Springfield - The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts will present an Instant Issues lunchtime discussion with Ambassador Frank Lavin on The Reagan Doctrine: Lessons for Today . The program will take place on Thursday, Oct. 9 from noon to 1 p.m. at 1350 Main Street, 9th Floor Gallery, in downtown Springfield.

Frank Lavin is active in U.S.-Asia policy, U.S. domestic politics, and trade policy matters. He serves as a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution as well as a Trustee of the Asia Foundation and as a Director of the Asia Society of Northern California.

Lavin served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce in the Bush (43) Administration. In that capacity, Lavin served as lead trade negotiator for both China and India and was respo

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