• Books and Insight with Frank Lavin

  • By: Frank Lavin
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Books and Insight with Frank Lavin

By: Frank Lavin
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  • A conversation with authors and other creative people about their recent works and their insight on the world today. How do books and ideas help us grapple with current challenges? Frank Lavin has served as a diplomat, banker, White House aide, National Security Council staffer, and is the author of four books.
    2024
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Episodes
  • Jonathan Martin, Senior Political Writer, Politico

    Jonathan Martin, Senior Political Writer, Politico
    Oct 14 2024

    Frank Lavin talks with Jonathan Martin, Senior Political Writer, Politico, to discuss the 2024 presidential race and what Harris and Trump each need to do in the final stretch. We also discuss Jonathan’s book, “This Will Not Pass,” as well as Richard Ben Cramer’s masterpiece of the 1988 presidential campaign, “What it Takes.” At least one swear word in this episode. If you need more than that, you can listen again.
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    15 mins
  • Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for New American Security

    Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for New American Security
    Oct 7 2024

    Frank Lavin talks with Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for New American Security, to discuss why the U.S. should shift from a Europe-oriented foreign policy to an Asia-oriented one. We review recent developments in U.S.-Asia policy in a discussion of Richard’s book, “The Lost Decade,” written with Robert Blackwill. Richard also recommends David Fromkin’s, “A Peace to End All Peace,” a look at the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I, with implications for the Mideast of today.
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    20 mins
  • Jason Hsu from the Kennedy School of Government

    Jason Hsu from the Kennedy School of Government
    Aug 12 2024

    Frank Lavin talks with Jason Hsu from the Kennedy School of Government, discussing semiconductors and Taiwan-China-U.S. relations. Appropriately, Jason’s book recommendation is Thomas Schelling’s, Arms and Influence, the classic work of deterrence theory and Sun Tzu’s The Art of War.
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    23 mins

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