Brzezinski, the "master of darkness"

Brzezinski

Zbigniew Kaminiev Brzezinski (ZKB) was a former consultant of some presidential administrations in the United States since President Carter. Political commentators often say that since the 70's, there have been two presidents of the United States: Brzezinski and Kissinger. He is one of the « mentors » of Barack Obama in international affairs. He is considered as the first supporter of the mujahidin during the Afghan war against the Soviet Union in the 80's. He is one of the founders of the Trilateral Commission and of the Council on Foreign Relations (one of the biggest and most influential lobbies in the United States). He is linked with the Democratic Party).

In 1997, he wrote a best-seller book entitled The grand chessboard. In this book, he explains that the United States is a new kind of superpower: for the first time in history, a superpower is really global and without rivals. Before that, some superpowers coexisted with some other superpowers (for example: The Roman Empire, the Chinese Empire and the Persian Kingdom). He says that this situation cannot continue because the weight of the United States in the global economy is too weak. This weight tumbled?? (pas compris ...). He predicts that the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the United States will represent about 10% of the world GDP.

He proposes an agenda to use the last generation as « USA hegemony » to build a special type of globalism, favourable to the elite of the American nation. He describes the future of the world society in these terms: very small groups of very influent members who run the world (pas trop compris); a middle-class of 5 to 20% of the world population to run the productive devive?? (pas compris non plus); the others are « useless ».

He wants to promote a united Europe as an ally of the United States. He says that United Kingdom does not exist anymore as a separate power of Uncle Sam. He mentions the existence of a western “hyper-class” (a term invented by Huntington) in which the Anglo-sphere will be dominant.
The problem is that Eurasia (Europe, Russia, China, India) is more powerful than that Anglo-sphere. To preserve the hegemony of the Anglo-sphere, it is necessary to fight against the union of the different States of Eurasia (it is a recurrent theme in the international policy of the United States since the « Rimland theory » of Spykman). It is also necessary to prevent the Russians (who are the center of Eurasia) to make this union.

Brzezinski says there are some fractures between Europe and Russia, between Europe and the Islamic world, between the Islamic world and India, between India and China, etc. The United States must play with theses fractures to preserve its hegemony. He does not propose a strategy based on war but on infiltration of non-American elites to influence local populations. The infiltration of these elites need a good image of the United States beside the population?? (pas compris). He speaks about « locking » the élite.

He was called the "master of darkness" or "the prince of darkness" by some commentators like Peter Dale Scott for his genius and his cynicism.

Bibliography:

- Le grand échiquier, Zbigniew Brzezinski

- Stategic Vision: America and the crisis of global Power, Zbigniew Brzezinski

- Le vrai choix, Zbigniew Brzezinski

- Choc et simulacre, Michel Drac

- American war machine, Peter Dale Scott