Podcast Episodes

Happy Birthday Mr. Dictator

Eric and Eliot discuss Ukraine’s birthday gift to Vladimir Putin, likely Russian responses, and Eliot’s Atlantic article on Putin’s nuclear threats. …

3 years, 9 months ago

The Liz Truss Buttress

Eric welcomes Eliot back from his sojourn in Poland and Ukraine. They discuss U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss’s early appointments on national security…

3 years, 9 months ago

Why Russia's Military Got Ukraine So Wrong

Eric and Eliot discuss what they have been writing lately (links below), the situation in Ukraine, the reasons for why Russia analysts got things wro…

3 years, 10 months ago

Imperial Russia, Past and Present (with John Herbst)

Eric welcomes back Eliot from travels and illness to host John Herbst who was the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine during the Orange Revolution. They discu…

3 years, 11 months ago

Peak China and the Lessons of the Cold War (with Hal Brands and Michael Beckley)

While Eliot is away on vacation, Eric hosts authors Hal Brands and Michael Beckley whose new book, Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China, drops…

3 years, 11 months ago

Did America Get China Wrong? (with Professor Aaron Friedberg)

Eric and Eliot host long time friend and colleague Professor Aaron Friedberg of Princeton to discuss Aaron’s new book Getting China Wrong. They cover…

3 years, 11 months ago

High Stakes in Ukraine (with Bill Kristol and Daniel Fried)

Eric and special guest host Bill Kristol discuss the war in Ukraine with former Ambassador to Poland and former Assistant Secretary of State for Euro…

4 years ago

Wearing Russian Sanctions like a Badge of Honor (with David Kramer)

Eric and Eliot return with special guest David Kramer, the Managing Director of Global Policy at the George W. Bush Institute and former Assistant Se…

4 years ago

Hiatus

Eric and Eliot will be taking a short hiatus to travel.

In the meantime, please send us your feedback and suggestions at shieldoftherepublic@gmail.com…

4 years, 1 month ago

Putin's War and European Politics (with Nick Cohen)

Eric and Eliot welcome Guardian columnist and Spectator blogger Nick Cohen (no relation to Eliot) and author of the several books including What's Le…

4 years, 2 months ago