Institute of Politics

David Pressman

Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary

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    Mondays,

    3:30-4:45pm

    Seminars

Biography

Seminars

“Atrocities, Authoritarianism & Democratic Collapse: Diplomacy in Extremis”

The United States government has historically turned to a distinct set of tools to address extreme circumstances, specifically the challenges of democratic collapse, authoritarianism, and mass atrocity. Does this still work? Are our institutions up to the challenge of advancing our interests in these extreme environments, and do Americans still share the foundational values these institutions were designed to uphold and promulgate? David Pressman is an American diplomat and lawyer who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary from 2022 to 2025, as well as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Security Council, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, and on the National Security Council staff at the White House. Drawing on his work, you will interrogate how diplomats are responding to these circumstances and what that means for statecraft and state power going forward.

Fellows seminars are off the record and open to current UChicago students only.

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