Strategic Vision
America and the Crisis of Global Power
1st Edition
Published on 24. January 2012
224 pages
978-0-465-02955-6 (ISBN)
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Eminent scholar Zbigniew Brzezinski's New York Times bestselling blueprint for American foreign policy strategy in the twenty-first century
The world today faces a crisis of power, caused by the dramatic shift in its center of gravity from the West to the East, by the dynamic political awakening of people worldwide, and by the deterioration of America's performance both domestically and internationally. As a result, America's position as a world superpower is far from secure.
In Strategic Vision, former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski argues that America can and should be actively engaged in navigating this period of crisis and provides a strategic blueprint for America to revitalize its global status and promote a peaceful twenty-first century. As Brzezinski eloquently shows, 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 world today faces a crisis of power, caused by the dramatic shift in its center of gravity from the West to the East, by the dynamic political awakening of people worldwide, and by the deterioration of America's performance both domestically and internationally. As a result, America's position as a world superpower is far from secure.
In Strategic Vision, former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski argues that America can and should be actively engaged in navigating this period of crisis and provides a strategic blueprint for America to revitalize its global status and promote a peaceful twenty-first century. As Brzezinski eloquently shows, 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.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017) was National Security Adviser to President Jimmy Carter, a counselor and trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and a professor of American foreign policy at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of New York Times bestsellers Second Chance and Strategic Vision, among many other books.
Content
- Intro
- -ALSO BY ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI-
- Title Page
- Table of Figures
- Introduction
- - PART 1 - - THE RECEDING WEST
- 1: THE EMERGENCE OF GLOBAL POWER
- 2: THE RISE OF ASIA AND THE DISPERSAL OF GLOBAL POWER
- 3: THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING
- - PART 2 - - THE WANING OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
- 1: THE SHARED AMERICAN DREAM
- 2: BEYOND SELF-DELUSION
- 3: AMERICA'S RESIDUAL STRENGTHS
- 4: AMERICA'S LONG IMPERIAL WAR
- - PART 3 - - THE WORLD AFTER AMERICA: BY 2025, NOT CHINESE BUT CHAOTIC
- 1: THE POST-AMERICA SCRAMBLE
- 2: THE GEOPOLITICALLY MOST ENDANGERED STATES
- Georgia
- Taiwan
- South Korea
- Belarus
- Ukraine
- Afghanistan
- Pakistan
- Israel and the Greater Middle East
- 3: THE END OF A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD
- 4: THE UNCOMMON GLOBAL COMMONS
- - PART 4 - - BEYOND 2025: A NEW GEOPOLITICAL BALANCE
- 1: EURASIA'S GEOPOLITICAL VOLATILITY
- 2: A LARGER AND VITAL WEST
- 3: A STABLE AND COOPERATIVE NEW EAST
- - CONCLUSION -
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- NOTES
- INDEX
- Copyright Page
