Shield of the Republic

Cumulus Podcast Network

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

Rising Antisemitism is a Dark Omen for Society (w/ Deborah Lipstadt)

The Iranian Regime Isn't Going Anywhere (w/ Kenneth Pollack)

North Korea's New Nuclear Doctrine

The Never-ending Iran Negotiations

Trump's Regime Change Plan for Cuba

Ending the War Will Require Force

Trump is Destroying Our Diplomatic Corps

Pete Hegseth’s Long War Disaster

Can Iran Take More Pain Than Us?

Eliot's Return & Schrodinger's Strait

Trump's Path of Destruction (w/ Mona Charen)

The Cost of Boots on the Ground (w/ Mike Nelson)

Trump Needs Approval for This War (w/ Michael O'Hanlon) | Shield of the Republic

Iran and the Roots of Islamist Terror (w/ Jason Burke)

How Does The Iran War End?

Iran's Regional War Strategy is Failing (w/ Norman Roule)

Trump's Iran Gamble

China Is Ready For War. We Aren't. (w/ Seth Jones)

On The Precipice of Illegal War (w/ Frank Dikötter)

Arms Control is Dead