Episode 116: Zbigniew Brzezinski on

Global Realignment
Good evening, listeners! We have a special treat for you this week as host
Richard Aldous welcomes Zbigniew Brzezinski to the show to discuss the
ongoing seismic shifts in the global balance of power.
Zbigniew Brzezinski is a founding editorial board member of The American
Interest and a counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He
was the National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977-81. He
joins the program to speak about the ending era of American dominance,
pointing out that this doesnt mean the U.S. is in decline, but says more about
changes in the nature of power. He looks at how global powersfrom Russia to
China, from the EU to the U.S.all face similar challenges, namely that global
power is no longer homogeneous and global complexity borders on being
overwhelming. Tune in for a fascinating conversation that covers a wide variety
of topics, from the chances that the worlds great powers might work together in
the Middle East, to the mistakes of the Iraq War, to an evaluation of the Obama
administrations foreign policy.