Unlike Nixon and Kissinger’s gambit in the 1970s, the strategy threatens to divide the West.
President Donald Trump’s rapprochement with Russia has some experts suggesting he might be trying to do a “reverse Nixon” and isolate Beijing by courting Moscow.
Trump’s rapprochement with Russia has some experts suggesting he might be trying to do a “reverse Nixon” and isolate Beijing by courting Moscow.
China and Russia’s 2022 proclamation of a “no limits” partnership with “no ‘forbidden’ areas” has had a far-reaching effect. The agreement implied that Beijing and Moscow were about to resurrect their long-defunct alliance that,
China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes for peace in Ukraine.
The Chinese and Russian leaders reaffirmed their relationship in a video call on Monday, an apparent rebuff to the idea that the Trump administration could drive a wedge between them.
But it reflects there is a new dynamic at work, as the vote marks the first time that Beijing, Moscow and Washington have been on the same page. This is indicative of a wider consensus between different camps that with both Kyiv and Moscow signaling their willingness to negotiate a peace deal,
Chinese President Xi Jinping has held a call with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and said he was pleased with Moscow’s efforts to hold a summit with the U.S. toward ending the war in Ukraine
Given this backdrop, the U.S. needs to return to its old grand strategy, which helped the West win the Cold War by driving a wedge between Moscow and Beijing. Ending the Ukraine war would also enable the U.S. to reallocate military resources from Europe to the Indo-Pacific, where its global primacy is truly at stake.
In a notable shift, the US under Trump aligned with Russia at the UN, refusing to condemn the Ukraine invasion. This has caused concerns among Europea
Putin and Xi declared a "no limits" friendship on the eve of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. China's discounted purchases of Russian natural gas and oil have helped sustain Moscow's wartime economy, while Chinese companies and exports blunted the impact of sanctions and the exodus of Western businesses from the Russian market.