Mentorship and the Indo-Pacific with Mira Rapp-Hooper and Richard Fontaine

This week Grant and Zoe break format and bring on two guests Mira Rapp-Hooper, Director of Indo-Pacific strategy at the National Security Council, and Richard Fontaine, Chief Executive Officer of the Center for a New American Security. Mira and Richard talk about mentorship and how it shapes both personal and professional lives. They also talk about co-authoring a piece forthe National Interest (nationalinterest.org/feature/how-china-sees-wo…) about how China see's its role in the world, Richard recent piece in Foreign Affairs on the lack of a China strategy (foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2022-01-14/w…) in Washington, and the Biden Administration's larger Indo-Pacific strategy.

In our final segment, Zoe talks about the recent acquisition of Activision-Blizzard by Microsoft, Richard argues that the Saints should still be considered the best team in the NFL, Grant discusses Taiwanese largess, and Mira recommends a few books:

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The Lincoln Highway (amazon.com/Lincoln-Highway-Novel-Amor-Towles/d…) by Amor Towles

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Great Circle (amazon.com/Great-Circle-novel-Maggie-Shipstead…) by Maggie Shipstead

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amazon.com/Silverview-Novel-John-Carr%C3%A9/dp… by John le Carré

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