Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft, both former National Security Advisors of the US, analyze, through vivid and spontaneous discussions, moderated by David Ignatius, a columnist for the Washington Post, the most significant challenges in foreign policy facing the United States: whether they should withdraw their troops from Iraq or maintain them there; how they should approach Iran, Israel, and Palestine; how aggressively they should pursue NATO expansion to the borders of Russia; the importance of what Brzezinski calls 'global political awakening'; how they can (and should) maintain their role in the Far East, among many other issues.

They do not hesitate to delve into American politics and thoroughly explain what the US needs to reform, as the decisions the country will have to make in the coming years may determine the duration of its status as a superpower.