Russell Berman

Russell A. Berman is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University and formerly senior adviser in the policy planning staff of the United States Department of State.

French President Emmanuel Macron, center left, and President Donald Trump, center right, participate in a G-7 Working Session on the Global Economy, Foreign Policy, and Security Affairs the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019. Also pictured is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, second from left, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, third from left, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, center, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, top second from right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Opinion

April 6, 2020

Berman and Goetzmann: Coronavirus response — a chance to make the West great again

The crisis is a wake-up call to face the Chinese challenge and will require extensive rethinking of Western aspirations and the role of nation-states to achieve them.