LIST OF MAPS
LIST OF CHARTS AND TABLES
INTRODUCTION
Superpower Politics
CHAPTER 1
Hegemony of a New Type
THE SHORT ROAD TO GLOBAL SUPREMACY
THE FIRST GLOBAL POWER
THE AMERICAN GLOBAL SYSTEM
CHAPTER 2
The Eurasian Chessboard
GEOPOLITICS AND GEOSTRATEGY
GEOSTRATEGIC PLAYERS AND GEOPOLITICAL PIVOTS
CRITICAL CHOICES AND POTENTIAL CHALLENGES
CHAPTER 3
The Democratic Bridgehead
GRANDEUR AND REDEMPTION
AMERICA’S CENTRAL OBJECTIVE
EUROPE’S HISTORIC TIMETABLE
CHAPTER 4
The Black Hole
RUSSIA’S NEW GEOPOLITICAL SETTING
GEOSTRATEGIC PHANTASMAGORIA
THE DILEMMA OF THE ONE ALTERNATIVE
CHAPTER 5
The Eurasian Balkans
THE ETHNIC CAULDRON
THE MULTIPLE CONTEST
NEITHER DOMINION NOR EXCLUSION
CHAPTER 6
The Far Eastern Anchor
CHINA: NOT GLOBAL BUT REGIONAL
JAPAN: NOT REGIONAL BUT INTERNATIONAL
AMERICA’S GEOSTRATEGIC ADJUSTMENT
CHAPTER 7
Conclusion
A GEOSTRATEGY FOR EURASIA
A TRANS-EURASIAN SECURITY SYSTEM
BEYOND THE LAST GLOBAL SUPERPOWER
Epilogue[a]
THE CHANGING STRATEGIC SCENE
LOOKING BEYOND
Index
About the Author
Praise for The Grand Chessboard
ALSO BY ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI
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