In the world of geopolitical strategy, the number of so called experts or analysts is too innumerable to count. But in the rarified world of actual foreign policy decision making and influence, the list drastically shortens to only a few names. Although not as famous as rival Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski’s term as chief foreign policy adviser to both Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter marked him as a significant influencer during and after the Cold War era regarding enabling and extending America’s superpower status via realist and globalist politics.

Myth of the 20th Century – Episode 165 – The Grand Chessboard – Zbigniew Brzezinski

— References —

– Between Two Ages – America’s Role in the Technetronic Era, Brzezinski (1970)

– The Crisis of Democracy, Crozier et. al. (1975)

– Jimmy Carter Revealed: Rockefeller Republican, Lydon (1977) – https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1977/07/jimmy-carter-revealed-rockefeller-republican/404908/

– Diplomacy, Kissinger (1994)

– Clash of Civilizations, Huntington (1996)

– The Grand Chessboard, Brzezinski (1998)

– Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Adviser to Jimmy Carter, Dies at 89, Lewis (2017) – https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/us/zbigniew-brzezinski-dead-national-security-adviser-to-carter.html

– Zbigniew Brzezinski: America’s Grand Strategist, Vaïsse (2018)

– Cybernetics – Across the Grid, Myth of the 20th Century (2020) – https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2020/02/19/cybernetics-across-the-grid/

– Institute for the Study of Globalization and Covert Politics – https://isgp-studies.com/