Foreign policy and the presidential election: Panel discussion analyzes Russia-Ukraine conflict

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, it’s worth remembering that one of the most important things a president deals with — and the area where she or he has the most control — is foreign policy.

Today’s show was recorded before a live audience last week in Champaign, Illinois. It’s an excerpt of a two-hour panel discussion and part of a series of events called “Undebates” — deep dives into policy areas, with an emphasis on how it relates to American politics and the upcoming election.

This panel includes several geopolitics experts weighing in on the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, and how Kamala Harris and Donald Trump would handle the conflict.

GUESTS

Konstantin Sonin
John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

Nicholas  Grossman
Teaching assistant professor, Political Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Senior editor, Arc Digital
Author, “Drones and Terror: Asymmetric Warfare and the Threat to Global Security”

Richard “Dick” Farkas
Professor, Political Science, DePaul University