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March 31, 2000

Zbigniew Brzezinski to Lecture on "The Transformation of Russia"

Who: Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski
What: Lecture on "The Transformation of Russia"
When: Wednesday, April 12, at 4:30 p.m.
Where: Room 101, McCormick Hall

Brzezinski, who was national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981, has remained active in political, academic and business affairs. He is a counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Professor of American Foreign Policy at the School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University.

In the public sector, Brzezinski is a member of the board of directors of the National Endowment for Democracy; honorary chair of the AmeriCares Foundation; a member of the board of trustees of Freedom House; and a trustee of the Trilateral Commission, a cooperative American-European-Japanese forum. His many activities in the private sector include serving as an international adviser of several major U.S./global corporations and as president of Z.B. Inc., an advisory firm on international issues to corporations and financial institutions.

After working in the Carter administration, Brzezinski served as a member of the President's Chemical Warfare Commission (1985), of the NSC - Defense Department Commission on Integrated Long-Term Strategy (1987-88), and of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (1987-89). In 1981 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his role in the normalization of U.S.-Chinese relations and for his contributions to the human-rights and national-security policies of the U.S.

Brzezinski’s address, the fifth in a series of Cyril Black Memorial Lectures, is sponsored by the Center of International Studies at Princeton University.

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