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Europe's greatest 19th century statesman was otto von bismarck whose strategy was always to have better relations with each of his adversaries than they had among one another. ever since richard nixon and henry kissinger drew china away from the soviet union in 1972 for decades the u.s. was closer to russia and china than they were to each other, but not anymore. there was talk in washington about attempting a reverse kissinger, an effort to win moscow away from beijing and the biden administration moved in that direction last year, but that was a naive misunderstanding of vladimir putin whose...

For decades the u.s. was closer to russia and china than they were to each other, but not anymore. there was talk in washington about attempting a reverse kissinger, an effort to win moscow away from beijing and the biden administration moved in that direction last year, but that was a naive misunderstanding of vladimir putin whose response has been to initiate the current crisis. perhaps what was needed was not a reverse kissinger, but simply kissinger. in other words, an effort to have a better working relationship with china. that in any event is what henry kissinger has advocated. at the s...

That meeting to turn the page on four of the strangest years in u.s./russian diplomatic history. it seems to me the sooner an american president, whoever that american president may have been, who followed donald trump, the sooner the meeting, the better. >> for sure. if you look at some of the great periods of american diplomatic history, it's talking to america's worst enemies. it's forging alliances with stalin. it's talking to the chinese during the cold war, kissinger, breaking off china's relations. a monstrous power, way worse then than it is now. bringing in enormous power geopolitical...

Of -- china is -- ed is completely right. china is our biggest competitor. china wants to rule the world. russia doesn't have a prayer at doing so. they're not even in the same basket. >> so kissinger -- so henry kissinger was wrong when he wrote his book, they're just worried about themselves. >> i think is certainly no longer the case. kissinger could call you up tomorrow morning and tell you that, you know, that he wasn't -- it's such -- when you look at the american national overall national security strategy, they say, great power and conflict, they're not talking about russia. they're ta...

Fearful of russia, but they like putinism. so they're a complicated country, because they've been borrowing a lot of tactic ths f moscow. of course, orban in hungary is the original illiberal democracy champion. they are both stalwarts of nato, though, to which china has been increasingly effective overtures. so i think if we're looking at history and the bearing it could have on today, the split of china from the soviet union in the 1970s, you know, that kissinger maneuver, there is a debate around this white house and in it about whether we should have a reverse kissinger, mainly to try to s...