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ChinaTalk: Incoming NSA Jake Sullivan on an Alternative Vision for US-China Relations

Jordan Schneider Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 3:13 PM

President-Elect Joe Biden just tapped Jake Sullivan to serve as his first National Security Advisor, the most important foreign policy role in the White House. In light of this announcement, I'm rerunning an episode we recorded in late 2019.

Jake Sullivan previously served in the Obama administration as National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden and Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department.

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Crippling the Capacity of the National Security Council

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 8:00 AM

The Trump administration’s high turnover in leadership is unprecedented and severely limits the role of the NSC.

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“Deep Risk” under Trump: Bannon and Flynn Are a National Security Problem

Jane Chong Mon, Nov 21, 2016, 9:50 AM

In the weeks immediately following his historic 2008 win, President-elect Obama was careful not to elaborate on the foreign policy positions on which he had campaigned. Commentators noted his likely desire to avoid further boxing himself in on complex issues, while Obama himself cited the need to avoid muddying presidential signals before President Bush exited the Oval Office.

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