Trump's Reverse Nixon Strategy: Court Russia, Isolate China

Author Robert Berke argues that the Trump administration is pursuing a reverse Nixon energy strategy of courting Russia and isolating China, with the core goal of controlling global energy supplies and cutting off China's access to energy. This strategy has already been implemented by controlling energy exports from Venezuela and Iran. The current six-month exemption for Russian diesel exports is the first step in easing Russian energy sanctions, which may later lead to U.S. capital participating in the Nord Stream pipeline and U.S. oil companies returning to Russia to develop resources.