Michael Chrzanowski (MA 2021) shares an excerpt from his thesis, Heralds of the Terror: the Journalist-Legislators of the French Revolution 1793, which explores both the roles and political publications of the French Girondin and Montagnard journalist-legislators Jean-Baptiste Louvet, Jean-Paul Marat, and Jacques-Pierre Brissot, who as former friends and colleagues, gave over to personal and ideological animosities, which blossomed into the perpetuation of conspiracy theories during the Revolution (thesis awarded with program distinction).
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine escalates, the world is witnessing what the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell claimed is “the most dangerous moment for security in Europe after the end of the Cold War.” On the topic of the Ukraine crisis, Visiting Professor of International and Public Affairs Pierre Vimont discusses what brought us to this moment, where we are today, and where we are headed.