With the passing of Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, the United States lost a great strategist and patriot, and Ukraine lost a true friend and ally. When Ukraine appeared on the world map in 1991, few analysts understood its geopolitical significance as well as Brzezinski. His often-quoted premise that “without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be an empire, but with Ukraine suborned and then subordinated, Russia automatically becomes an empire” has become an edict for observers of international affairs. But Brzezinski appreciated the importance of Ukraine even before perestroika and the USSR’s timely collapse.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski, former US national security advisor, speaks at the Toward a Europe Whole and Free conference at the Atlantic Council on April 29, 2014 in Washington.
