1、2025/7/15 19:42Criticism of the Reverse Kissinger|Royal United Services Institutehttps:/www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/criticism-reverse-kissinger1/12COMMENTARYCriticism of the Reverse KissingerOleksandr V Danylyuk11 July 202514 Minute ReadPreventing the formation of a new
2、 axis is a valuable pursuit forthe West.It should learn from the past rather than repeatingit by avoiding the mistakes of Kissingers attempt todestabilise relations between Russia and China.In recent years,the idea of the so-called reverse Kissinger has becomeincreasingly popular in the United State
3、s,which is based on the allegedpossibility of the US government reaching an agreement with Russia to breakits strategic cooperation with China,thereby reducing the combined threat.Supporters of this idea are inspired by the results of the US policy in the1970s to improve relations with China,which w
4、as the product of advice givento American leaders during this period by the National Security Advisor andSecretary of State Henry Kissinger.Certain elements of the reverse Kissinger strategy have been observed in USpolicy towards Russia in the last six months,which is recognized by bothexperts and i