Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft, both former U.S. National Security Advisors, analyze, through lively and spontaneous discussions, moderated by David Ignatius, columnist for the Washington Post, the most significant foreign policy challenges facing the United States: whether they should withdraw their troops from Iraq or keep 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 the "global political awakening"; how they can (and should) maintain their role in the Far East, and many other issues. They do not hesitate to delve into American politics and thoroughly explain what the U.S. needs to reform, as the decisions the country will have to make in the coming years may determine how long it will retain its position as a superpower.