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. SeNSA, akabatsira Carter mukubata zvematongerwe enyika nenyaya dzenyika, dzakadai seCamp David Accords, 1978; kugadzirisa hukama hweUS neChina hwaifungidzirwa mukupera kwema1970; Shanduko yeIran, iyo yakatungamira kuIran hostage dambudziko
, 1979; uye kupinda kweSoviet muAfghanistan, 1979.