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The "new approach" in Brzezinski's theory centers on the requirement that the U.S. and the other developed na tions devise a more sensitive and creative relationship with the underdeveloped countries, pursuing policies that "emphasize basic human needs." Sounding like Carter, Brzezinski thus sprinkles his speech with such words as goodness, morality and virtue.
The hyperactive Brzezinski (often called "Zbig") argues that "the U.S. has to be identified with some positive ide al. In the beginning, we stood for liberty, even before we implemented liberty in our own society. Similarly, today, the identification of the U.S. with some thing more than just consumption is essential to our own wellbeing, to our own psychic stability and to the American role in the world. But we shouldn't be strident. Our policy should be more an affirmation than a blunt or sharp instrument of political warfare."
With the shifting foreign policy priorities, Brzezinski envisions "a progression toward a better condition of man kind, a condition in which man is more aware of his fundamental rights, more capable of asserting them, a condition in which social and political systems will be more responsive to those rights." The Administration's championing of hu man rights policy reflects this view. For the first time in history, Brzezinski insists, all the world's peoples have become politically active and must be listened to. "Human rights is in the air," he says, and the U.S. is "the dynam ic force in the world through which progress toward social justice will be advanced."