Quick Facts About Zbigniew Brzezinski
- Born
- March 28, 1928
- Died
- May 26, 2017
- Nationality
- United States
- Profession
- Geopolitical Analyst
- Notable works
- Totalitarianism dictatorship and autocracy
- Known for
- The Grand Chessboard, The Grand Failure, Between Two Ages
- Spouse
- Emilie Benes Brzezinski
About Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew "Zbig" Kazimierz Brzeziński 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.
Biography source:
Wikipedia
Awards & Honors
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Commander with Star of the Order of Merit of Hungary
Order of the Star of Romania
Guggenheim Fellowship
Order of Stara Planina
Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Harvard Centennial Medal
honorary doctor of the University of Warsaw
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honorary doctor of Vilnius University
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
honorary citizen of Vilnius
honorary citizen of Gdańsk
Order of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic)
honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin
honorary doctor of Georgetown University
Antonovych prize
honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow
Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania
Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
Order of the Three Stars, 2nd Class
Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
Order of Merit, 1st class
Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 3rd class
honorary citizen of Kraków
honorary doctor of Comenius University
honorary doctor of Fordham University
Great Immigrants Award
Cross of the President of the Slovak Republic, 2nd Class
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