"Velikaya shahmatnaya doska" Zbigneva Bzhezinskogo stoit v odnom ryadu s vazhneyshimi proizvedeniyami politicheskoy mysli chelovechestva - "Politikoy" Aristotelya i "Gosudarem" Makiavelli, "O voyne" Klauzevitsa i "Stolknoveniem tsivilizatsiy" Hantingtona.
Geopoliticheskie modeli i prognozy, kotorye rassmatrivaet Bzhezinskiy, ostanutsya aktualnymi esche mnogo let.