Lynne Thoman

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604 appearances 31 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard Jun 2025

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3 Takeaways™ · Why America’s Poorest State Is Richer Than France (#251) · 27 May 2025 podcast

And what are the three takeaways you'd like to leave the audience with today?

I love that insight about the context. Thank you, Tyler. This has been wonderful. I really enjoyed your books, Talent and Big Business.

If you're enjoying the podcast, and I really hope you are, please review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps get the word out. If you're interested, you can also sign up for the 3 Takeaways newsletter at 3takeaways.com, where you can also listen to previous episodes. You can also follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook.

I'm Lynn Thoman, and this is Three Takeaways. Thanks for listening.

3 Takeaways™ · The U.S. Alone Can’t Compete with China. Here’s What Absolutely Can. (#250) · 20 May 2025 podcast

I'm going to start today's episode by asking one of my guests to read aloud from his recent Foreign Affairs article. Kurt, please go ahead.

So even if China's growth slows, it will remain formidable. That raises two questions. Are we underestimating China? And what would a smart U.S. strategy toward China be? Hi, everyone. I'm Lynn Thoman, and this is Three Takeaways. On Three Takeaways, I talk with some of the world's best thinkers, business leaders, writers, politicians, newsmakers, and scientists.

Each episode ends with three key takeaways to help us understand the world and maybe even ourselves a little better. Today, I'm excited to be with Kurt Campbell and Rush Doshi. Kurt served as the United States Deputy Secretary of State, and before that, as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He is currently Chairman and CEO of the Asia Group.

Rush Doshi served at the National Security Council as Deputy Senior Director for China and Taiwan. He is currently Director of the China Strategy Initiative at the Council on Foreign Relations. Kurt and Rush are the co-authors of the recent article, Underestimating China in Foreign Affairs Magazine.

I'm looking forward to finding out how we are underestimating China and what a smart and effective U.S. strategy toward China would be. Welcome, Kurt and Rush, and thank you both so much for joining Three Takeaways today.

pleasure is mine. Kurt and Rush, your arguments on China are fundamentally based on China's scale. So before we talk about the US and China, can you put the power of nations and the importance of scale in a historical perspective?

Can you talk more about how important scale is now and the different dimensions of scale?

So the four pillars of scale, if you will, and you've talked about a couple of them, are demographics, economics, science, and the military. What about the demographics and the military?

Kurt, could you elaborate more on a comparison of the U.S. and Chinese military?

Rush, you published a book titled The Long Game shortly before you were tapped to become the China director for the National Security Council. Can you summarize how you see China and their long game?

Rush, what is China doing now in its relations with other countries?

Rush, you mentioned that the US needs a new approach to alliances and partnerships. Can you explain?

Kurt, what are the three takeaways you would like to leave the audience with today?

Thank you both. Thank you for your service in government. And I really enjoyed this conversation.

I'm Lynn Toman, and this is Three Takeaways. Thanks for listening.

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