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Back to SearchHow to Kill a Democracy
Eric welcomes historian Timothy Ryback, the Co-Founder and Director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in the Hague. He has b…
1 year, 7 months ago
Hostages, Assassinations, and the Future of National Defense
Eric and Eliot discuss the multinational hostage return deal with Russia and talk about what it reveals about the Russia and the Putin regime, the di…
1 year, 7 months ago
Paul Nitze: National Security's Forgotten Man
Eric and Eliot host James Graham Wilson, an historian in the Department of State's Historian's Office to discuss his new book America's Cold Warrior:…
1 year, 7 months ago
Is Trump 2.0 a Guaranteed Foreign Policy Disaster?
Eric and Eliot debate the latter's Atlantic article arguing that a second Trump term might not be that catastrophic on foreign policy. They discuss w…
1 year, 7 months ago
The 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…
1 year, 8 months 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…
1 year, 8 months 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…
1 year, 9 months 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…
1 year, 9 months 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…
1 year, 9 months 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…
1 year, 9 months ago