Library Hosts Talk on the Ukraine

The Westport Library tonight presented Ian Brzezinski, foreign policy expert. He spoke on Russian’s invasion of Ukraine and its implications for transatlantic security. The former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Policy in 2001–2005, who earlier served as a volunteer adviser to the Ukraine, said Russia’s Vladimir Putin wants to slowly take back the former states of the Soviet Union by using troops and quick attacks.“Putin is going to go for more territory….assertive Russian policy is becoming increasing aggressive,” he said. Brzezinski is son of foreign policy expert Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as a counselor to President Lyndon B. Johnson and was National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter. His brother Mark is also a foreign policy expert who just retired as U.S. ambassador to Sweden. His sister is television news journalist Mika Brzezinski, who worked in Hartford before moving to CBS News, then MSNBC.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com