Marshall Kosloff on Ukraine and how young people should approach politics in an age of dysfunction | EP 48

Marshall Kosloff (@makosloff on Twitter) is host of The Realignment podcast (almost 1.5 million channel views on YouTube alone) which focuses on shifting thinking in American politics, technology, economics, and national security. He is also an Executive Producer at the tech company On Deck. Marshall, Ben, and Alex all attended the University of Oregon together and have been friends since college. 

 

While Marshall and Ben are not foreign policy experts, they are both deeply interested in international affairs. In this crossover episode (also posted on The Realignment), they discuss why Russia's invasion of Ukraine matters and its implications for the future of U.S. foreign policy. Marshall offers his view of what it means for America to be an "arsenal for democracy" in the 21st century and Ben talks about the Democratic Party's evolution on foreign policy since the George W. Bush era in the 2000s. They discuss the emerging broad international consensus acting against Russia and whether that coalition could remain intact in an analogous China/Taiwan situation. They close with a conversation about cynicism, whether American politics is broken, and what young people interested in public service should do in an age of political dysfunction.