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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Predicate Object
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 of America
surface form: United States
discusses Central Asia
China
European Union
NATO expansion
Russia
Ukraine
focusesOn Pax Americana
surface form: American primacy

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
surface form: 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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