paris with soldiers in the foreground and fire in the bulidings.

Why Some Revolutions Fail to Make History
Review
Sheri Berman
U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (L) shakes hands with former U.S. President Donald Trump during an event at the East Palestine Fire Department in East Palestine, Ohio.

Why the U.S. Right Doesn’t Like Free Markets Anymore
Argument
Sheri Berman
Supporters of President Donald Trump protest outside the Clark County Election Department on November 7, 2020 in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

U.S. Democrats Can Learn From the European Left’s Failures
Argument
Sheri Berman
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in at her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Oct. 12 in Washington.

Democrats Can’t Reverse the Damage of the Trump Era Overnight
Voice
Sheri Berman
Demonstrators gather on 16th Street across from Lafayette Park while protesting peacefully against police brutality and racism on June 6 in Washington, DC.

Why Protests Threaten Dictatorships but Make Democracies Stronger
Voice
Sheri Berman
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Crises Only Sometimes Lead to Change. Here’s Why.
Essay
Sheri Berman
Dan Saelinger illustration for Foreign Policy

Can Social Democrats Save the World (Again)?
Essay
Sheri Berman
U.S. President Donald Trump and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker at a G20 economic summit on July 8, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Populism Is a Problem. Elitist Technocrats Aren’t the Solution.
Feature
Sheri Berman
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