Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter 1977-81, will speak on "The Future of Post-Imperial Russia" on Monday, Oct. 28, at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. His talk, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Chubb Fellowship at Timothy Dwight College.
Mr. Brzezinski is currently counselor to the Center for Strategic and International Studies and professor of American foreign policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the board of directors of the National Endowment for Democracy, a Congressionally-funded organization, and serves on the board of trustees of Freedom House, a nonprofit institution dedicated to the promotion of freedom. He is honorary chair of the AmeriCares Foundation, a private philanthropy, and chair of the American-Ukrainian Advisory Committee. He is a trustee of the Trilateral Commission, an American-European- Japanese forum, which he headed 1973-76, and serves as international advisor to several major international corporations.
Among Mr. Brzezinski's many honors are the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981, which he received 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 United States. A native of Poland, Mr. Brzezinski was awarded the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest civilian decoration, in 1995 for his assistance in helping that country recover its independence. His most recent book is "Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the 21st Century." He is author of the bestseller "The Grand Failure: The Birth and Death of Communism in the 20th Century," as well as "Game Plan: How to Conduct the U.S. Soviet Contest," and several other books.
The Chubb Fellowship Program is devoted to encouraging and aiding students interested in the operation of government and in public service careers. The program was established in 1936 by Hendon Chubb, a member of the Class of 1895S, and is based in Timothy Dwight College. In 1949 the Visiting Chubb Fellowship was established to bring four or five distinguished men and women to Yale each year. The Fellows spend several days on campus meeting informally with students and deliver a public address.