Shield of the Republic

Plus updates from the Middle East & Ukraine, and special guest Will Hitchcock!
2:27: Jackassery of the Week
16:30: Houthi Offensive
36:30: Iranian Leadership Divisions
42:38: UK Sanctions on Israel
56:59: Ukraine War Update
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1:03:49: Will Hitchcock joins the show
1:12:48: The Interwar Period
1:16:39: Flirting with Fascism
1:27:45: Roosevelt’s Process
1:40:40: The Specter of WWI
Available today! A Shadow Over the World: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Rise of Fascism, and the Making of America’s World War II https://a.co/d/04rQQOF6
Eliot’s Hot Take on the Saudi pipeline strikes
Eric’s Hot Take on Saudi Arabia’s next moves
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Plus trips to Moscow, elections in Germany, and more.
1:10 Jackassery of the Week
19:48 Remembering 9/11
45:11 To Russia With Love
54:18 AfD Election Implications
1:01:15 AI Alarm Bells
1:04:25 Iran War Update
Former Senior Officials Ask Secretary Wright to Release Saudi Nuclear Deal Documents
Eric’s Hot Take on our dangerously incompetent Secretary of Defense


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Is Canada the new Finland? Just how aggressive has China been with their neighbors? What’s behind Eric’s tapestry? All that and more on Shield of the Republic’s first ever mailbag episode!
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Eric and Eliot kick off Shield of the Republic’s new era with a supersized episode!
3:39: Jackassery of the Week
12:36: Trump’s Canada Trade War
18:29: Eliot’s Trip Report from Japan
35:56: Venezuelan Oil
44:32: Iran War Update
55:57: The View From Eastern Europe
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59:31: Professor Paul Miller Joins the Show
1:02:42: Myths About the War in Afghanistan
1:09:02: Key Decisions in the War
1:13:45: Counterinsurgency & Counterterrorism
1:18:24: Bureaucratic Missteps
1:23:55: The Pakistan Dilemma
1:33:07: U.S. Policy Reviews During the War
1:39:48: The Afghanistan Papers
Choosing Defeat: The Twenty-Year Saga of How America Lost Afghanistan
Bureaucracy Does Its Thing
Afghanistan Study Group Final Report: A Pathway for Peace in Afghanistan
Why The Afghan Security Forces Collapsed
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Eric and Eliot open their final show on the Bulwark with a plethora of jackassery including Trump's threat to bomb Oman, his curtailing of joint exercises with South Korea, and the Pentagon shuttering access to the Defense Technical Information Center. They also discuss updates in Iran, Russia, and Venezuela before turning to a retrospective of the major international developments during Shield's five year run on the Bulwark. Finally, they close with reflections about what they got wrong along the way.
Reminder: going forward Shield of the Republic will be available at shieldoftherepublic.com! If you are currently subscribed via Apple, Spotify, or a major podcast provider, you will continue to receive the free weekly show. We'll also be available on YouTube and can be followed on Twitter and Instagram. Question for the show? Email mailbag@shieldoftherepublic.com or leave a comment on the site!
Eric on Trump turning on South Korea:
https://thedispatch.com/article/south-korea-military-exercises-trump-asia/
Shield of the Republic is a Bulwark podcast co-sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.