Jake Sullivan on Playing the Long Game
Published: November 18, 2025
Duration: 1:10:55
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.Check out Sullivan's new podcast, The Long Game (Apple, Spotify...