Can Trump do a ‘reverse Nixon’ and break China-Russia apart?

President Trump’s new strategy to resolve the Ukraine conflict by engaging directly with Russia raises speculation about his intentions to weaken the Sino-Russian alliance. China, feeling marginalized and uneasy, fears a potential US-Russia rapprochement that could isolate Beijing and shift US focus entirely towards countering China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific region.

​President Trump’s new strategy to resolve the Ukraine conflict by engaging directly with Russia raises speculation about his intentions to weaken the Sino-Russian alliance. China, feeling marginalized and uneasy, fears a potential US-Russia rapprochement that could isolate Beijing and shift US focus entirely towards countering China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific region.