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Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928–2017) was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter and was a prominent scholar of international relations, known for his expertise in geopolitics and U.
Known for: The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership, The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives
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The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership
In this influential work, Zbigniew Brzezinski examines the strategic challenges facing the United States in the post–Cold War world. He argues that America must choose between pursuing unilateral domi...
The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives
In this influential work, Zbigniew Brzezinski analyzes the geopolitical landscape following the Cold War, arguing that the United States must skillfully manage Eurasia—the 'grand chessboard'—to mainta...
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Defining America’s Global Role
To understand the nature of today’s decision, we must retrace the evolution of U.S. global purpose. Since World War II, America’s power has rested upon two intertwined pillars: unmatched military might and the persuasive appeal of its democratic ideals. In the postwar decades, this combination susta...
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The Unipolar Moment
The 1990s inaugurated what scholars termed the 'unipolar moment'—a time when the United States stood alone as the unchallenged superpower. This situation was historically unprecedented. For the first time in modern history, one state enjoyed supremacy in every domain: military, economic, technologic...
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Defining American Primacy
When the Soviet Union dissolved, an entire architecture of global competition crumbled. The bipolar tension that had defined world affairs for half a century vanished, leaving the United States as the only power capable of projecting influence across all regions. In my view, this was not simply a ma...
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The Geopolitical Framework: Eurasia as the Grand Chessboard
Eurasia, extending from the Western Atlantic to the Eastern Pacific, is the central arena of global politics. Every empire that has ever sought world dominance has involved itself in its affairs: from Rome and Persia, through Britain and Russia, to the United States today. The logic is elementary ye...
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About Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928–2017) was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter and was a prominent scholar of international relations, known for his expertise in geopolitics and U.S. foreign policy.
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