Ep 187: Richard Fontaine on the “Reverse Kissinger”
Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and co-author of No Limits? The China-Russia Relationship and U.S. Foreign Policy, joins the show to discuss the Beijing/Moscow relationship and the likelihood of the U.S. driving a wedge between the two.
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Show Notes
Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and co-author of No Limits? The China-Russia Relationship and U.S. Foreign Policy, joins the show to discuss Beijing-Moscow cooperation and the prospects of the U.S. driving a wedge between them.
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• 02:05 Introduction
• 02:21 Sino-Soviet split
• 06:20 Spheres of influence
• 09:17 Domination
• 13:20 Stabilizing effect
• 22:15 Xi & Putin
• 28:19 Pacific expansion
• 35:20 More resources
• 41:06 America in, Russians out, Germans down
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