Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJoe Biden, War President (with Kori Schake)
Eric and Eliot host Kori Schake of the American Enterprise Institute. They discuss civil-military relations, Joe Biden as a war President, the strugg…
4 years ago
Russia As a Pariah State
Eric and Eliot discuss Putin's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine, what Eliot heard at the Munich Security Conference and in Poland last week,…
4 years ago
Neo-Maosim in China (with Jude Blanchette)
Eliot and Eric host CSIS's Jude Blanchette to discuss Neo-Maosim in China, the impact of Xi Jinping's personalistic authoritarianism on China's domes…
4 years, 1 month ago
Secret Origin Story
Eliot returns from travels to discuss the secret origin story of the Shield of the Republic podcast, a review of the Biden administration's national …
4 years, 1 month ago
Heeding the Lessons of the Cold War (with Hal Brands & Bill Kristol)
Mystery guest host (Bill Kristol) joins Eric for a discussion with Johns Hopkins SAIS Professor Hal Brands about his new book the Twilight Struggle. …
4 years, 2 months ago
Why the Bad Guys are Winning (with Anne Applebaum)
Historian, journalist, and essayist Anne Applebaum joins Eric and Eliot from Poland. They discuss Vladimir Putin's grand strategy, the conflict betwe…
4 years, 2 months ago
Brian Katulis: Public Opinion & Foreign Policy
Guest Brian Katulis of the Middle East Institute and Center for American Progress joins Eric and Eliot to discuss public opinion and foreign policy, …
4 years, 3 months ago
Three Dangerous Men (with Seth Jones)
Eric and Eliot discuss three dangerous men (Russian General Valeriy Gerasimov, the late Iranian IRGC leader Ghassem Soleimani and PRC Central Militar…
4 years, 3 months ago
There is Nothing For You Here (with Fiona Hill)
Former National Security Council Senior Director for Europe (and star impeachment witness) Fiona Hill is this week's guest discussing her book, There…
4 years, 4 months ago
Woodrow Wilson and the Great War (with Philip Zelikow)
In this episode Eliot and Eric explore why Woodrow Wilson was unable to end World War I in 1916 despite the exhaustion of Britain, France, and German…
4 years, 4 months ago