The phrase 'a recent discussion of' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a discussion that happened recently, either in the present or the past. For example, you could say: "The meeting focused on a recent discussion of the company's goals for the year ahead."
[12] A recent discussion of the story of the two Wests can be found online.
At a recent discussion of the project by the local community board, union members with "Build It" stickers faced off against members of Save Chelsea, a preservation group.
During a recent discussion of Chinese lending policies in Africa, one senior diplomat questioned Europe's right to criticise, given its colonial past.
At a recent discussion of childhood during the past 50 years one speaker said he thought everyone remembered their childhood as being like something out of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons.
During a recent discussion of his case on the popular television program "Open Debate," Mr. González's lawyer, Carlos E. Carrillo, sparred with Jaime O. Abad, who led Panama's detective force at the time of the shooting.
As Steven Quartz of the California Institute of Technology said during a recent discussion of ethics sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation, "Our brain is computing value at every fraction of a second.
As someone commented in a recent discussion on Reddit of what it's like "being white": "I think that's the most 'white' thing about being white.
Brandon Reame with Izzy+, who travels the country discussing this very topic with educators, pointed out in a recent discussion that one of the biggest shifts is that learning used to be about a teacher imparting knowledge to students.
Bear Stearns said a recent discussion with members of the Professional eBay Sellers Alliance, or PESA, revealed that sellers are still unclear as to the impact of the Skype acquisition.
For a recent discussion and comparison of the methods, see Ahrné et al., (2013).
In a recent discussion, Glenn Adamson, the head of research at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, stated that "nothing is more important to the museum than its own brand".
