Shield of the Republic is a Bulwark podcast co-sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. We probe beyond the hive mind of Washington conventional wisdom on national security and foreign affairs.
253 - Trump is Destroying Our Diplomatic Corps
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Shield of the Republic is a Bulwark podcast co-sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. We probe beyond the hive mind of Washington conventional wisdom on national security and foreign affairs.
Episodes
253-
Trump is Destroying Our Diplomatic Corps
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Mon, 11 May 2026
252-
Pete Hegseth’s Long War Disaster
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Mon, 04 May 2026
251-
Can Iran Take More Pain Than Us?
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Mon, 27 Apr 2026
250-
Eliot's Return & Schrodinger's Strait
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Mon, 20 Apr 2026
249-
Trump's Path of Destruction (w/ Mona Charen)
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Sun, 12 Apr 2026
248-
The Cost of Boots on the Ground (w/ Mike Nelson)
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Mon, 06 Apr 2026
247-
Trump Needs Approval for This War (w/ Michael O'Hanlon) | Shield of the Republic
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Mon, 30 Mar 2026
246-
Iran and the Roots of Islamist Terror (w/ Jason Burke)
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Mon, 23 Mar 2026
245-
How Does The Iran War End?
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Sun, 15 Mar 2026
244-
Iran's Regional War Strategy is Failing (w/ Norman Roule)
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Mon, 09 Mar 2026
243-
Trump's Iran Gamble
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Thu, 05 Mar 2026
242-
China Is Ready For War. We Aren't. (w/ Seth Jones)
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Mon, 02 Mar 2026
241-
On The Precipice of Illegal War (w/ Frank Dikötter)
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Mon, 23 Feb 2026
240-
Arms Control is Dead
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Mon, 16 Feb 2026
239-
The Crisis Facing Our Military (w/ Kori Schake)
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Mon, 09 Feb 2026
238-
America's New Defense Strategy is Nonsense
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Mon, 02 Feb 2026
237-
How Evil Regimes Cling to Power (w/ Stephen Kotkin)
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Mon, 26 Jan 2026
236-
Don't Count on Trump Coming to the Rescue (w/ Michael Weiss)
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Mon, 19 Jan 2026
235-
A Dangerous Start to 2026
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Mon, 12 Jan 2026
234-
Trump's New War for Oil
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Fri, 09 Jan 2026
233-
We Need to Secure Our Supply Chains (w/ Mike Froman)
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Mon, 22 Dec 2025
232-
Double Taps and Drug Lord Pardons
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Mon, 15 Dec 2025
231-
When Power Stops Caring About the Law
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Mon, 08 Dec 2025
230-
The Pentagon's Confederate Cover-Up
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Mon, 24 Nov 2025
229-
Can Taiwan Trust the United States? (w/ Michael Hunzeker)
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Mon, 17 Nov 2025
228-
Why MAGA Loves Illiberalism (w/ Laura Field)
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Mon, 10 Nov 2025
227-
America Can't Go It Alone
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Sun, 02 Nov 2025
226-
Paranoia and Purges Are Consuming the Pentagon
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Sun, 26 Oct 2025
225-
The Dark Forces Conspiring Against Democracy (w/ Bill Galston)
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Sun, 19 Oct 2025
224-
How The Jews Fought Rome
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Sun, 12 Oct 2025
223-
Alliances With Dictators Never Last (w/ Tim Bouverie)
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Sun, 05 Oct 2025
222-
SPECIAL EPISODE: Trump Preaches Insanity to The General Officers
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Sat, 04 Oct 2025
221-
The Hack Is Coming From Inside the House
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Mon, 29 Sep 2025
220-
Russia is Openly Attacking NATO
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Sun, 21 Sep 2025
219-
How Does Israel Adapt After Failure?
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Thu, 11 Sep 2025
218-
The Man Who Enlarged NATO
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Thu, 04 Sep 2025
217-
How Do You Fight in a City?
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Thu, 28 Aug 2025
216-
Colombia's Challenging Path Forward
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Thu, 21 Aug 2025
215-
Trump’s Amateur Diplomacy Tests U.S. Allies
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Thu, 14 Aug 2025
214-
Putin's Growing Body Count
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Thu, 07 Aug 2025
213-
What is Israel's Plan?
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Thu, 31 Jul 2025
212-
The Unlikely Rise of MBS (w/ Karen Elliott House)
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Sat, 26 Jul 2025
211-
The International Order is Dead
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Thu, 17 Jul 2025
210-
Is Trump Losing Control of the Pentagon?
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Thu, 10 Jul 2025
209-
Eric and Eliot's Strike Assessment
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Wed, 25 Jun 2025
208-
EMERGENCY EPISODE: The Israel-Iran War
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Thu, 19 Jun 2025
207-
What to Expect From the NATO Summit
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Thu, 19 Jun 2025
206-
America's Original Protest Movement (w/ Rick Atkinson)
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Thu, 12 Jun 2025
205-
What to Make of The Middle East
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Thu, 05 Jun 2025
204-
The Return of Jackassery and Eliot's Travel Report