Shield of the Republic
Foreign policy and national security analysis from Eric Edelman and Eliot Cohen www.shieldoftherepublic.com
Episodes
Eric dives into Jackassery of the Week & Annals of Corruption ahead of a full-length episode this Friday!
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Plus updates on Ukraine, riots in France, and special guest Katrina Manson!
1:06: Jackassery of the Week
3:58: Annals of Corruption
6:51: Ukraine War Updates
22:54: Trump Endorses Bibi
29:04: Untangling the French Riots
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37:43: Katrina Manson on Project Maven
Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare
https://a.co/d/0dWdDvHC
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Plus a new recurring segment, a German spy scandal, and much more on this week’s super-sized show:
2:00: Jackassery of the Week
14:52: Annals of Corruption
20:36: A Dark & Immoral Spectacle
25:52: Burn After Reading
29:28: France’s Student Fracas
35:39: War in Ukraine Update
39:37: Middle East Wars Update
45:02: Ethiopia Continues to Spiral
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49:15: Discussing THE STRATEGIST: How to Think About War & Politics
Eric and Eliot react to Trump announcing the U.S. purchase of Russian diesel in a special emergency episode
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Eric and Eliot return for another round of your questions! What would convince Putin he’s losing his war? Did the U.S. have any alternative to invading Afghanistan? That and more in this month's mailbag!
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Plus jackassery of the week, the U.S. withdraws from Iraq, and more!
1:20: Jackassery of the Week
19:35: New Operation Rough Rider Details Emerge
26:23: Saudi Offensive in Yemen
38:12: U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq
52:58: Ethiopian Conflict Update
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Eric and Eliot react to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s second-ever “State of the Force” address at Marine Corps Base Quantico today
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Plus updates on the Iran war, Denmark’s dire warning, and more!
1:15: Jackassery of the Week
10:06: The Decline of the U.N.
7:13: Iran War Updates
40:57: Powder Keg: Horn of Africa
47:39: The Russian Threat to Europe
Danish Defense Intelligence Service Assessment of the threat from Russia:https://www.fe-ddis.dk/globalassets/fe/dokumenter/2026/trusselsvurderinger/-assessment-of-the-threat-from-russia-.pdf
Plus the Houthis dig in, German elections disappoint again, and more!
1:53: Jackassery of the Week
12:56: Trump at the U.N.
22:06: Houthi Offensive Update
30:00: More Troubling German Elections
37:49: Trump-Zelensky Meeting
42:25: A Greenland Resolution
45:52: Xi Comes to Town
Email mailbag@shieldoftherepublic.com to submit questions for our next mailbag episode!
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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....
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 & Count...
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