Sheri Berman
Response
Jul/Aug
2010
Can Louis XIV's consolidation of power in seventeenth-century France guide the way for state builders in Afghanistan today? Sheri Berman defends her case.
Comment
Mar/Apr
2010
The United States hopes to create a strong central government in Afghanistan -- but is such state building possible? Yes, and policymakers should look to Louis XIV and the development of France's ancien régime for guidance.
Reading List
An annotated Foreign Affairs syllabus on modernization theory.
Capsule Review
Jan/Feb
2007
Review Essay
Jul/Aug
2003
The Mind and the Market shows that complaints about capitalism are older and more respectable than most of the antagonists in today's globalization debates realize.
Capsule Review
Mar/Apr
1999
Comment
Mar/Apr
1999
Given the ECB's fundamentally anti-democratic ideology, the Bank's role during a true crisis was destined to become a source of controversy.
