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'''The Grand Chessboard''' is a geopolitical manifesto published by former [[National Security Advisor]] [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] in 1997. The manifesto was intended to serve as a guide for American geostrategists who seek to keep the post-[[Cold War]] global order unipolar (in other words, have the US remain the sole superpower indefinitely). The manifesto is deemed to be highly influential in both [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] and [[Neoconservatism|neoconservative]] circles.

'''The Grand Chessboard''' is a geopolitical manifesto published by former [[National Security Advisor]] [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] in 1997. The manifesto was intended to serve as a guide for American geostrategists who seek to keep the post-[[Cold War]] global order [[unipolar]] (in other words, have the US remain the sole superpower indefinitely). The manifesto is deemed to be highly influential in both [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] and [[Neoconservatism|neoconservative]] circles.

The manifesto is most notable for introducing Brzezinski's "Eurasian Balkans" theory, an updated version of the earlier "Eurasian Heartland" theory introduced by British geostrategist Halford Mackinder in his 1904 essay ''The Geographical Pivot of History''.<ref>https://www.iwp.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20131016_MackinderTheGeographicalJournal.pdf</ref> Mackinder's version of this theory in turn played a significant role in the development of the foreign policies of the [[Third Reich]], [[Cold War]]-era [[United States of America|America]], and post-Cold War [[Russia]].<ref>https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2019/01/halford-mackinder-father-geopolitics</ref><ref>https://americandiplomacy.web.unc.edu/2000/12/james-burnham-the-first-cold-warrior/</ref><ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/27/geopolitics-russia-mackinder-eurasia-heartland-dugin-ukraine-eurasianism-manifest-destiny-putin/</ref>   

The manifesto is most notable for introducing Brzezinski's "Eurasian Balkans" theory, an updated version of the earlier "Eurasian Heartland" theory introduced by British geostrategist Halford Mackinder in his 1904 essay ''The Geographical Pivot of History''.<ref>https://www.iwp.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20131016_MackinderTheGeographicalJournal.pdf</ref> Mackinder's version of this theory in turn played a significant role in the development of the foreign policies of the [[Third Reich]], [[Cold War]]-era [[United States of America|America]], and post-Cold War [[Russia]].<ref>https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2019/01/halford-mackinder-father-geopolitics</ref><ref>https://americandiplomacy.web.unc.edu/2000/12/james-burnham-the-first-cold-warrior/</ref><ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/27/geopolitics-russia-mackinder-eurasia-heartland-dugin-ukraine-eurasianism-manifest-destiny-putin/</ref>