Will today’s great powers heed the example of Richard Nixon and Zhou Enlai?

19/10/2025
Will today’s great powers heed the example of Richard Nixon and Zhou Enlai?

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When Germany emerged as Europe’s industrial powerhouse in the 19th century, the established powers spent years attempting to contain it, culminating in a war no serious statesman desired, yet none proved skilful enough to prevent. Today, as we navigate the transition from American unipolarity, a similar question looms: will this shift follow that tragic pattern, or can it be managed through institutional adaptation as Zhou Enlai and Richard Nixon did in the early 1970s?
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