Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Price of Strategic Slovenliness
Eric welcomes Eliot back from his long travels who reports back on his trip with a bipartisan delegation of national security experts to Israel and r…
2 years, 2 months ago
Live from the Miller Center
Eric visits the Miller Center and joins John Owen IV, the Amb. Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politics, and a Senior Fellow at the I…
2 years, 3 months ago
Is America about to abandon Ukraine?
While President Zelensky is meeting in the White House on Dec. 12, Eric welcomes former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor to Shield of the Re…
2 years, 3 months ago
Understanding Hamas with Jonathan Schanzer
Eric welcomes Jonathan Schanzer, Senior Vice President for Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies to discuss the war in Gaza. Jonathan…
2 years, 3 months ago
National Security with Secretary Gates
Eric and Eliot welcome former Secretary of Defense and former CIA Director Robert M. Gates to discuss his article in the current (November-December) …
2 years, 3 months ago
A French Perspective
Eric and Eliot host Bruno Tertrais, the Deputy DIrector of France's Fondation Pour La Recherche Strategique, one of the country's leading think tanks…
2 years, 4 months ago
Great Teachers and Two Wars
Eliot and Eric talk about great teachers including Eric's undergraduate mentor at Cornell, the late Walter LaFeber and Eliot's Harvard mentor Samuel …
2 years, 4 months ago
Everything is Going to Hell Part II
Eric and Eliot talk about what is perhaps the most complex and dangerous moment in national security since the end of World War II. They discuss the …
2 years, 4 months ago
The Hollow Crown: Eliot's latest book is out now!
**NOTE** For a limited time, Shield of the Republic listeners can receive a 20% discount on The Hollow Crown. Use code HLLW23, at checkout at https:/…
2 years, 4 months ago
We Need a Renaissance in Deterrence Policy
Eric welcomes Franklin C. Miller, a Principal at the Scowcroft Group and long time public servant at the Department of State, Defense and the White H…
2 years, 5 months ago