Marshall here. I normally say welcome back to the realignment, but this is actually a crossover episode

from my UT Austin Clement Center for National Security podcast, Horns of Dilemma,

where I work as a national security media and journalism fellow. Horns of a dilemma is a podcast

produced by the Texas National Security Review, and I highly recommend you check it out, not just if you're a fellow Texan, but if you're as focused

on foreign policy and national security as I am.

Today's episode is with Danielle Pletka, a distinguished senior fellow at AEI's Foreign

and Defense Policy Studies Department.

We put today's electoral choice in the context of

global politics and national security. No predictions, as per usual, but the key takeaway is that

regardless of whether we have a first Harris or a second Trump administration, either president

will face one of the most perilous international and national security environments since the end of the Cold War.

Last note before we dive in, earlier today, I published Saga in my latest discussion episode on the election.

I definitely recommend you check that out as well after you finish this conversation if you haven't already.

Hope you all enjoy the conversation.

Danny Pleka, welcome to Horns of Dilemma. Thank you very much. Great title.

Yes, it gets at the core of everything while also getting the UT branding there.

Before we jump in, I want to know this episode is coming out

on Election Day, and for a variety of reasons, including 501c3 statuses and the fact this is not

a political podcast, there will be no predictions of what people are going to experience later

tonight, but instead, and it also applies to you as well too in terms of you being at A.A.I.

But I think instead we could have like a really great broad conversation about the state of the

world and the different paths forward for either a Kamala Harris administration or a second

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