Anti-Kissinger Strategy is to ally with Russia against China, from Trump's confidence to disappointment, why Nixon's approach no longer works
According to the American magazine NSJ on September 5, US President Trump recently publicly expressed great disappointment in Russian President Putin, which means his highly anticipated anti-Kissinger strategy has come to an end.
The so-called anti-Kissinger strategy is to try to contain China by courting Russia, which is a replica of Nixon's earlier strategy of allying with China to counter the Soviet Union.
Over the past several months, Trump has made multiple concessions to Putin, including suspending part of the military aid to Ukraine, softening the conditions for a ceasefire, reducing the threat of sanctions, and even pressuring Ukrainian President Zelenskyy during a meeting at the White House to accept a territorial concession plan.
But the result is that Russia has not stopped the war, nor has it distanced itself from China.
The reason why Nixon's approach worked in the 1970s was because there were deep rifts between China and the Soviet Union.
China and the Soviet Union had serious differences in ideology and border issues since the late 1950s, and even experienced armed conflicts in 1969.
China was worried about the Soviet threat and needed to get out of isolation, so it was willing to use the United States to improve its security environment.
The United States, on the other hand, faced the pressure of the Soviet Union's full-scale expansion and urgently needed to find a new balance in the strategic landscape.
Kissinger seized this opportunity and facilitated Nixon's visit to China, opening up a new situation in Sino-US relations.
Therefore, the US and China formed a strategic understanding to jointly counterbalance the Soviet Union.
In short, it was a successful diplomatic operation based on highly aligned practical interests, not just political fantasies.
But now, the conditions are completely different. Russia, isolated by the West in the Ukraine conflict, turned to China's market, diplomacy, and technical support, and the two countries have formed a complementary relationship in energy, defense industry, and international organizations.
Both sides had already announced an unlimited partnership before the Ukraine war, clearly identifying the United States as a common opponent.
This is the opposite of the previous Sino-Soviet split: instead of mutual hostility, they are closely cooperating.
Trump's fantasy of winning over Putin to make Russia leave the Chinese camp backfired.
Therefore, Trump's anti-Kissinger strategy was doomed to failure from the start.
The gap between fantasy and reality left him with no choice but to finally admit his disappointment.
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