Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mumakore ose okuma1960, Brzezinski akashanda saJohn F. Kennedy somupi wake wezano uye ipapo hurumende yaLyndon B. Johnson. Munguva yesarudzo dza1976 akakurudzira Carter pamusoro pemitemo yekunze, akabva ashanda seNational Security Advisor (NSA) kubva muna 1977 kusvika muna 1981, achitevera Henry Kissinger. SaNSA, akabatsira Carter mukubata nenyika dzepasi rose, zvakadai seCamp David Accords, 1978; kugadzirisa US-China hukama hwaifungidzirwa mukupera kwema1970;
Shanduko yeIran, iyo yakatungamirira kuchinetso chokutapwa kwevanhu muIran, muna 1979; uye kupinda kweSoviet muAfghanistan, muna 1979.