The Grand Chessboard by Zbigniew Brzezinski

The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives is a seminal work on geopolitics by Zbigniew Brzezinski, first published in 1997. The book focuses on the exercise of power on the Eurasian landmass and has become a standard text for international relations studies.

While the original intellectual work was created in the United States, the physical copies of the book are manufactured globally depending on the specific edition and publisher. Major publishers like Basic Books (part of the Hachette Book Group) manage the printing across various facilities in North America, Europe, and Asia to serve regional markets. Ownership of the publishing rights currently sits with larger media conglomerates that have undergone various mergers over the decades.