If the template for the job of White House national security adviser had been written in the 1970s, two men, Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski, would have served as the models. Both were born in central Europe, had distinguished academic credentials, impeccable political connections and wrote extensively about the state of the world. And both were able to practice what they preached in print as the right hand men of the occupant of the Oval office.
如果白宮國家安全顧問的職責模板是在上世紀70年代寫就的,亨利•季辛吉(Henry Kissinger)和茲比格涅夫•布里辛斯基(Zbigniew Brzezinski)兩人或許就是這一模板的樣板。兩人都出生在歐洲中部,都有出類拔萃的學術資質、無懈可擊的政治人脈,都在全球局勢問題上著述頗豐。此外,他們都曾擔當橢圓形辦公室(Oval office)主人的得力助手,得以將他們在文字中宣揚的理念付諸實踐。