Zbigniew Brzezinski

By 1991, following the disintegration first of the Soviet bloc and then of the Soviet Union itself, the United States was left standing tall as the only global super-power. Not only the 20th but even the 21st century seemed destined to be the American centuries. But that super-optimism did not last long. During the last decade of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century, the stock market bubble and the costly foreign unilateralism of the younger Bush presidency, as well as the financial catastrophe of 2008 jolted America - and much of the West - into a sudden recognition of its systemic vulnerability to unregulated greed. Moreover, the East was demonstrating a surprising capacity for economic growth and technological innovation. That prompted new anxiety about the future, including even about America's status as the leading world power. This book is a response to a challenge. It argues that without an America that is economically vital, socially appealing, responsibly powerful, and capable of sustaining an intelligent foreign engagement, the geopolitical prospects for the West could become increasingly grave. The ongoing changes in the distribution of global power and mounting global strife make it all the more essential that America does not retreat into an ignorant garrison-state mentality or wallow in cultural hedonism but rather becomes more strategically deliberate and historically enlightened in its global engagement with the new East.

By 1991, following the disintegration first of the Soviet bloc and then of the Soviet Union itself, the United States was left standing tall as the only global super-power. Not only the 20th but even the 21st century seemed destined to be the American centuries. But that super-optimism did not last long. During the last decade of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century, the stock market bubble and the costly foreign unilateralism of the younger Bush presidency, as well as the financial catastrophe of 2008 jolted America -- and much of the West -- into a sudden recognition of its systemic vulnerability to unregulated greed. Moreover, the East was demonstrating a surprising capacity for economic growth and technological innovation. That prompted new anxiety about the future, including even about Americas status as the leading world power. This book is a response to a challenge. It argues that without an America that is economically vital, socially appealing, responsibly powerful, and capable of sustaining an intelligent foreign engagement, the geopolitical prospects for the West could become increasingly grave. The ongoing changes in the distribution of global power and mounting global strife make it all the more essential that America does not retreat into an ignorant garrison-state mentality or wallow in cultural hedonism but rather becomes more strategically deliberate and historically enlightened in its global engagement with the new East. This book seeks to answer four major questions: 1. What are the implications of the changing distribution of global power from West to East, and how is it being affected by the new reality of a politically awakened humanity? 2. Why is Americas global appeal waning, how ominous are the symptoms of Americas domestic and international decline, and how did America waste the unique global opportunity offered by the peaceful end of the Cold War? 3. What would be the likely geopolitical consequences if America did decline by 2025, and could China then assume Americas central role in world affairs? 4. What ought to be a resurgent Americas major long-term geopolitical goals in order to shape a more vital and larger West and to engage cooperatively the emerging and dynamic new East? America, Brzezinski argues, must define and pursue a comprehensive and long-term a geopolitical vision, a vision that is responsive to the challenges of the changing historical context. This book seeks to provide the strategic blueprint for that vision.

Brzezinski provides a stark and realistic look at the worlds economy and moral crisis in a brilliant analysis of todays geopolitical order.If America is to reassert its moral legitimacy, Brzezinski argues, it must address its basic dilemmas, including deepening poverty, inadequate health care and education, a greedy wealthy class opposed to progressive taxation, and the mass medias promotion of sex and violence. In the new world of rival global power clusters, Brzezinski urges a greater role for the United Nations and "redistribution of responsibilities" within the trilateral nexus of Europe, America and East Asia (Publishers Weekly).

L'Amérique domine tout, mais, seule, elle ne peut tout. Jamais sa puissance militaire n'a été plus impressionnante, mais jamais sa crédibilité politique n'a été plus discutée. Quel rôle jouera-t-elle demain dans le monde ? Comment exercera-t-elle sa puissance ? Sûrement pas de façon unilatérale, mais en s'assurant le soutien de la communauté internationale. Sûrement pas en simplifiant à l'extrême les problèmes globaux, mais en étant sensible aux complexités de la réalité d'aujourd'hui afin de créer partout plus de stabilité et de paix. Le Vrai Choix présente les grands dilemmes auxquels la puissance américaine est confrontée. Tel un grand maître aux échecs, Zbigniew Brzezinski analyse les choix auxquels elle doit faire face. et leurs conséquences pour chacun de nous. " Un géostratège visionnaire et résolu, dans la tradition de Bismarck. " Samuel Huntington. " L'un des spécialistes les plus avisés des affaires internationales ; un maître dans l'art de la stratégie. " Paul Wolfowitz.

The overwhelming reality of our time is this: In the opening years of the 21st century, the United States finds itself not only the most powerful nation on earth but the most powerful nation that has ever existed. Given the contradictory roles America plays in the world, we are fated to be the catalyst for either a new global community or for global chaos. If we dont lead, Zbigniew Brzezinski contends, rather than merely dominate by force, we could face worldwide hostility much like the regional hostility now confronting Israel. Brzezinski argues for a more complex and sophisticated view of our global role than much of our media and political leadership are willing to entertain. We are the worlds policeman, but we have to be seen as a fair one. We are entitled to a higher level of security than other nations (because we assume greater risks), but we are also the proponent of essential freedoms. We are uniquely powerful, but our homeland is uniquely -and chronically-vulnerable. "Globalization" precludes immunity for even the most powerful. This is an impressively lucid assessment, informed by decades of experience on the front lines of foreign policy, of where we stand in the world and where we should go from here.

