Marshall here. Welcome back to the Realignment.

Everyone wrapped a incredibly busy week.

Sagar and I launched the Realignment Live Conference in BC.

On Wednesday, lots of great conversations when better

than I ever could have hoped for.

So definitely expect a lot of great conversations on your feed

in the next few weeks.

Today's episode is when I recorded a little while back,

spoke with the author and foreign policy analyst,

Van Jackson, about his new book, Pacific Power Paradox,

American State Craft, and the FATO Asian Peace.

This episode is a great follow-up to the conversation

with Representative Mike Gallagher and the China Select Committee,

and my other episode recently with Robert Kagan,

which is promised on the idea that the United States

is the guarantor of World Order.

This conversation with Van is coming out

in a different direction than is a progressive foreign policy

thinker, and he is looking at the question

of how do we preserve peace in Asia through a more critical lens.

He is bringing a perspective that includes the idea

that rather than serving as the guarantor of peace and stability,

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