Marshall and Saga here, welcome back to the Realignment.

This begins the fourth week of the Realignment's exclusive focus on the COVID-19 crisis.

We started with covering supply chains.

The way different areas of the world are affected by this crisis.

With Matthew Cognetti, we focused on how the Realignment itself was being furthered

by the implications of the virus.

And then we focused on the broader geopolitics of the virus.

And finally, this epistah we're really interested in highlighting how or how not the US's overall

picture will change when it comes to Asia, when it comes to our Southern border, and when

it comes to our general force readiness.

We're starting off with Walter Russell Meade, who is making his first appearance on this

show.

Really enjoyed his conversation, very wide ranging, starting with the impact of the crisis

on our Southern border.

We also took a step back and looked at the overall impact on America's role in the world.

We're happy to welcome back to the show, Rebecca Heinrichs.

Last time that we spoke, we talked about national security and the broader implications of

the Trump administrations, their national security outlook, their framework.

And this time, we're returning to talk about how that outlook, the return of nation states,

the way that we look at international organizations, applies to the coronavirus outbreak in particular

and the national security implications.

To round things out, we bring back Hudson COO, John Walters to the show, this time to talk

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