How Gen Z Thinks About Foreign Policy

Gen Z is coming of age at a historically turbulent time. This is a cohort whose formative experiences have included a global financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, several wars, and the ever-present doom of the climate crisis.

According to a recent Harvard University poll, more than 40 percent of Americans under age 30 admit they are “barely getting by” financially; fewer than one in five trust the federal government to do the right thing; and just 15 percent believe the country is headed in the right direction.

How do Gen Z’s worries about America impact their views about the world? For answers, FP’s Ravi Agrawal spoke to Kyla Scanlon on the latest episode of FP Live. Scanlon is a 27-year-old commentator who has been dubbed the “economic advisor for Gen Z” and is the author of “In This Economy?: How Money & Markets Really Work.”

Watch the full interview here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/05/scanlon-how-gen-z-sees-the-world/

0:00 Intro
2:26 The state of the U.S. economy
4:03 How Gen Z views the economy
5:42 Micro-generations within Gen Z
7:19 The future of UNRWA
8:20 “FAFO” economics

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