Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mumakore ose a1960, Brzezinski akashanda kuna John 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 nyaya dzenyika nedhipuromatically, dzakadai seCamp David Accords, 1978; normalizing US-China hukama hwaifungidzirwa mukupera kwema1970; the Iranian Revolution
, iyo yakatungamirira kuchinetso chokutapwa kwevanhu muIran, muna 1979; uye kupinda kweSoviet muAfghanistan, muna 1979.