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Matthew MacKenzie is an international affairs master’s student specializing in U.S. foreign policy at George Washington University, where he is currently a member of The Elliott School’s Leadership, Ethics, and Practice Initiative. Beyond academics, he interns with The Foreign Policy Association, a New York-based nonpartisan think tank. Previously, he received his BA in international affairs at the University of Colorado Boulder.