The Grand Chessboard

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As the twentieth century draws to a close, the United States has emerged as the world's only superpower: no other nation possesses compa-rable military and economic power or has interests that bestride the globe. Yet the critical question facing America remains unanswered: What ought to be America's global strategy to maintain its excep-tional position in the world? It is this question that Zbigniew Brzezinski tackles head-on in this incisive and pathbreaking book.
The Grand Chessboard presents Brzezinski's bold and provocative geostrategic vision for American preeminence in the twenty-first century. Central to his analysis is the exercise of power on the Eurasian landmass, which is home to the greatest part of the globe's population, natural resources, and economic activity. Stretching from Portugál to the Bering Strait, from Lapland to Malaysia, Eurasia is the "grand chessboard" on which America's supremacy will be ratified and challenged in the years to come. The task facing... Tovább

Fülszöveg

As the twentieth century draws to a close, the United States has emerged as the world's only superpower: no other nation possesses compa-rable military and economic power or has interests that bestride the globe. Yet the critical question facing America remains unanswered: What ought to be America's global strategy to maintain its excep-tional position in the world? It is this question that Zbigniew Brzezinski tackles head-on in this incisive and pathbreaking book.
The Grand Chessboard presents Brzezinski's bold and provocative geostrategic vision for American preeminence in the twenty-first century. Central to his analysis is the exercise of power on the Eurasian landmass, which is home to the greatest part of the globe's population, natural resources, and economic activity. Stretching from Portugál to the Bering Strait, from Lapland to Malaysia, Eurasia is the "grand chessboard" on which America's supremacy will be ratified and challenged in the years to come. The task facing the United States, he argues, is to manage the conflicts and relationships in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East so that no rival superpower arises to threaten our interests or our well-being.
The heart of The Grand Chessboard is Brzezinski's analysis of the four critical regions of Eurasia and of the stakes for America in each aréna—Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and East Asia. The crucial fault lines may seem familiar, but the implosion of the Soviet Union has created new rivalries and new relationships, and Brzezinski maps out the strategic ramifications of the new geopolitical realities. He explains, for example:
•Why Francé and Germany will play pivotal geostrategic roles, whereas Britain and Japan will not.
•Why NATO expansion offers Russia the chance to undo the mistakes of the past, and why Russia cannot afford to toss this opportunity aside.
•Why the fate of Ukraine and Azerbaijan are so important to America.
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•Why viewing China as a menace is likely to become a self-fiilfilling prophecy.
•Why America is not only the first truly global super-power but alsó the last—arid what the implications are for America ys legacy.
Brzezinski's surprising and originál conclusions often turn conventional wisdom on its head as he lays the groundwork for a new and compelling vision of America's vitai interests. Once again, Zbigniew Brzezinski provides our nation with a philosophical and practical guide for maintaining and managing our hard-won global power.
Zbigniew Brzezinski served as National Security Adviser to the President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He is a counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a professor of American foreign policy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. His most recent books are Out of Control, The Grand Failure, Game Plán, and Power and Principle. Vissza