The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives

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"The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives" is a 1997 geopolitical analysis book by Zbigniew Brzezinski that outlines a strategy for maintaining U.S. global dominance, particularly through control and influence in Eurasia.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
geopolitics book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
argues Eurasia is the key geopolitical arena ⓘ
U.S. must prevent emergence of a Eurasian challenger ⓘ
author Zbigniew Brzezinski ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
discusses Central Asia ⓘ
China ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
NATO expansion ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
focusesOn American primacy ⓘ
linked to: Pax Americana

U.S. global dominance ⓘ
U.S. grand strategy ⓘ
control of Eurasia ⓘ
genre international relations ⓘ
political science ⓘ
hasPerspective realist foreign policy ⓘ
hasReception controversial for its explicit advocacy of U.S. primacy ⓘ
influencedDebateOn U.S. grand strategy ⓘ
ISBN 9780465027262 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor metaphor of world politics as a chessboard ⓘ
pageCount approximately 240 ⓘ
placesEmphasisOn Eurasian balance of power ⓘ
management of regional power centers ⓘ
proposes strategy to maintain U.S. global preeminence ⓘ
publicationYear 1997 ⓘ
publisher Basic Books ⓘ
relatedConcept geopolitical pivot ⓘ
unipolarity ⓘ
relatedWorkOfAuthor Between Two Ages: America’s Role in the Technetronic Era ⓘ
setsInContext unipolar moment of U.S. power ⓘ
subject Eurasia ⓘ
United States foreign policy ⓘ
geopolitics ⓘ
geostrategy ⓘ
global hegemony ⓘ
targetAudience policy makers ⓘ
scholars of international relations ⓘ
strategic studies community ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed post-Cold War era ⓘ

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Zbigniew Brzezinski → notableWork → The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives ⓘ
Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives ⓘ
"Eurasia is the key geopolitical arena" → associatedWith → The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives ⓘ