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Sur-realism: The Sheer Folly of the ‘Reverse Nixon Manoeuvre’ - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Sur-realism: The Sheer Folly of the ‘Reverse Nixon Manoeuvre’ - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

The idea of effectuating a Sino–Russian split has been around for a while now, but it has been given new life by the strategist and historian Edward Luttwak, who has made this scheme something of a cause célèbre. In a March 4, 2025, think-piece in UnHerd, Luttwak proposed that a “reverse Nixon manoeuvre” could achieve the goal of prising Russia from China’s clutches.

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