Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski (born March 28, 1928) is a Polish-American political scientist and public official.He was born in Warsaw, Poland, the son of a diplomat, and raised in Canada. He received a BA and MA from McGill University and a PhD. from Harvard University in 1953. Later, he became a United States citizen.
From 1977 to 1981, Brzezinski served as National Security Advisor to US President Jimmy Carter, where he was known for his hardline policies on the Soviet Union and his support for mujaheddin training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan, which were run by Pakistani security services with financial support from the CIA and Britain's MI6.
Zbigniew Brzezinski speaking with Pakistani officer holding an M249]]Brzezinski's policies had the explicit aim of promoting radical Islamist and anti-Communist forces to overthrow the secular People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan government in Afghanistan, which had been destabilized by coup attempts against Hafizullah Amin, the power struggle within the Soviet-supported Khalq faction of the PDPA and a subsequent Soviet military intervention.
He has been on the faculty of Columbia University and Howard University and is currently a professor of political science at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
Brzezinski serves on the advisory board of America Abroad Media. He was a director of the Trilateral Commission and officer of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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| Preceded by: Brent Scowcroft | National Security Advisor | Succeeded by: Richard V. Allen |