Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNational 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, 7 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 9 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, 9 months ago
Civilization vs. Barbarism
Eliot joins Eric from his walking tour in the Cotswolds to discuss the horrifying Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on October 7. They discuss the int…
2 years, 9 months ago
China's Two Sets of Books
Eric and Eliot welcome Leland Miller, a non-resident senior fellow at the Asia Security Initiative of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center on Stra…
2 years, 9 months ago
If You Have a Book, You'll Never Be Alone
Eric and Eliot take a break from the depressing flow of international news and talk about books. They discuss their favorite bookstores, favorite his…
2 years, 10 months ago
Everything is Going to Hell
Eric and Eliot discuss the growing global disorder starting with the potential for a genocidal campaign of ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh (Arts…
2 years, 10 months ago