Jordan Mattox

Reading This Week:

Delusions of Détente: Why America and China Will Be Enduring Rivals

Foreign Affairs

By Michael Beckley

Interesting perspective on why we need to take a hard line with China and why well-intentioned diplomacy is not going to have much of a positive impact.

Watching This Week:

Just coming across this divisive film. Whenever a film is a highly regarded internationally and Roger Ebert pans it, I’m signed up! Don’t have concrete thoughts to share just yet.

Listening This Week:

Víkingur Ólafsson – Bach: Goldberg Variations

Ólafsson is probably my favorite pianist recording today and he just released his Goldberg Variations. The hype was warranted!