As the GOP presidential candidates tussle, some former teenage diplomats see a familiar archetype: The guy who tosses bombs into foreign policy debates.
You know the type, viscerally, from your high school years. The guy who proposes a land invasion of Russia in the wintertime. He’d tank nuclear disarmament talks if the room won’t go along with the uranium disposal plan he pulled from a random academic paper found in obscure JSTOR corners.When Ukraine’s war with Russia came up in Fox News’s Aug.
“Nikki, I wish you well on your future career on the boards of Lockheed and Raytheon,” Ramaswamy said, referring to two large military contractors.Santiago Mayer, 21, recalled moments from his not-so-distant past. He’s the executive director of Voters of Tomorrow, a left-aligned group focused on young voters. Watching from the group’s D.C.
Who knows why 14- and 15-year-olds with no foreign policy experience devote eight-plus years to debating these issues. The romantic explanation: Escapism and wish-casting for a better world. The cynical explanation is preprofessional résumé-padding and ego-feeding. Being subjectively crowned “best delegate” can be addictive.
Both types of Model U.N. formers can end up in D.C., in Democratic press shops or the State Department or as a. “There’s a specific type of energy that I think a lot of us recognize,” says one former Ohio State University Model U.N. delegate, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because, well, she takes her job in D.C. politics seriously. “Right away [during the GOP
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