Zbigniew Brzezinski

The Grand Chessboard

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  • Sevinj Huseynovahas quoted6 years ago
    Rome’s imperial power, however, was also derived from an important psychological reality. Civis Romanus sum—“I am a Roman citizen”—was the highest possible self-definition, a source of pride, and an aspiration for many.
  • Sevinj Huseynovahas quoted6 years ago
    America was simply much richer, technologically much more advanced, militarily more resilient and innovative, socially more creative and appealing.
  • Sevinj Huseynovahas quoted6 years ago
    This remarkable economic dynamism was fostered by a culture that favored experimentation and innovation.
  • Sevinj Huseynovahas quoted6 years ago
    Eurasia is the center of the world and that he who controls Eurasia controls the world.
  • Дарья Тузоваhas quoted6 years ago
    America’s two most important allies on the western and eastern peripheries of the Eurasian continent, Germany and Japan, both recovered their economic health in the context of almost unbridled admiration for all things American. America was widely perceived as representing the future, as a society worthy of admiration and deserving of emulation.

    In contrast, Russia was held in cultural contempt by most of its Central European vassals and even more so by its principal and increasingly assertive eastern ally, China.
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