Shield of the Republic

The Bulwark 266 - Shield of the Republic Says Farewell

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.

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Shield of the Republic Says Farewell

Frank Kendall and the Weapons of Tomorrow

America's Critical Infrastructure is Under Attack

The Iranian Doom Loop (w/ Robert Parkinson)

Ukraine's Defense Shake Up

The Anti-Strategic President

NATO's Annual Circus Comes to Turkey

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

The Crisis Facing Our Military (w/ Kori Schake)

America's New Defense Strategy is Nonsense

How Evil Regimes Cling to Power (w/ Stephen Kotkin)

Don't Count on Trump Coming to the Rescue (w/ Michael Weiss)

A Dangerous Start to 2026

Trump's New War for Oil

We Need to Secure Our Supply Chains (w/ Mike Froman)

Double Taps and Drug Lord Pardons

When Power Stops Caring About the Law

The Pentagon's Confederate Cover-Up

Can Taiwan Trust the United States? (w/ Michael Hunzeker)

Why MAGA Loves Illiberalism (w/ Laura Field)

America Can't Go It Alone

Paranoia and Purges Are Consuming the Pentagon

The Dark Forces Conspiring Against Democracy (w/ Bill Galston)

How The Jews Fought Rome

Alliances With Dictators Never Last (w/ Tim Bouverie)

SPECIAL EPISODE: Trump Preaches Insanity to The General Officers

The Hack Is Coming From Inside the House

Russia is Openly Attacking NATO

How Does Israel Adapt After Failure?

The Man Who Enlarged NATO

How Do You Fight in a City?