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The Japanese heavily resented the attitude of must Westerners where the Japanese were seen as an inferior and backward race and culture. They did not however believe in equality for the world. They simply wanted to be equal to the West and not in the category of primitive people or backward countries. They wanted to be considered one of the Great Powers. To them for example, the Koreans and Chinese were backward people, but not they. They wanted parity for themselves only of the Asian countries.


Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Born: March 28, 1928
  • Died: May 26, 2017
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was President Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981. As a scholar, Brzezinski belonged to the realist school of international relations, standing in the geopolitical tradition of Halford Mackinder and Nicholas J. Spykman. Brzezinski was the primary organizer of The Trilateral Commission.