Americas most distinguished commentator on foreign policy, former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, offers a reasoned but unsparing assessment of the last three presidential administrations foreign policy. Though spanning less than two decades, these administrations cover a vitally important turning point in world history: the period in which the United States, having emerged from the Cold War with unprecedented power and prestige, managed to squander both in a remarkably short time. This is a tale of decline: from the competent but conventional thinking of the first Bush administration, to the well-intentioned self-indulgence of the Clinton administration, to the mortgaging of Americas future by the "suicidal statecraft" of the second Bush administration. Brzezinski concludes with a chapter on how America can regain its lost prestige. This scholarly yet highly opinionated book is sure to be both controversial and influential.

Pourquoi et comment les États-Unis d’Amérique sont-ils devenus les garants de l’ordre mondial ? Quel rôle peut jouer l’Europe face à cette arrogante suprématie ?Zbigniew Brzezinski montre la situat

From one of Americas leading geopolitical thinkers, the classic treatise on Americas strategic mission in the modern worldThe Grand Chessboard makes permanent contributions to the national debate over American foreign policy and power.Los Angeles Times In this seminal work, celebrated political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski delivers a provocative, revolutionary geostrategy for American preeminence in the twenty-first century. The United States crucial task, he argues, is to become the sole political arbiter in Eurasia and prevent the emergence of any rival power threatening our material and diplomatic interests. The Eurasian landmass, home to the greatest part of the globes population, natural resources, and economic activity, is the grand chessboard on which Brzezinski argues that Americas supremacy will be ratified and challenged. With signature insight and lucidity, Brzezinski spans from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the Russo-Ukrainian War and the rise of China. The Grand Chessboard is a landmark work, both in Brzezinskis oeuvre and in the field of political science. It remains an essential, powerful blueprint for protecting Americas most vital interests in Eurasia and beyond.

The status of the United States as a world power, and the nature of power itself, are at a historic turning point. It is essential that we understand and adapt to the new security environment in which we find ourselves. Two of the most respected figures in American foreign policy are Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft -- both former National Security Advisors under markedly different administrations. In America and the World they dissect, in spontaneous and unscripted conversations moderated by David Ignatius, the most significant foreign policy challenges facing the U.S.: the Middle East, Russia, China, Europe, the Developing World, the changing nature of power in a globalized world, and what Brzezinski has called the "global political awakening." While one author is a Republican and the other a Democrat, they broadly agree on the need to adapt to a new international environment. Where they disagree, their exchanges are always both deeply informed and provocative.America and the World will define the center of responsible opinion on American foreign policy at a time when the nations decisions could determine how long it remains a superpower.

Estados Unidos debe tomar una decisión histórica: ¿tratará por todos los medios de dominar el mundo o bien optará por liderarlo?El poder norteamericano y la penetración de la globalización son las realidades mas acuciantes del mundo de hoy en dia, asi como el origen de sus mas peliagudos dilemas. El poder sin precedentes de Estados Unidos es la fuente ultima de la seguridad global y, sin embargo, los norteamericanos se sienten mas inseguros que nunca. La interdependencia mundial y el despertar politico generalizado que vive actualmente la humanidad facilitan, por un lado, la dominacion estadounidense, pero engendran envidias contra ese pais, movilizan el resentimiento y otorgan un renovado poder a los enemigos de Estados Unidos, sobre todo debido a la difusion de tecnologias cada vez mas destructivas.

En las postrimerías del siglo XX, los Estados Unidos se han convertido en la única superpotencia del mundo. Ninguna otra nación cuenta con una capacidad militar y económica semejante ni con intereses de tal alcance planetario. Sin embargo, los Estados Unidos no han respondido aun a la pregunta clave: ¿cual debe ser la estrategia global que les permita mantener su excepcional posicion en el mundo? Esta es la cuestion a la que se enfrenta Zbigniew Brzezinski en este libro penetrante y poco convencional. Un aspecto central de la obra es su analisis del ejercicio del poder en la masa continental euroasiatica, en la que se concentra la mayor parte de la poblacion, de los recursos naturales y de la actividad economica del planeta. Con una extension que abarca desde Portugal al Estrecho de Bering, desde Laponia a Malasia, Eurasia es el gran tablero en el que los Estados Unidos deberan ratificar y defender su supremacia en los proximos años, enfrentandose a la tarea de gestionar los conflictos y las relaciones en Europa, Asia y Oriente Medio; evitando el surgimiento de una superpotencia rival que amenace sus intereses y su bienestar; y clarificando el mapa de las ramificaciones estrategicas de esas nuevas realidades geopoliticas: ¿por que Francia y Alemania estan destinadas a desempeñar papeles fundamentales mientras que Gran Bretaña y Japon no?, ¿por que la ampliacion de la OTAN ofrece a Rusia una oportunidad que no puede permitirse desperdiciar?, ¿por que el hecho de considerar a China como una amenaza podria convertirse en una profecia autocumplida?, etc. Con sus originales y sorprendentes conclusiones, Brzezinski da un espectacular vuelco a las ideas preconcebidas sobre el tema y sienta las bases de una nueva y estimulante concepcion del papel de los Estados Unidos en el mundo futuro.

Una reflexión sobre la trayectoria y la estatura política de los últimos tres líderes de Estados Unidos. Las tres últimas administraciones presidenciales estadounidenses (la de Bush padre, la de Clinton y la de Bush hijo) no han llegado a abarcar dos décadas completas, pero cubren un período trascendental en el que Estados Unidos, tras erigirse en vencedor incuestionable de la Guerra Fría, ejerció un grado de dominación internacional sin precedentes en la historia mundial. Estos tres presidentes norteamericanos no sólo dirigieron su país, sino que, de facto, actuaron como líderes globales.