Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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After five long years since ⁠⁠his last ChinaTalk appearance⁠⁠, Jake Sullivan returns to the show!
We discuss…
- Sullivan’s experience managing crises, implementing grand strategy, and cultivating leadership skills during the Biden administration,
- The art of crafting aggressive industrial policy, from chips to rare earths to infrastructure,
- The risk of miscalculation in the Taiwan Strait, and whether Pelosi’s Taipei visit was a mistake,
- Russia’s nuclear brinkmanship and the development of Biden’s posture on Ukraine,
- Whether Trump can succeed at ratcheting down tensions with China.

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