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Back to SearchThe Long Shadow of the Evil Empire
Eric and Eliot host Sergey Radchenko, the Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopk…
2 years ago
What's at Stake in the Global 2024 Elections
Eric is rejoined by Eliot who has been reconnoitering his old stomping grounds in Boston. They discuss a series of upcoming elections, including in t…
2 years, 1 month ago
Was Machiavelli the Father of Modern Grand Strategy?
Eric welcomes Professor Christopher Lynch, Chair of the Political Science Department at Missouri State University, the editor and translator of the m…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Fallout From a Lost Decade
Eric welcomes Eliot back from scenic Lake Champlain where Eliot communed with the spirit of Benedict Arnold. They host Richard Fontaine, CEO of the C…
2 years, 1 month ago
David Sanger on the New Cold Wars
Eric hosts New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger, author of The Inheritance, Confront and Conceal, The Perfect Weapon and most r…
2 years, 1 month ago
Shield of the Republic Crosses the Century Mark
Eric and Eliot ruminate on the past 100 episodes of Shield of the Republic looking back retrospectively on big takeaways about US national security s…
2 years, 1 month ago
Israel's Current & Future Conundrum
Eliot returns from the Lennert Meri Conference in Tallinn, Estonia and he and Eric are joined by Bret Stephens, columnist for the New York Times, fou…
2 years, 2 months ago
Would China Risk it All?
Eric hosts Dale Copeland, Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics at UVA and faculty senior fellow at the Miller Center. D…
2 years, 2 months ago
A Resurgence of Antiliberalism
With Eliot traveling, Eric welcomes back Robert W. Kagan, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and editor at large at the Washington Post, to t…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Original America First Movement
Eliot and Eric welcome Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of The National Interest, non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, and author of …
2 years, 2 months ago