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Zbigniew Brzezinski

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Zbigniew Brzezinski

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Also known as Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski, Zbig

Polish-American diplomat and political scientist (1928–2017)

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Zbigniew Brzezinski was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist who lived from 1928 to 2017. He is historically significant for his influential role in shaping U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War era, particularly through his work advising presidents and his expertise on international relations.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1928
Died
26 May 2017
Works
87

Top works

  • al-Taṭhīr al-dāʾim
  • Second Chance
  • Power and principle
  • Totalitarianism dictatorship and autocracy
  • Political power

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Film & TV

Acting

Known for

  • Код доступа — Self2017
  • The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby — Self - Former National Security Advisor2011
  • Countdown to Zero — Self2010
  • Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama — Self (archive footage)2009
  • Iran: The Hundred Year War — Self2009
  • New World Order — Self (archive footage)2009
  • Our Own Private Bin Laden2006
  • Real Time with Bill Maher2003
  • The Daily Show — Self1996
  • Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski1995

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Listeners
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Total plays
39

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Quotes

  • I felt strongly that in the U.S.-Soviet competition the appeal of America as a free society could become an important asset, and I saw in human rights an opportunity to put the Soviet Union ideologically on the defensive....by actively pursuing this' commitment we could mobilize far greater global support and focus global attention on the glaring internal weaknesses of the Soviet system.
  • This will require a review of our policy toward Pakistan, more guarantees to it, more arms aid, and, alas, a decision that our security policy toward Pakistan cannot be dictated by our non-proliferation policy.
  • History is much more the product of chaos than of conspiracy.
  • Nation state as a fundamental unit of man's organized life has ceased to be the principal creative force: International banks and multinational corporations are acting and planning in terms that are far in advance of the political concepts of the nation-state.
  • ...foreign policy of a pluralistic democracy like the United States should be based on bipartisanship because bipartisanship is the means and the framework for formulating policies based on moderation and on the recognition of the complexity of the human condition. That has been the tradition since the days of Truman and Vandenberg all the way until recent times.
  • In the technotronic society the trend would seem to be towards the aggregation of the individual support of millions of uncoordinated citizens, easily within the reach of magnetic and attractive personalities effectively exploiting the latest communications techniques to manipulate emotions and control reason.

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Encyclopedic overview

Zbigniew "Zbig" Kazimierz Brzeziński (/ˈzbɪɡnjɛf brəˈzɪnski/ , Polish: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf kaˈʑimjɛʐ‿bʐɛˈʑij̃skʲi] ; March 28, 1928 – May 26, 2017) was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981. As a scholar, Brzeziński belonged to the realist school of international relations, standing in the geopolitical tradition of Halford Mackinder and Nicholas J. Spykman, while elements of liberal idealism have also been identified in his outlook. Brzeziński was the primary organizer of The Trilateral Commission.

Major foreign policy events during his time in office included the normalization of relations with the People's Republic of China (and the severing of ties with the Republic of China on Taiwan); the signing of the second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II) with the Soviet Union; the brokering of the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel; the overthrow of the US-friendly Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the start of the Iranian Revolution; the United States' encouragement of dissidents in Eastern Europe and championing of human rights in order to undermine the influence of the Soviet Union; supporting the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and, ultimately, Soviet troops during the Soviet–Afghan War; and the signing of the Torrijos–Carter Treaties relinquishing U.S. control of the Panama Canal after 1999.

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